Louie Psihoyos
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Louie Psihoyos (rhymes with Sequoias) has been widely regarded as one of the top photographers in the world. He was hired directly out of college to shoot for National Geographic and created images for the yellow-bordered magazine for 18 years. His ability to bring humanity and wit to complicated science stories carries over to his filmmaking. An ardent diver and dive photographer, he feels compelled to show the world the decline of our planet’s crucial resource, water.

He has been on contract for Fortune Magazine and shot hundreds of covers for other magazines including Smithsonian, Discover, GEO, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, Sports Illustrated and Rock and Ice. His work has also been seen on the Discovery Channel, National Geographic Television and the History Channel. Museums and private collectors around the world have sought Psihoyos' photography.

With Jim Clark, he created The Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS) in 2005. The non-profit organization provides an exclusive lens for the public and media to observe the beauty as well as the destruction of the oceans, while motivating change.

With his first film, The Cove, he has touched many with his unflinching view of a dark subject. The eco-thriller has won Audience Awards at Sundance, Newport Beach and Toronto's HotDocs, as it sweeps through the festival circuit.

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Show us The Science

Posted April 14, 2010 | 13:46:02 (EST)

I directed a documentary called The Cove, a film about the capture and killing of dolphins in a National Park in Japan that few people even there know about. For that documentary the Oceanic Preservation Society's (OPS) black ops team and a band of filmmakers-turned-activists used high tech surveillance gear...

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The Cove: Our Little Project Finds Itself on the World's Largest Stage

Posted February 23, 2010 | 11:33:51 (EST)

If You had 45 Seconds to Talk to the World -- What Would YOU Say?

A year ago a small team of improbable filmmakers, activists and other dreamers were in my backyard studio in Colorado making a film about saving the oceans. People often note that my organization, The...

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Australians Take a Stand Against Japanese City's Dolphin-Hunting Practice

Posted August 25, 2009 | 16:00:07 (EST)

I directed the movie The Cove, a documentary about an unlikely team of activists that come together to help former Flipper trainer Ric O'Barry penetrate and expose a secret cove in Taiji, Japan.

Over the past year, I have been amazed at people's ability to use their voices to...

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