Paul Atkins
Directeur, Acteur, Producteur
From Antarctica to the tropical Pacific, Paul Atkins, ASC has filmed the world's wildlife and cultures for National Geographic, Disney, the BBC including such acclaimed series as Planet Earth, for IMAX screens and feature films. His cinematography and directing have earned numerous awards including Emmys, British Academy Awards and a prestigious Telluride Film Festival Tribute. Paul's passion for the ocean brought him to Hawaii in 1974, where he pursued a Ph.D in marine biology at University of Hawaii and began working in the film business as an underwater and wildlife cinematographer. With his wife and producing partner, Grace Atkins, Paul filmed and directed groundbreaking documentaries that challenged our myths and inspired protection of the natural world, including the Emmy-winning Hawaii: Strangers in Paradise (Nat Geo/BBC), Great White Shark (BBC/Nat Geo) and Dolphins: The Wild Side (Nat Geo). Paul was director of photography on Jean-Michel Cousteau's Voyage to Kure, the film that persuaded President George W. Bush to declare the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands a National Monument in 2006. More recently, his work includes Disneynature's Dolphin Reed and Nat Geo's America's National Parks. Paul's narrative filmmaking spans numerous commercials, television series and feature films and he has worked with some of the world's most renown directors including Peter Weir on Master and Commander, Alejandro Inarritu on The Revenant, and Terrence Malick on The Tree of Life and other features. On a 40-day epic voyage around Cape Horn, he filmed for Master and Commander, which won the 2004 Academy Award for cinematography for Russell Boyd, ASC. His 2nd Unit shooting on The Tree of Life contributed to an Oscar nomination for cinematography, and Paul has continued to work with Malick on To the Wonder, Knight of Cups and as director of photography on his IMAX documentary about the evolution of the universe, The Voyage of Time.
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Filmographie
| 2003 | The Afternoon Play · as Policeman |
| 1999 | Holby City · as Security Guard |
| 2021 | |
| 1982 | Nature · as Co-Producer |
| 2020 | Diving with Dolphins · as Self |
| 2019 |
| 2022 | The Letter: A Message for Our Earth · as Cinematographer |
| 2022 | America's National Parks (2022) · as Cinematographer |
| 2021 | The Big Bend · as Director Of Photography |
| 2021 | The Mating Game (2021) · as Cinematographer |
| 2020 | Sharks vs. Dolphins: Blood Battle · as Director Of Photography |
| 2020 | Diving with Dolphins · as Cinematographer |
| 2018 | Dolphin Reef · as Cinematographer |
| 2018 | Dolphin Reef · as Cinematographer |
| 2016 | Voyage of Time: Life's Journey · as Director Of Photography |
| 2016 | Voyage of Time · as Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | The Revenant · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | Knight of Cups · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | Muse · as CinematographerSur Plex |
| 2014 | Wild Hawaii · as Director Of Photography |
| 2014 | Years of Living Dangerously · as Cinematographer |
| 2012 | Firefly 10th Anniversary: Browncoats Unite · as Cinematographer |
| 2011 | The Short List · as Cinematographer |
| 2011 | Paradise Broken · as Cinematographer |
| 2011 | Ocean Giants · as Cinematographer |
| 2011 | The Tree of Life · as Second Unit Director |
| 2010 | Killer Whales · as Cinematographer |
| 2008 | Oceans · as Cinematographer |
| 2008 | Heatstroke · as Director Of PhotographySur Plex |
| 2008 | Chief · as Cinematographer |
| 2007 | Earth · as CinematographerSur Plex |
| 2007 | Aztec Rex · as Director Of PhotographySur Plex |
| 2007 | Inside · as Cinematographer |
| 2006 | Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Adventures · as Cinematographer |
| 2005 | Tides of War · as Director Of PhotographySur Plex |
| 2005 | Trippin' · as Cinematographer |
| 2005 | National Geographic: Tsunami - Killer Wave · as Director Of Photography |
| 2004 | Naked Science · as Cinematographer |
| 2004 | Pear ta ma 'on maf · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | The Life of Mammals · as Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | Making Waves · as Cinematographer |
| 1999 | Dolphins: The Wild Side · as Cinematographer |
| 1998 | Earth Story · as Cinematographer |
| 1997 | Night Orchid · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | The Living Edens · as Cinematographer |
| 1990 | The Trials of Life · as Director Of Photography |
| 1990 | Trials of Life · as Director Of Photography |
| 1987 | Shark Week · as Cinematographer |
| 1985 | Explorer · as Cinematographer |
| 1984 | The Living Planet · as Cinematographer |
| 1983 | Natural World · as Cinematographer |
| 1982 | Nature · as Cinematographer |