For the last fifteen years, I have worked as a wildlife cinematographer on some of the most ambitious and acclaimed documentaries ever created, including My Octopus Teacher, Our Planet, and Blue Planet 2, and, most recently, I worked as sequence cameraman for the new Netflix production, Our Oceans, narrated by Barrack Obama.

These film projects have taken me from the frozen poles to the tropical seas and won numerous awards, including an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, The Critics Choice Award for Best Cinematography, and a BAFTA for Best Cinematography.

But Wildlife Cinematography was not my first calling. After leaving college with an Honours Degree in Philosophy, I worked for ten years as an executive manager in the digital advertising and financial services sectors, pioneering the adoption of digital technologies in business.

During this time, I learned the block and tackle fundamentals of business management and was fortunate to attend leadership programs at the London School of Business and the Graduate School of Business at UCT.

My love of the ocean was nurtured as a small boy growing up on the east coast of South Africa. Regular family holidays to the pristine shores of the old Transkei instilled a love for wild places and a deep appreciation of being in nature.

This, coupled with an obsessive hunger to read and be active, laid the foundation for my career as a wildlife cinematographer, although at the time, I had absolutely no idea that this craft would end up being my true calling.

Throughout my life I have had various mentors who in their own unique way have shaped and influenced my journey in that narrow space between order and chaos called human existence.

My hope is that through my online mentorship programs I can find and help nurture the next generation of digital hunter-gatherers, so they can make a fulfilling and financially rewarding career while staying connected to the natural world.