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Film Credits
[OCEAN OASIS introduction] [Behind the Scenes] [The Filmmakers] [The Researchers] [The Soundtrack] [Scientific Steering Committee] [Summerhays Films] [San Diego Natural History Museum] [PRONATURA] [CinemaCorp of the Californias] [Credits] Acknowledgements [Field Guide] [Conservation] [Teacher's Guide] [Photography Exhibition: Desert and Sea] [Reviews] [Itinerary] [Site Index]

Produced and Directed by
Soames Summerhays

Executive Producers
Michael Hager & Don Steele

Co-Producer & Distributor
Don Steele

Associate Producer
Exequiel Ezcurra

Director of Cinematography, Terrestrial
James Neihouse

Director of Cinematography, Marine
Bob Cranston

Editor
Mark Fletcher

Original Music
Alan Reeves

Script Writer
Michael Parfit


 

Scientists Playing Self
Exequiel Ezcurra: Ecologist
Mercedes Guererro: Mammalogist, whales
Iliana Ortega: Marine & Terrestrial Naturalist
Enriqueta Velarde: Ornithologist

Boat Driver
Jose Francisco "Pachico" Mayoral

Whale watchers in boat
Nancy Steele
Natalie Davila
Kate Steele
Nikki Oliver
Michael Wescoat

Voice Overs
Coral MacFarland Thuet:
Enriqueta Velarde
Gabriela Flores:
Mercedes Guerrero
Maricela de la Parra:
Iliana Ortega
Jaime Orozco:
"Pachico" Mayoral

 

Location Manager
Manuel Sánchez Álvarez

Camera Assistant
Michael Wescoat

Additional Cinematography
Gary Louzon

Diving Assistants
Mark Thurlow
Mark Conlin

Visual Effects
Sassoon Film Design, Santa Monica, CA

Visual Effects Supervisor
Tim Sassoon

Technical Director & Chief Animator
Johnathan Banta

Animator
Michael Jackson

Production Insurance
Truman Van Dyke

Varanus Biological Services
William Haas
Ingri Quon


 

Orchestration
Richard Bronskill

Solo Artists
John Phillips: Flutes/Panpipes
Gregg Wright: Electric Guitars
Maya le Roux Obradovic: Classical Guitars
Alan Reeves: Midi Keyboards

Location Sound Recording
Michael Wescoat

Re-recording Skywalker Sound
Gary Rizzo

Sound Designer
Michael McDonough

Foley & Sound Sweetening
Ryan Purcell

Blindfold Studios
Gregg Brandalise

Orchestra
City of Prague Philharmonic

Conductor
Mario Klemens

 

Studios
Smecky Praha Orchestrations

The Kaufman Agency
Jeff Kaufman

Narration Recording Supervisors
Barbara Corcega
Susanna Seaford

Production Assistants
Michael Wescoat
Bradley Steele
Josh Arden

Production Secretary
Maryann Beck

Assistant Editor
Justin Wade Bartlett

Set Production
James Melli

Still Photography
Enrique Hambleton

Aerial Cinematography:
Corporate Helicopters of San Diego
David Gibbs
Brian Humphrey


 

Post Production Supervision
RPG Productions, Inc.
Rick Gordon

Post Production Supervisor
Alison Bush

Post Production Coordinator
Annie Toth

Post Production Assistant
Cathy Hair

Quality Control Supervisor
Edwin Escalante

Quality Control Assistants
Eden Torres
Brian Robbins

Negative Cutting
Tom Kugler

Tyler Camera Systems
Major Mount Technician

Scott Smith

Film Laboratory
CFI

Color Timer
Mike Sanders

 

15-Perf 70mm Screening Facilities
Iwerks Entertainment

35mm Scanning
Digital Filmworks

65mm Scanning
Recording & Titles

IMAGICA USA, INC.
Visual Effects Supervisor
Alan Markowitz
Digital Effects Supervisor
Kelly Moran
Digital Technical Director
Ben Matsunaga
Camera Operators
Miriam Yagi
Robin Tams
Lineup
Steve Mate
Scanning & Recording
Scott Crafford
Production Assistant
Mario Allen
Production Manager
Julie O'Neill
Head of Production
Jose Parra
Executive in Charge of Production
Christopher Reyna

Title Artwork
Title House Digital


 

Semarnap Warden
Sergio Abulan Gonzáles

Mule Wranglers
Jesús Orfil Ramírez
José Jesús Zúñiga Arce
Carlos Antonio Arce Zúñiga
Francisco Arce Arce
Ramón Arce Arce

Production Accounting
Paul Champlin CPA
Debra Fecteau

Co-Associate Producer
Federico Chávez

Location & Script Consultants
Rodolfo Ogarrio
Norman Roberts
Enrique Hambleton

Research
Patricia Beller

San Diego Natural History Museum Educational Materials
Carol Radford

Ocean Oasis Website Development
Dale Clark
Linda West

Marketing & Public Relations
Delle Willett

Graphics
Erik Bolton
Shar Huston

Development
Ann Laddon
Vatei Ouy
Elizabeth Castillo

 

Scientific Consultants
Enriqueta Velarde
Mercedes Guererro Ruíz
Iliana Ortega Bacmeister
Tanya Atwater
Joann Miriam Stock
Robert Delong
Jorge Urbán Ramírez
Jon Rebman
Phil Unitt
Saúl Álvarez-Borrego
Silvio Guido Marinone
Eric Mellink
Carlos López González
Lawrence Lovell


Advisory Group
Planetario Alfa, Monterrey
Miguel Ángel Delgado
Carnegie Science Center
Seddon Bennington
COSI, Columbus
Kathy Sullivan
Discovery Place Inc.
Freda Nicholson
Liberty Science Center
Emlyn Koster
McWane Center, Birmingham, Alabama
John Mackay
The Science Place, Dallas
William M. Sudduth
Valentine Associates, Inc
Valentine Kass
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Raylene Decatur

Story Development
Exequiel Ezcurra
Soames Summerhays
Michael Parfit
Michael Hager


 

The Producers wish to thank the following for their support
Mexico's Secretary of the Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries
Julia Carabias Lillo
Permits
SEMARNAP
INAH
Secretario de Turismo de Baja California
Juan B. Tintos Funcke
Baja California Film Commission
American Museum of Natural History
California Science Center
Centro Cultural Tijuana
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Entergy IMAX Theater - Audubon Institute
Maritime Center at Norwalk, Inc.
Museum Of Science & Industry, Tampa
Pacific Science Center, Seattle
Papalote Museo Del Niño, Mexico City
Science World British Columbia, Vancouver

Recording Physics Inc.
James Lemke
William McHargue

Marine Transport
Tom Murphy
Ruben Coppel Luken
John & Joanne Barnes
Baer Davis
Terry & Debbie Janssen
Kuyima Servicios Ecoturísticos

Lindblad Expeditions
Sven Olof Lindblad
Pamela Fingleton

Scouting Flights
James Lemke
John Walton
Linden Blue

Production Advisors
Clint Moore
Rodolfo Ogarrio
Charles Van Tassel
Kirsten Winter
Carol Summerhays
Lorenzo Rosenzweig
Martin Goebel
Liz Bleiberg
Alain Johannes
Natasha Shneider
George Lautner
Chantal Reeves
Patrice Charpentier
Michael Errington

Magma
Vicky Baker

Webolution #9
Alex de Rafols
Robin Miller

Discover Baja Travel Club
Hugh Kramer

Baja Expeditions
Tim Means

Underwater Housing
Howard Hall Productions

Pilot
Thomas Brennan

Legal Services
Ira Epstein
John McNeece III

Made Possible By
Almacenes Coppel, S.A.
Familia Luken Garza
Fundación Mexicana para Educación Ambiental, A.C.
Pulsar, S.A.
Walton Family Foundation


Produced For CinemaCorp of the Californias
Gaston Luken Aguilar, Chairman
Michael Hager, President
Enrique Hambleton, Secretary
Steven McDonald
James Clements
Rodolfo Ogarrio
Dieter Holtz Wedde
Richard Benard, Chief Financial Officer


Produced and Distributed by
Summerhays Films, Inc.
San Diego, California

Film by Eastman Kodak

Filmed in IMAX®

The Filmmakers | The Researchers | The Soundtrack | Scientific Steering Committee
Summerhays Films | San Diego Natural History Museum | PRONATURA | CinemaCorp of the Californias
Film Credits | Acknowledgements

Behind the Scenes | Site Index | Ocean Oasis


San Diego Natural History Museum & PRONATURA
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