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Commercial work: Hermes – Un Jardin Sous la Mer

Roger Munns October 2, 2026 Blog

In 2025 I had the opportunity to work with the wonderful and incredibly creative team …

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Relaxing and Meditative Underwater films

Roger Munns October 1, 2026 Blog

Using my extensive archive of UltraHD underwater footage I’ve been putting together some Slow TV …

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Gates Immersive Housing Speciality

Roger Munns August 6, 2026 Blog

In July 2026 I completed my Gates Immersive Housing Specialist course in the UK with …

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Filming Manta Rays in Hanifaru bay for Moon: Nature’s Secret Force

Roger Munns November 30, 2025 Blog

In August 2024 I came back to one of my favourite places on earth, Hanifaru …

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News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography

Roger Munns September 2, 2025 Blog

I am very honoured to have won an Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography at the 46th …

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Roger Munns films Hairy Frogfish for Nat Geo's Underdogs

Filming underwater for Nat Geo’s Underdogs

Roger Munns June 17, 2025 Blog

I was the Director of Photography for an underwater story about the hairy frogfish which …

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Bumphead parrotfish Smash heads together to establish dominance and win territory

Filming Bumphead Parrotfish Rutting for Netflix: Our Oceans

Roger Munns November 25, 2024 Blog

Capturing Bumphead Parrotfish rutting on camera has been a long and personal mission for me. …

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Netflix Our Oceans Underwater Cameraman

Roger Munns September 24, 2024 Blog

I was one of three principal cinematographers on Netflix’s landmark underwater series – Our Oceans. …

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Whitley Awards Footage Donation

Roger Munns May 3, 2024 Blog

I was honoured to donate some coral reef stock footage for Naomi Longa’s film which …

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Roger Munns is an Emmy™ and BAFTA award-winning underwater Cameraman. He was a series DOP on Netflix’s Our Oceans, a principal Cinematographer on Blue Planet II and a Director of Photography on Apples Under-the-Sea screensavers

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Ruthless stalker Flamboyant cuttlefish are beauti Ruthless stalker

Flamboyant cuttlefish are beautiful, teeny-tiny stone-cold killers. I followed this 2 inch long predator over the rubble as it stalked and picked off gobies and shrimp at a crazy pace. Most of the time the prey were so well camouflaged I couldn’t even see them before they got pulled in by its modified hunting tentacle. 

This time I just managed to spot the prey and pull focus in time before he was whisked off to his doom. I’d normally cut this into two shots  but I thought it was good to show how quick you have to be on the focus to get the shot!

Shot in Lembeh on @reddigitalcinema DSMC2 Gemini 

Staying with @diveinto_lembeh 

Support from @fourthelementdive 

#reddigitalcinema #lembeh #flamboyantcuttlefish
Mounting Cameras on bespoke underwater equipment ( Mounting Cameras on bespoke underwater equipment (grip as it’s known) is a fundamental part of Blue-Chip Natural History Film-making. 

I’ll be honest. I prefer to have the camera in my hand. I love the flexibility, pace and freedom of movement and positioning that it gives me. But sometimes you need the control and precision of a @mohan_c_sandhu motion slider or a @ronfordbaker quadpod. And once you’ve spent the time to set up they can produce some incredible results. 

📷 by @jasonisley and @ollie_depp 

Camera @reddigitalcinema DSMC2 Gemini
Housings @gates.underwater Deep Weapon and @nauticamhousings LT

Support from @fourthelementdive
@mitchelldabe meets the jackfish school at Sipadan @mitchelldabe meets the jackfish school at Sipadan

15min relaxing jackfish tornado film on YouTube.com/@RogerMunns - link in Bio

Diving with @seaventuresdiverig 

Support from @fourthelementdive 🙏
Watch the full relaxation film on my YouTube Chann Watch the full relaxation film on my YouTube Channel - link in Bio

A single bumphead parrotfish creates around 200 pounds of sand each year. So since I first met them at Sipadan 25 years ago this school will have produced over 600,000 lbs of grade A sand. The same weight as a Boeing 747 ✈️ or 9.6million baby 🦔’s

💩 = 🏝️ Thanks for the Beach 🙏

#reddigitalcinema #sipadan #underwater #gatesunderwater #bumpheadparrotfish
Jackfish rolling through Sipadan Watch more of th Jackfish rolling through Sipadan

Watch more of them in my 15min Coral Reef relaxation video on YouTube. Link in Bio.
Find someone that kisses you like a surgeon fish k Find someone that kisses you like a surgeon fish kisses a green turtle 🥰

And Relax…. Full 30min Turtle Spa video on my YouTube channel - link in bio

Shot on @reddigitalcinema 
Wearing @fourthelementdive
It was such an honor to be invited join in the wor It was such an honor to be invited join in the world manta day celebrations with the @mantatrust team at the stunning Four Seasons Resort at Landaa Giraavaru

Thank you to everyone involved for making it such a wonderful experience. It was great to share some of my work in the natural history conservation film-making field with the attendees alongside a presentation from @mantaguy on 20 years of collaboration between @fsmaldives and the Manta Trust.

It was also such a treat to catch up with the manta trust family, fellow patrons, trustees, and research team.

If you love mantas please do follow the @mantatrust for conservation news, scientific research and tonnes of stunning manta images in your feed!

Happy World Manta Day everyone 🤘

📷@jasminecorbettphoto
After 25 years and many thousands of hours underwa After 25 years and many thousands of hours underwater around the world I finally broke a life promise and went for a dive in England 😅

The site was chosen for me and it was (obviously) a quarry, with 2m vis and a water temp of around 14°C even in the middle of summer. 

It was an absolute pleasure to share the very green experience with @marksharmancam while we completed our @gates.underwater STO course on the dual 8K Black Magic Cine Immersive camera inside a Gates housing. 

Thanks so much to Gates, @richstevenson.uk @dave.blackham and @waterproofmedia.tv for putting on the course for us. Looking forward to putting this rig to the test in slightly better conditions back home in Malaysia soon
A photo of me at work from the most overqualified A photo of me at work from the most overqualified BTS photographer I’ve ever worked with 😅 The incomparable Dr Sylvia Earle

Amazing team effort on this shoot last month 👊

📸 @dr.sylviaearle
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Sipadan Jackfish Tornado #nature #fish #scubadiving #scuba #sipadan Alone with the insane school of JackFish at Sipadan
Alone with the insane school of JackFish at Sipadan
Sipadan Jackfish Tornado #nature #fish #scubadiving #scuba #sipadan
Stunning, relaxing and meditative footage of an enormous school of Bumphead Parrotfish at the oceanic island of Sipadan. Filmed by Blue Planet 2 Cinematographer  @RogerMunns 

Perfect to leave on as background art on your TV or to loop in your clinic waiting room or office

Filmed on  @reddigitalcinema  cameras (Gemini, Helium)
Underwater housings by  @gatesunderwaterproducts817  and  @nauticam  housings

Diving with  @Seaventures-DiveRig  and  @scubajunkieseas3530  

Music: With Absolute Trust by Elm Lake - licensed from Epidemic Sound
Relax with an enormous school of Bumphead Parrotfish at Sipadan Island
Massive Mesmerising Murmurations of fish from Pulau Sipadan
Fish Tornado
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  • Relaxing and Meditative Underwater films
  • Gates Immersive Housing Speciality
  • Filming Manta Rays in Hanifaru bay for Moon: Nature’s Secret Force
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