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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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Nauticam Raptor Housing for Red DSMC3 Raptor available for Hire

Roger Munns January 26, 2024 Blog

I now have a Nauticam DSMC3 Raptor housing available for hire in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, …

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Obsessed with the Quest

Roger Munns January 11, 2024 Blog

In 2008 I flew to Tonga (as part of a team from the BBC) to …

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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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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
Hug 📸 @evajulia_
Big Gulp Comment how long you think this green t Big Gulp 

Comment how long you think this green turtle will stay underwater with one gulp of air…

Shot with @reddigitalcinema camera in @gates.underwater Deep Weapon housing

🤿 @fourthelementdive 

#reddigitalcinema #underwater #gatesunderwater #beautiful #sipadan #turtle #cheloniamydas #seaturtle #greenturtle
👀 100% the best eyes in the animal kingdom… 👀

100% the best eyes in the animal kingdom… In my opinion….Comment if you agree or disagree!

Shot with @reddigitalcinema camera in a
@nauticamhousings underwater housing

Diving with @seaventuresdiverig 

🤿 @fourthelementdive 

#reddigitalcinema #underwater #nauticam #beautiful #sipadan #mantisshrimp #mabul
Whoosh 💨 In the eye of the storm as the Jacks Whoosh 💨 

In the eye of the storm as the Jacks at South point burst around my lens

Shot with @reddigitalcinema camera in @gates.underwater Deep Weapon housing

Diving at Pulau Sipadan with @scuba_junkie 

🤿 @fourthelementdive 

#reddigitalcinema #underwater #gatesunderwater #beautiful #sipadan
Yellow A school of convict surgeon fish pulse as Yellow

A school of convict surgeon fish pulse as powder-blue tangs chase them away from their grazing grounds

Filmed in @baaatollbiospherereserve diving with @liquidsaltdivers 

Shot with @reddigitalcinema camera in @gates.underwater Deep Weapon housing

🤿 @fourthelementdive 

#reddigitalcinema #baaatollbiospherereserve #underwater #gatesunderwater #beautiful
Trust…. This cleaner wrasse risks everything fo Trust….

This cleaner wrasse risks everything for a few scraps of food deep inside this Honeycomb moray’s mouth. All the time trusting it won’t end up being a scrap of food. Gutsy.

#reddigitalcinema #morayeel #symbiosis #cleanerwrasse #maldives #baaatoll 

Shot at 8K on @reddigitalcinema in a @gates.underwater Deep Weapon housing

Diving with @liquidsaltdivers in @baaatollbiospherereserve way back in 2017
The eyes of white tip reef sharks are adapted for The eyes of white tip reef sharks are adapted for their nocturnal lifestyle. Typically they hunt at night or in low light, overcast situations. I’ll always keep an eye out for hunting behaviour when it’s dark and stormy. When it’s sunny it’s a great time to slowly creep up and get a shot of those beautiful eyes while they rest on the sand or rubble

Diving with @seaventuresdiverig 

Filmed on @reddigitalcinema DSMC2 Gemini

Support from @fourthelementdive 

#reddigitalcinema #sipadan #whitetipreefshark
In August 2024 I had the chance to film the incred In August 2024 I had the chance to film the incredible manta feeding frenzy at one of my favorite places in the Ocean - Hanifaru bay - for @humblebeefilms new series Moon: Nature's Secret Force.

We had a great little team of myself, Director @tasha.busjeet and AC @morlo_wildlife (free)diving with @liquidsaltdivers out of Dharavandhoo Island 

Huge thanks go to the @mantatrust whom I am beyond proud to be a patron of. Besides advising on our shoot both before and during filming, they have worked tirelessly over the past two decades to help gazette the bay as a Marine Protected Area and study its seasonal inhabitants. No mean feat in itself, but a drop in the Ocean compared to their wider efforts to study and conserve this peerless, graceful animal, in the Maldives and around the world. Thank you @mantatrust 

Moon: Nature's Secret Force, narrated by @swinton.tilda is airing on @skytv in the UK and @nowtv worldwide

Shot on @reddigitalcinema using @nauticamhousings 
🙏 @fourthelementdive
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  • Gates Immersive Housing Speciality
  • Filming Manta Rays in Hanifaru bay for Moon: Nature’s Secret Force
  • News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography
  • Filming underwater for Nat Geo’s Underdogs
  • Filming Bumphead Parrotfish Rutting for Netflix: Our Oceans
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