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David HannanDavid Hannan and his Australian based media company Plankton Productions are currently releasing his latest new HD film Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken. He is also exploring exciting ways of seeing his imagery as 'Virtual Decor' and developing several new projects. Cinematographer, Director and Producer, David Hannan has won international acclaim for his tropical and temperate marine images. His now classic original underwater music video 'Coral Sea Dreaming - An Evolving Balance' released in 1992 has screened in over 60 countries and remains the best-selling Natural History program ever produced and marketed from Australia. Since then, David has produced, co-produced and filmed for many other TV Documentaries and Musical Videos, amassed one of the worlds largest independent tropical marine footage libraries and also an extensive archive of Antarctica on HD. Several HD programs, 'Antarctica Dreaming - Wildlife on Ice', 'Serenity - Southern Seas' and 'Ningaloo - Where The Desert meets the Sea' were produced with ProCam in Brisbane, Australia. David Hannan has been extensively involved in shooting and/or supplying images for many of the worlds best known programs and series over the last two decades including the BBC's 'The Blue Planet', National Geographic 'The Shape of Life' and 'Great Migrations' series and David Suzuki's 'The Nature of Things'. In 1999 David won an Emmy Award for his Cinematography on 'Palau - Paradise of the Pacific', an episode of the highly acclaimed US Living Edens Series. He was again nominated for an Emmy Award in 2008 for 'Equator: Reef of Riches'. In 2007, David was Australian Producer and Cinematographer on Rob Stewarts Feature Documentary 'Sharkwater' that has since won more than 34 International Awards. The 6-part TV series 'Undersea Edens' completed during 2009 with Co-Producer Nate Scripture for Smithsonian Channel won a prestigious award for 'Best Series'. David is proud of his role in instigating and co-producing an innovative new range of Marine Educational Modules and Keynote speeches that focus on Marine Issues and Marine Ecology available now online to over 10,000 schools in the Australian and New Zealand region and in the USA. → To access online bios and press kit go here: www.planktonproductions.com.au/resources/index.php#presskit From the Archives: David Hannan filming a segment at Sea Studios with Macro Rig for 'The Shape of Life' series, 1999 |
David Hannan Productions Pty Ltd are now formally trading as Plankton Productions - visit the website for up to date information
High Definition Marine Cinematography & Programming
Plankton Productions is David Hannan's Australian based media company with a full slate of projects based on an extensive footage library resource, from TV Documentary, Online Science Education to Marine Video Art.
Cinematographer, Director and Producer, David Hannan first won international acclaim for his tropical coral reef images in his now classic video 'Coral Sea Dreaming - An Evolving Balance' originally released in 1992.
Many years, TV documentaries and musical programs later, David remains passionate about all things marine and since 2001, has filmed on HD in a joint venture with ProCam in Brisbane Australia.
For more info about Plankton Productions visit www.planktonproductions.com.au
From mid-2009, Davids media company has a new business name 'PLANKTON PRODUCTIONS PTY LTD', previously 'David Hannan Productions Pty Ltd'. Australian Company & Business Registration details remain the same: ACN 010 898 567 and ABN 43 010 898 567.
