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Roger Munns(I)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
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Blue Planet II
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Blue Planet II (2017)
Roger was a principal Cinematographer on the BBC's Blue Planet II series, Director of Photography on Apple's Under the Sea Screensavers, and a sequence cameraman on David Attenborough's Seven Worlds, One Planet. He is a British Emmy(TM) and BAFTA award-winning underwater cameraman, based in Sabah, Malaysia.

Specialising in Natural history documentary film-making, Roger logged over 600hrs underwater as a principal Cinematographer on the Blue Planet II series. He filmed ten different stories for four episodes - One Ocean, Coral Reefs, Open Ocean and Our Blue Planet. You can read more about that on Roger's website.

As an Underwater DP for over 20 years Roger has experience working in diverse locations and habitats from the Antarctic to the tropics, open ocean to coral reefs. While enjoying the challenge of filming megafauna, such as manta rays and blue whales, his specialty is crafting complex, character-led stories. Notable sequences include 'Percy the Tuskfish' smashing clams on an anvil for Blue Planet II, the first filming of the humpback whale heat-run in Tonga for One Life and a story about human interactions with the largest fish in the sea - Whale Sharks, for Seven Worlds, One Planet

Roger is an excellent freediver and has logged over 500hrs on various rebreathers including his rEvo closed circuit rebreather. He owns and operates an 8K Red DSMC2 Helium cinema camera housed in a Gates Deep Weapon underwater housing and has worked extensively with lighting and grip underwater
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 4 wins & 6 nominations total

    Known for

    One Life (2011)
    One Life
    7.9
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2011
    Life Story (2014)
    Life Story
    9.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Malaysia from Below
    • Cinematographer
    • 2013
    New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands (2016)
    New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
    8.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Our Oceans (2024)
      Our Oceans
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • additional cinematography
      • 2024
    • Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough (2024)
      Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator
      • director of photography: underwater (uncredited)
      • 2024
    • Niobe Thompson and Sarika Suzuki in The Nature of Things (1960)
      The Nature of Things
      8.3
      TV Series
      • camera
      • 2024
    • Planet Earth III (2023)
      Planet Earth III
      9.1
      TV Mini Series
      • underwater cinematography
      • 2023
    • Terra Mater (2011)
      Terra Mater
      8.0
      TV Series
      • camera
      • 2018–2023
    • Frozen Planet II (2022)
      Frozen Planet II
      9.0
      TV Mini Series
      • underwater cameraman
      • 2022
    • Will Smith and Darren Aronofsky in One Strange Rock (2018)
      One Strange Rock
      8.7
      TV Mini Series
      • underwater camera operator
      • 2018
    • Blue Planet II (2017)
      Oceans of Wonder
      8.2
      TV Special
      • underwater camera operator
      • 2018
    • Blue Planet II (2017)
      Blue Planet II
      9.3
      TV Mini Series
      • underwater camera operator
      • camera operator
      • 2017
    • New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands (2016)
      New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator
      • 2016
    • Brian Cox in Forces of Nature with Brian Cox (2016)
      Forces of Nature with Brian Cox
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • underwater camera operator
      • 2016
    • Shark Week (1987)
      Shark Week
      7.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2015
    • Wild Sri Lanka (2015)
      Wild Sri Lanka
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator
      • 2015
    • Life Story (2014)
      Life Story
      9.0
      TV Mini Series
      • underwater camera operator
      • 2014
    • 60 Minutes Australia (1979)
      60 Minutes Australia
      6.8
      TV Series
      • underwater camera operator
      • 2012–2014

    Cinematographer



    • Our Oceans (2024)
      Our Oceans
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Eden: Untamed Planet (2021)
      Eden: Untamed Planet
      8.3
      TV Series
      • cinematography
      • 2021
    • A World of Calm (2020)
      A World of Calm
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Earth's Tropical Islands (2020)
      Earth's Tropical Islands
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2020
    • Seven Worlds One Planet (2019)
      Seven Worlds One Planet
      9.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Hostile Planet (2019)
      Hostile Planet
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • Will Smith and Darren Aronofsky in One Strange Rock (2018)
      One Strange Rock
      8.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Oceans: Our Blue Planet (2018)
      Oceans: Our Blue Planet
      7.5
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Blue Planet II (2017)
      Blue Planet II
      9.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • The Amazon of the East (2016)
      The Amazon of the East
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2016
    • Terra Mater (2011)
      Terra Mater
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Nature's Greatest Secret: The Coral Triangle (2014)
      Nature's Greatest Secret: The Coral Triangle
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • Malaysia from Below
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013

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