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Shawn Heinrichs

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Shawn Heinrichs
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Why on Earth (2022)
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Shawn Heinrichs is an Emmy Award-winning cinematographer, photographer, and marine conservationist. He is the founder of Only One and was one of the lead activists and cinematographers for the Emmy-nominated film, Racing Extinction. Most recently, he was featured in the award-winning Netflix series 'Tales by Light' that showcased his innovative use of imagery to inspire and drive conservation of one of earth's crown jewels, West Papua. Fueled by his passion for the oceans, Shawn's groundbreaking work fuses dramatic imagery with intimate and thought-provoking stories, to connect the global community to the beauty and vulnerability of threatened marine species and habitats.
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    Known for

    Racing Extinction (2015)
    Racing Extinction
    8.1
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2015
    Tales by Light (2015)
    Tales by Light
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Chasing Coral (2017)
    Chasing Coral
    8.0
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2017
    Untamed Americas (2012)
    Untamed Americas
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department

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    • Sacred Ecology
      • underwater camera operator
      • Filming



    • American Ninja Warrior (2009)
      American Ninja Warrior
      6.8
      TV Series
      • additional underwater photography
      • 2022
    • Why on Earth (2022)
      Why on Earth
      7.3
      • additional photography
      • 2022
    • Shark with Steve Backshall (2021)
      Shark with Steve Backshall
      7.6
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • 2021
    • Changing Seas (2009)
      Changing Seas
      6.8
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • 2021
    • A World of Calm (2020)
      A World of Calm
      8.2
      TV Series
      • additional underwater photography
      • 2020
    • World's Deadliest Whale (2020)
      World's Deadliest Whale
      • additional underwater photography
      • 2020
    • Blue Planet Live (2019)
      Blue Planet Live
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • additional photography
      • 2019
    • Rob Stewart in Sharkwater Extinction (2018)
      Sharkwater Extinction
      7.5
      • camera operator
      • 2018
    • Tales by Light (2015)
      Tales by Light
      8.2
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2018
    • Shark Week (1987)
      Shark Week
      7.6
      TV Series
      • additional underwater photography
      • 2015–2018
    • Chasing the Thunder (2018)
      Chasing the Thunder
      8.2
      • additional photography
      • 2018
    • Deep Sea Killers (2017)
      Deep Sea Killers
      6.8
      • additional underwater photography
      • 2017
    • Chasing Coral (2017)
      Chasing Coral
      8.0
      • underwater camera operator
      • 2017
    • Jo Hurford, Adrienne Gittus, Andy Wheatcroft, and Samuel Mason in A Fish Full of Dollars (2016)
      A Fish Full of Dollars
      • additional photography
      • 2016
    • Great Blue Wild (2015)
      Great Blue Wild
      7.2
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • 2016

    Cinematographer



    • Sacred Ecology
      • Cinematographer
      • Filming



    • The Americas (2025)
      The Americas
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • cinematographer
      • 2025
    • SeaLegacy the Voyage
      TV Mini Series
      • cinematography
      • 2021
    • Rob Stewart in Sharkwater Extinction (2018)
      Sharkwater Extinction
      7.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • New Caledonia, Mother of the Coral Sea (2018)
      New Caledonia, Mother of the Coral Sea
      Short
      • director of photography
      • 2018
    • Racing Extinction (2015)
      Racing Extinction
      8.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Hannah Fraser in Tigress Shark (2014)
      Tigress Shark
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • Preposterous Pets (2014)
      Preposterous Pets
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • Untamed Americas (2012)
      Untamed Americas
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • Dan Rather Reports (2006)
      Dan Rather Reports
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • This Is Your Ocean: Sharks
      8.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Planet in Peril: Battle Lines (2008)
      Planet in Peril: Battle Lines
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008

    Director



    • New Caledonia, Mother of the Coral Sea (2018)
      New Caledonia, Mother of the Coral Sea
      Short
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Hannah Fraser in Tigress Shark (2014)
      Tigress Shark
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014

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