A native of the Bahamas, with over 20,000 underwater hours to his credit, Gavin McKinney is a veteran of underwater filmmaking. He has worked on many feature and television films, among them five of the James Bond movies, “Splash,” “Speed 2″, “Jaws: the Revenge”, “The Abyss” and many more.

Holly Lohuis is a marine biologist with a degree from the University of California in Santa Barbara and has been diving around the world with Jean-Michel Cousteau for more than a decade. A key member of the expedition team, Holly acts as a liaison between the team and scientists, and is responsible for confirming the factual accuracy of the content of Ocean Futures Society documentaries.

Called “Her Deepness” by the New Yorker and the New York Times, “Living Legend” by the Library of Congress, the first “Hero for the Planet,” and, most recently, named a “Champion for the Earth” by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Dr. Sylvia Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer with experience as a field research scientist. She also is executive director for corporate and nonprofit organizations, including the Aspen Institute, the Conservation Fund, American Rivers, Mote Marine Laboratory, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Rutgers Institute for Marine Science, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, and Ocean Conservancy.

Pamela Stacey is an Emmy-nominated writer with experience in a variety of projects, as writer for one-hour network documentaries to writer/co-producer of nine hours of a PBS natural history series to feature IMAX films. Her background includes a Master’s Degree in literature, twenty-five years of writing and editing for both Jacques Cousteau and Jean-Michel Cousteau, including as Executive Editor of Cousteau Society publications, the creator of a children’s magazine, editor of a children’s book series, author of six books, and editor of publications for the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History.

Richard Murphy is a marine ecologist who began working with Jean-Michel Cousteau and his father, Jacques Cousteau, in 1968. Since that time he has been involved in a wide variety of projects and expeditions in many remote areas around the globe. He has served as chief scientist, photographer, writer, educator, and project director and has created many educational programs for young people in developed and developing countries. His book “Coral Reefs: Cities Under the Sea” offers a unique and fascinating look at how coral reefs function and what lessons they can teach us in making our own communities more sustainable.

Christophe Jacquelin is a talented music composer, symphonist, sound designer and arranger. He first became associated with the film industry in 2001 while writing the emotional score for his first IMAX® theatre film Ocean Wonderland 3D (2003). Since then Jacquelin has released five powerful original motion picture soundtracks, including Sharks 3D presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau, which was described as “stirring” by industry publication “Box Office Magazine.” Jacquelin runs his own recording studio and post-production facility, Studios Helios XVI, founded in 1983, and has since been composing, arranging and mixing original music for documentaries, animated and corporate films, commercials, games, and interactive media.