Team Profiles
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David HannanCinematographer and Producer, David Hannan has won international acclaim for his tropical and temperate marine images. His now classic underwater music video Coral Sea Dreaming released in 1992 has screened in over 60 countries and remains the best-selling Natural History program ever produced and marketed from Australia. Since then, David has produced, co-produced and filmed many other TV Documentaries and Musical Videos, amassed one of the worlds' largest independent tropical marine footage libraries and also an extensive archive of Antarctica on HD. David and his company Plankton Productions have been extensively involved in shooting and/or supplying images for many of the worlds best known programs and series over the last two decades including the BBC's "The Blue Planet" National Geographics' "The Shape of Life" and "Great Migrations" series and David Suzuki's "The Nature of Things". In 1999 David won an Emmy Award for his Cinematography on "Palau - Paradise of the Pacific", part of the highly acclaimed US Living Edens Series. He was again nominated for an Emmy Award in 2008 for "Reef of Riches". In 2007 David Co-Produced and Co-filmed the Feature Documentary "Sharkwater" www.sharkwater.com with Rob Stewart which has since won more than 34 International Awards. The 6-part TV series entitled "Underwater Edens" for Smithsonian Channel was completed with Co-Producer Nate Scripture during 2009 which won the award for 'Best Series' at the International Wildlife Film Festival in 2010. See story title Undersea Edens wins 'Best Series' award at IWFF. He is proud of his role in instigating and co-producing an innovative new range of Marine Educational Modules and Keynote speeches that focus on Marine Issues and Marine Ecology that will be available online to over 10,000 schools in the Australian and New Zealand region and are also intended for worldwide Distribution in 2010. David is currently releasing his latest HD project Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken, exploring exciting new ways of seeing his imagery as 'Virtual Decor' and planning several new projects. |
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Lucy TrippettThe filming of fascinating subjects requires a lot of other work and creative thinking behind the scenes in organization and management. David's partner Lucy Trippett is an Environmental Scientist, Diver, Photographer, Writer, Production Manager, Researcher, Producer, Art Director, Publicist, Creature Collector, Travel Agent, Critic, Aquarist, Bookkeeper, Visionary, Ship Master, Marketing Co-ordinator, Designer, Comedienne, Host, Executive and Spouse - usually all at the same time! Visit Lucy's redbubble profile where you can view and buy her photography as prints, canvases etc. 
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Peter SimonWith an eye to an 'online' future, Peter Simon has worked freelance on independent film, TV & multi-media projects & in post-production around Australia & the world from the early 80's. Since 2001, Pete has guided all David’s projects through the HD workflow labyrinth based at ProCam in Brisbane Australia and more recently 'in-house' through decentralised FCPro systems in the increasingly interconnected global village. With Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken now in a release pattern, Peter is taking care of many day-to-day Plankton operations and also scoping new special HD projects. |
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Sam HannanSam Hannan, commonly found lurking in dark rooms surrounded by many small blinking lights, is rumoured to have begun life in a sound studio! Nowadays Sam is suspected of having pitch-perfect hearing and apart from being a musician himself, his activities include music production, recording, mixing, 5.1 surround mixing, programming, post production and mastering. While occasionally admitting to a family connection, Sam is a regular fixture with Plankton Productions literally adding another dimension to recent projects including Antarctica Dreaming, Serenity - Southern Seas Sam Hannan continues to work independently with musicians, such as Mental As Anything, Brian Cadd, Russell Morris, Olivia Newton John, Delta Goodrem, The McClymonts, James Cruikshank, Weaponhead and Jez Mead to name a few. |
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Jay DaniellsSince 2004 Jay Daniells has been designing, developing and maintaining David Hannan web presences. In addition he also supplies print graphics and website marketing and SEO consultancy. Over the past 12 years Jay has trained and worked in a variety of commercial design areas including 3 years at a film and tv post facility in Brisbane, Australia. In 2005 he established himself in freelance. More information and other examples of Jay's website design work can be found on his website www.jaydaniells.com |
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