Bio & achievements

Andy McLeod is a documentary cameraman and underwater filmmaker. In the interview he describes working in television production before developing the diving experience needed to take cameras underwater, and discusses the judgement behind wildlife filming.

Documentary cameraman and underwater filmmaker
Brings diving judgement to wildlife storytelling

Meet the guest

Andy McLeod

How wildlife documentaries are filmed underwater

Andy McLeod shares the experience, preparation and decisions behind underwater wildlife filmmaking.

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Behind the camera, beneath the surface

Underwater filmmaking

The practical challenges of filming underwater
Andy’s experiences around Antarctic ice and marine wildlife
How an underwater camera operator approaches an unfamiliar environment

In their own words

Why camera experience was not enough underwater

But it actually took a lot longer before I could consider myself experienced enough and qualified enough to, start taking cameras underwater. So it was probably by the time I was 36, I took on my first underwater job, which was a series for National Geographic.

Andy is describing his own career as a documentary cameraman. He is not presented as an Antarctic scientist or as offering diving instruction.

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