NORBERT WU

Norbert Wu is a photographer, cinematographer, and writer who specializes in marine issues. He has photographed in nearly every conceivable locale, ranging from the freezing waters of the Arctic and Antarctic to the coral reefs and jungles of the tropics. His writing and photography have appeared in thousands of books, films, and magazines, including feature articles in Audubon, GEO, International Wildlife. Le Figaro, National Geographic, Omni, and the covers of GEO, Natural History, Time, and Terre Sauvage. He is a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences, and he serves as contributing editor to Photo Techniques, Shutterbug, Skin Diver, and Nature Photographer. He is the author and photographer of eight books on wildlife and photography, the originator and photographer for several children's book series on the oceans, and his photographic library of marine and topside wildlife is one of the most comprehensive in the world. He has worked as chief still photographer for Jacques Cousteau's Calypso, as research diver for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; and as cinematographer for numerous television productions. His background includes degrees in electrical and mechanical engineering from Stanford University and doctoral studies at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He is a technical, certified nitrox and rebreather diver, both of which allow extended bottom times and other advantages. As a filmmaker, his recent projects include filming the revolutionary new Deep Flight submersible for National Geographic Television, tiger sharks for Survival Anglia, and great white sharks for PBS. He was commissioned in 1999 to produce, direct, and film a high-definition television (HDTV) program on Antarctica's underwater world for PBS Nature. As an independent photographer and filmmaker, his projects support his commitment to ocean exploration, research and conservation. He co-authored the feature article on marine biodiversity in Encyclopaedia Britannica's 1996 Yearbook of Science and the future, and was awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Artists and Writers Grants to document wildlife and research in Antarctica in 1997 and 1999. In 1999, he was awarded a Pew Marine Conservation Fellowship that will allow him to pursue a marine conservation-related project for the next three years. For his fellowship, he plans to document the state of coral reefs, fisheries, and "conservation hotspots" worldwide for magazine articles, websites, and a book. Phone 831-375-4448; website: www.norbertwu.com

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