Craig Foster

Craig Foster is an Oscar and BAFTA-winning filmmaker, naturalist, author, and ocean explorer. His films have won over 150 international awards. He co-founded the Sea Change Project in 2012.

Craig’s work has contributed to the marine sciences through the discovery of new species and new animal behaviours. He is the first person to create a method of underwater tracking in the kelp forest. His film My Octopus Teacher has led to making the Great African Seaforest a global icon. 

Craig also has consulted for 8 years to the centre for early sapiens behaviour, SapienCE, and created an award winning exhibition about middle Stone Age human origins. Drawing on 30 years of his work with the San and other indigenous African people, the exhibit promotes Africa as the origin of science and art. His recently published book, Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World, has received global accolades and awards.

Craig believes that the greatest threat we face is the cooling of the human heart towards nature. All his work is about inspiring a change of heart, inspiring people to care for and regenerate nature around them. He has founded the Sea Change Project to share his love of nature with others and has kept his pact to dive 365 times a year for over a decade.