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AL GIDDINGS
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
During the past three decades, Al Giddings has earned a reputation as one of the most creative and talented irector-producer-cinematographers in the entertainment industry. Never settling for off-the-shelf technology, Giddings is constantly designing innovative cameras, lighting and optical systems in all film and video formats, from IMAX to high definition.
Giddings is well known in the entertainment industry for his creative directing and undersea camera work, demonstrated in such classic films as THE DEEP and the James Bond classics FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN. Giddings pushed underwater film techniques and technology to the edge as director of underwater photography for 20th Century Fox's blockbuster THE ABYSS, which captured an Academy Award nomination for outstanding cinematography. He also served as Co-producer/Director of Underwater Photography on Jim Cameron's 1997 Fox spectacular, TITANIC, the highest grossing film in movie history. In addition, Giddings directed and filmed the heart stopping under-ice sequences in DAMIEN: OMEN II, and Disney's NEVER CRY WOLF.
Giddings has directed and filmed dozens of films for television, including specials on the ANDREA DORIA, the North Pole, deep-sea volcanoes, the great whales and great white sharks. In 1996 he coproduced and codirected GALAPAGOS: BEYOND DARWIN, for the Discovery Channel, the third-highest rated show in Discovery's 15-year history, and BLUE WHALE: LARGEST ANIMAL ON EARTH for ABC World of Discovery. Four television specials, BLUE WHALE, SHARK CHRONICLES, MYSTERIES OF THE SEA, and THE LIVING EDENS: PALAU, have earned Giddings Emmy® Awards.
Giddings' topside cinematography produced spectacular white-water sequences for the CBS miniseries DREAM WEST. He produced and directed OCEANQUEST, a five-part NBC ocean adventure series which captured the number one slot in prime-time ratings. Giddings and his company produced four highly acclaimed one-hour specials, WATER GIFT OF LIFE (hosted by Gregory Peck), IN CELEBRATION OF TREES (Discovery Channel), TITANIC: TREASURE OF THE DEEP (CBS, hosted by Walter Cronkite) and OCEAN SYMPHONY, Giddings music video which won the American Film Institute's highest award. His most recent work in IMAX Productions, WHALES and GALAPAGOS 3-D, are garnering national attention and setting attendance records around the world.
The Giddings Natural history image library is one of the most extensive in the industry and has been supplying both film and still photographs internationally for three decades.
Theatrical features:
TITANIC (Fox) Co-producer, Director of Underwater Photography
STRIKING DISTANCE (Columbia) Director of Underwater Photography
THE RIVER WILD (Universal) Director of Underwater Photography
THE ABYSS (Fox) Director of Underwater Photography
BLACK WIDOW (Fox) Director of Underwater Photography
DAMIEN: OMEN II (Fox) Director of Underwater Photography
NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (Warner) Director of Underwater Photography
BOYS (PF Productions) Director of Underwater Photography
GALAPAGOS (IMAX) Producer, Director, Cinematographer
WHALES (IMAX) Director, Cinematographer
DREAM WEST (CBS) Director, Cinematographer
ON THE EDGE (Alliance Films) Director of Underwater Photography
THE DEEP (Columbia) Director of Underwater Photography
NEVER CRY WOLF (Disney) Cinematographer, under ice scenes
LOVE IS FOREVER (Landon/Hall) Director of Underwater Photography
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (EON Productions) Director and Cinematographer, underwater scenes
THE END (Burt Reynolds) Cinematographer, underwater sequences
SHARKS TREASURE (United Artists) Cinematographer
Documentaries:
LIVE FROM A SHARK CAGE (Discovery) Producer, Director, Cinematographer
Cuba's FORBIDDEN DEPTHS, (Discovery) Producer, Director, Cinematographer
SECRETS OF THE HUMPBACK WHALE (Discovery) Producer, Director, Cinematographer
THE LIVING EDENS: PALAU (ABC/Kane) Producer, Director, Cinematographer
TRUK LAGOON: UNDERWATER ODYSSEY (Turner) Producer, Director, Cinematographer
GALAPAGOS: BEYOND DARWIN (Discovery) Producer, Director, Cinematographer
BLUE WHALE: LARGEST ANIMAL ON EARTH (ABC/KANE) Producer, Director, Cinematographer
THE SECRETS OF THE UNDERWATER VOLCANOES (Kurtis) Director of Underwater Photography
TITANIC: TREASURE OF THE DEEP (CBS – Walter Cronkite) Producer, Director, Cinematographer
IN CELEBRATION OF TREES (Discovery) Producer, Director, Cinematographer
WATER, GIFT OF LIFE (music video), Producer, Director, Cinematographer
OCEAN SYMPHONY (MCA music video) Producer, Director, Cinematographer
SHARK CHRONICLES (ABC/KANE) Cinematographer
OCEANQUEST (NBC) Producer, Director, Cinematographer
JAWS: THE TRUE STORY (Nova/BBC) Cinematographer
VISIONS OF THE DEEP: THE UNDERWATER WORLD OF AL GIDDINGS (Nova/BBC) Cinematographer
THE ETERNAL SEA (Disney) Circlevision, Director and Director of Photography
MYSTERIES OF THE SEA (ABC) Producer, Director, Cinematographer
DIVE TO THE EDGE OF CREATION (National Geographic) Co-director, Cinematographer
LIFE ON EARTH (BBC), Director and Cinematographer, underwater sequences
GENTLE GIANTS OF THE PACIFIC (NBC) Director, Cinematographer
MYSTERY OF THE ANDREA DORIA (CBS) Cinematographer
SEARCH FOR THE SHINOHARA (NBC) Producer, Director, Cinematographer
THE FROZEN WORLD OF SEALS AND WALRUSES (CBS) Cinematographer
Honors and Awards:
Emmy ®, THE LIVING EDENS: PALAU, ABC
Emmy ®, BLUE WHALE: LARGEST ANIMAL ON EARTH, ABC
Emmy ®, SHARK CHRONICLES, ABC
Emmy ®, MYSTERIES OF THE SEA, NBC
Emmy ® finalist, SEARCH OF THE SHINOHARA,
GALAPAGOS: BEYOND DARWIN, Gold Medal, New York Film Festivals
WATER, GIFT OF LIFE, six Gold Medals
OCEAN SYMPHONY, American Film Institute, Best Video of the Year, Nature and Science
SMPTE Fellowship
GRIERSON AWARD, Photographic Excellence
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