AGM & Inside Titanic, intimate secrets - Pieter de Vries ACS
Location
Ian Woolf Auditorium, Carey Baptist Grammar School
About
This leading cinematographer tells how he descended almost 4000 metres below the waves to film the wreckage of the Titanic, for James Cameron’s 3-D IMAX documentary Ghosts of the Abyss. Pieter will tell of his exhilaration and initial apprehension at journeying so far beneath the ocean’s surface in submersible craft. We’ll see segments of his work, and hear behind-the-scenes stories about how cutting-edge remote camera technology unveiled Titanic’s intimate secrets.
Pieter is a renowned documentary cinematographer whose incredible journey has taken him from the heights of the space shuttle to the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean. He has captured extraordinary moments in 185 countries around the world, over a career spanning more than four decades. The films Pieter has worked on have won many accolades, including Emmy and BAFTA awards.
Pieter is a renowned documentary cinematographer whose incredible journey has taken him from the heights of the space shuttle to the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean. He has captured extraordinary moments in 185 countries around the world, over a career spanning more than four decades. The films Pieter has worked on have won many accolades, including Emmy and BAFTA awards.