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Filming on Hostile Planet for National Geographic

Roger Munns April 1, 2019 Blog

Nat Geo’s Hostile Planet offers audiences an unflinching look at the volatility of Mother Nature …

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Filming for Attenborough’s Seven Worlds, One Planet

Roger Munns February 1, 2019 Blog

David Attenborough’s latest landmark natural history series – Seven Worlds, One Planet airs on BBC1 Sundays …

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Panasonic Cinematography Award (large budget) at Wildscreen Festival

Roger Munns October 30, 2018 Blog

I am very honoured to have been one of the principal camera operators on the …

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Five essential travel items I take when diving & filming

Roger Munns October 29, 2018 Blog

One Strange Rock- National Geographic – Kakaban filming

Roger Munns June 26, 2018 Blog

In October 2017, just after wrapping work on Blue Planet II, I traveled to Kakaban …

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BAFTA Award for Cinematography for Blue Planet II – One Ocean

Roger Munns March 23, 2018 Blog

I’m very honoured to have won a BAFTA in the Photography: Factual category for my camera …

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5 Simple Tips to Improve your Underwater Video

Roger Munns March 5, 2018 Blog

I’ve been shooting underwater video since 2001. My first rig was a Sony VX200 3CCD ...
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Working as a Blue Planet 2 Underwater Cameraman

Roger Munns October 27, 2017 Blog

Blue Planet II hit screens in the UK on Sunday 29th October 2017. It played …

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Two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Cinematography – News and Documentary Awards

Roger Munns September 7, 2017 Blog

I was pleased to find that I have been nominated not once but twice for …

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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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Recent posts

  • 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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