The producers of our award winning film “HUMPBACKS- FROM FIRE TO ICE” onboard our expedition vessel the Princeton Hall in Juneau, Alaska ready to head out on expedition. The producers Michelle Addington, Ross Isaacs and Stan Esecson. Our expedition vessel Alaska Adventurer in an ice berg field not far from […]

Ross collected material over a 6 year period for his film ‘SECRETS OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF’ which is being distributed through National Geographic Channel and has sold to over 50 countries.Image courtesy- Chris Hamilton

Ross was EMMY nominated in 2003 for best cinematography for “ABOVE AND BELOW MAUI” for his work filming Humpback whales in Maui with YNR Marketing working for executive producer Stan Esecson and director Bernard “Boix” Nathanson.

Working with a group of engineers in Queensland, Ross Isaacs was first in Australia to manufacture an underwater housing for the Sony HDCAM and continued to evolve housings through the future development of the 4K, 6K and now 8K digital cameras systems.Images courtesy- Dave Miller

Ross did his first closed circuit rebreather course under the instruction of Australian Navy clearance diver/advanced technical instructor Eugene Maxwell and advanced technical dive instructor Kevin Denlay. Eugene and Kevin instructed the class on the SM1600 also known as the Mark 15.5. This is one of the most highly regarded […]

Ross worked on the Jackie Chan / Golden Harvest Productions’ big screen action feature “FIRST STRIKE” as underwater DP sharing the roll with late legend, Ron Taylor.

Ross worked as underwater DP on famed director/musician Tatuya Ishii on his artistic big screen science fiction feature film entitled “ACRI”. Underwater filming included complex green screen composite and live action sequences filming background plates in Fiji and humpback whales and dolphins in Australia. At the time it was the […]

Back in 1985 Ross Isaacs was first to film Humpback whales underwater in Australian waters and his first 16mm film television documentary entitled ‘RETURN OF THE LEVIATHAN’ was shot along the east coast of Queensland where he followed the migrating giants to their breeding grounds on the Great Barrier Reef. […]

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