Role: Co-Producer & Directors of Photography
Co-produced and served as Directors of Photography for this award-winning PBS Nature documentary exploring the extraordinary shark species inhabiting Hawaii's waters.
What Malaʻe Productions contributed
Malaʻe Productions co-produced Sharks of Hawaii and served as its Directors of Photography. It is the broadest credit on our list: underwater, aerial and topside cinematography, time lapse footage, equipment rentals, location scouting and stock video all came from the same Big Island company, so the production drew on one crew and one inventory rather than a chain of vendors.
The underwater work reflects how we shoot every marine sequence: RED Digital Cinema cameras in Nauticam housings with ports, monitors and underwater lighting, supported from our own channel-crossing fishing boats and a Zodiac inflatable in the surf zone. Aerial coverage is flown under FAA Part 107 on the DJI Inspire fleet, and time lapse is a standing discipline of ours across Hawaii's landscapes, night skies and weather.
Shark behavior is a subject we have followed for two decades. Tiger sharks feeding at a whale carcass off the Big Island and whale shark encounters are already in our archive, which is why a natural history production can also license existing 4K and 8K Hawaii stock footage from us rather than commissioning every shot.
The same co-production, cinematography, scouting and rental services are available to broadcast and documentary productions on the Big Island, Oahu, Maui and Kauai.
- Co-Producer
- Directors of Photography
- Underwater
- Aerial
- Topside
- Timelapse Footage
- Equipment Rentals
- Location Scouting
- Stock Video
More credits
- Wild Hawaii: Secrets of the Deep (National Geographic / PBS)
- Wild Hawaii: Land of Fire (National Geographic / PBS)
- Sharks of the Fire Goddess (Discovery Channel)
- Sharkcano (Discovery Channel)
- America's National Parks (PBS / IMAX)
- Deadliest Catch: Bloodline (Discovery Channel)
- World's Most Dangerous Sharks (National Geographic)
- Tiger Shark Feeding Frenzy (Hawaii News Now)
Related
- Cinema — Malaʻe Productions has filmed Hawaii's natural world for broadcast since 2003 — as Directors of Photography and cinematographers on PBS Nature's Sharks of Hawaii, National Geographic's Wild Hawaii: Secrets of the Deep and Wild Hawaii: Land of Fire, and Discovery Channel's Sharkcano and Sharks of the Fire Goddess.
- Big Island video production
- Equipment Rentals — Rent RED cinema cameras, Shotover gimbals, DJI drones, Nauticam underwater housings and full production packages on the Big Island, with delivery statewide and a price match guarantee.
- Contact — Tell us about your production, rental or stock footage needs anywhere in Hawaii. We reply with availability and pricing, typically within one business day.