Andrew Penniket is an award-winning underwater cameraman and documentary maker whose career has spanned four decades. Since starting with TVNZ’s Natural History Unit in Dunedin his work has featured in acclaimed international productions such as Blue Planet and Planet Earth, for broadcasters including BBC, National Geographic, NHNZ and Discovery Channel.
Trained as a biologist Andrew has combined extensive knowledge of marine life with an artist’s eye, developing a reputation for capturing intimate, behaviour-driven sequences that reveal the beauty and mystery of underwater life, from the midnight rambles of lobsters to cooperative hunting of orca tribes and life under the ice in Antarctica. His images and films have been used widely to support marine protected areas and he is a staunch advocate for increased conservation in the sea.