“I haven’t made a film for 10 years but I think I have an amazing story.”
Craig Foster in conversation with Pippa Ehrlich

MY OCTOPUS TEACHER

Awards

ACADEMY AWARDS

Documentary Feature (Winner)

BAFTA FILM AWARDS

Documentary (Winner)

PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA

Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures (Winner)

DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary (Nominee)

ACE EDDIE AWARDS

Best Edited Documentary (Feature) – Pippa Ehrlich & Dan Schwalm  (Winner)

WILDSCREEN

Golden Panda 

JACKSON WILD

Best People & Nature Film – Long Form

Best Science in Nature Film – Long Form

Best Editing

Grand Teton

(nominated for 8 more awards)

IDA AWARDS

Pare Lorentz Award (Winner)

Best Music Score (Winner)

Best Writing (Nominee)

EARTHX

Best Feature Film Jury Prize

GREEN SCREEN

Best Film 2020

Best Story 2020

Best Marine Film 2020

WILD OCEANS

Best Animal Behaviour or Ecosystem Description Award (still to be announced)

LAB ME CRAZY

Best Documentary or Reportage

SILBERSALZ

Inspiring Change Award

Young Audience Award

MILLENIUM DOCS

The Green Warsaw Award

ROTTERDAM WILDLIFE FILM FESTIVAL

Animal Behaviour Award

SCIENCE CONGRESS

Best Natural History Long Format

Biggest Impact Of The Year (To be announced Dec 8-10th)

CRITICS CHOICE DOCUMENTARY AWARDS

Best Science/Nature Documentary (Winner)

Best Cinematography (Winner)

Best Narration Craig Foster (Nominee)

Best Documentary Feature My Octopus Teacher (Nominee)

CINEMA EYE HONORS

Audience Choice Prize – Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography – Roger Horrocks 

CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY (CAS) AWARDS

Motion Picture – Documentary (Nominee)

HOUSTON FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

Motion Picture – Documentary (Nominee)

LAS VEGAS FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

Best Documentary (Nominee)

MPSE GOLDEN REEL AWARDS

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary (Nominee)

ST LOUIS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION

Best Documentary (Nominee)

GZDOCS (GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL)

Best Documentary (Nominee)

SAN DIEGO FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

Best Documentary Film (Nominee)

ST LOUIS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION

Best Documentary Feature (Nominee)

MY OCTOPUS TEACHER

Full Credits

Directed By Pippa Ehrlich & James Reed

Produced By Craig Foster

Director Of Photography Roger Horrocks & Craig Foster

Executive Producer Ellen Windemuth

Sound Design Barry Donnelly

Original Music Kevin Smuts

Consultant Editor Jinx Godfrey

Editors Pippa Ehrlich & Dan Schwalm

Colorist Kyle Stroebel

Underwater Photography Craig Foster

Topside Photography Warren Smart

Aerial Photography Tom Foster

Additional Photography Pippa Ehrlich & Dave Aenme

Written By Pippa Ehrlich & James Reed

Additional Music Mathew Dennis, Tom Foster & Ronan Skillen

Sound Recording Louw Verwoerd, Hilton Auffray & Tom Foster

Production Manager Swati Thiyagarajan

Scientific Advisers Emeritus Professor Charles Griffiths, Dr Jannes Landschoff & Professor Jennifer Mather

Associate Producers Swati Thiyagarajan, Ross Frylinck & Carina Frankal

Production Assistant Faine Loubser

Production Finance Foster Brothers Film

For Off The Fence

Head Of Production Karen Meehan

Production Manager Stuart Hoole

Production Secretary Charlotte Kingdom

Co-executive Producers Allison Bean & Andrew Zikking

Associate Producers Sam Barton-humphreys & Ludo Dufour

General Counsel Michelle Bruce

Production Finance Marcel Derksen, Menno Fennema

Graphics & Titles Max Phillips

FOR REFINERY POST PRODUCTION

Digital Imaging Producer Jade Kohler

Post Supervisor Lauren Van Rensburg

Mastering Technician Armien Baradien

Conform Editor Danielle Nel

Online Editor Lamees Martin

AUDIO POST PRODUCTION FACILITY

Audio One

Foley Artist Charl Mostert

Technical Support Lynne Brennan, Michael Brennan, Tom Osborn

ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE & PHOTOS COURTESY OF:

Foster Brothers Film

Roger Horrocks

Michael Raimondo

SPECIAL THANKS

Sara Edelson, Michael Raimondo, Parker Family, Mapula Trust, Prannoy Roy, Rhadika Roy, Louis Herman, Anthony Mitchell, Brian Bergman, Friedl Le Roux, Yvette Oosthuizen, Deirdre Sims, Michael Sims, Scott Ramsay, Jerry Lemba Lemba, Toren Wing, Jason Boswell, Miguel Oliveira, Aimee Kuhl, Danielle Ehrlich, Lisa Beasley, Mike Duffet, Erik Meijer, Georgia Thompson, Ian Mcallum, Mike Nortje, John Chambers, Monica Rorvick, Craig Fraser, Libby Doyle, Christopher Henshilwood, Colin Bell, Diana Foster, Keith Foster, Natasha Dryden