David Hannan

Cinematographer and Producer, David Hannan has won international acclaim for his tropical and temperate marine images. His now classic underwater music video Coral Sea Dreaming released in 1992 has screened in over 60 countries and remains the best-selling Natural History program ever produced and marketed from Australia.

Since then, David has produced, co-produced and filmed many other TV Documentaries and Musical Videos. Along the way, he won an Emmy Award for his Cinematography on Palau - Paradise of the Pacific part of the Living Edens Series in 1999.

David is currently rolling out his latest HD project Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken and also exploring exciting new ways of seeing his imagery as 'Virtual Decor'.

Lucy Trippett

The filming of fascinating subjects requires a lot of other work and creative thinking behind the scenes in organization and management.

David's partner Lucy Trippett is an Environmental Scientist, Diver, Photographer, Writer, Production Manager, Researcher, Producer, Art Director, Publicist, Creature Collector, Travel Agent, Critic, Aquarist, Bookkeeper, Visionary, Ship Master, Marketing Co-ordinator, Designer, Comedienne, Host, Executive and Spouse - usually all at the same time!

Visit Lucy's redbubble profile where you can view and buy her photography as prints, canvases etc.

Or check out Lucys current online photo exhibition at
www.protectourcoralsea.org.au/about/images-and-video-gallery/lucy-trippett-photo-exhibition

Peter Simon

With an eye to an 'online' future, Peter Simon has worked freelance on independent film, TV & multi-media projects & in post-production around Australia & the world from the early 80's.

Since 2001, Pete has guided all David’s projects through the HD workflow labyrinth based at ProCam in Brisbane Australia and more recently 'in-house' through decentralised FCPro systems in the increasingly interconnected global village.

With Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken now in a release pattern, Peter is taking care of many day-to-day Plankton operations and also scoping new special HD projects.

Toni Houston

Toni is currently writing the Voice Over narration script for Coral Sea Dreaming 2. She has worked in the film and television industry for twenty years. She has worked as researcher, writer, editor and/or director for major Australian TV networks (Channel 10, Nine Network and the ABC Natural History Unit) and independent documentary companies. This culminated in her directing a 1 hour special - Atlanta’s Child - for Seven Network Australia.

For 5 years she traveled the world as onboard film-maker for National Geographic Lindblad Expeditions, producing short documentaries on eco-tourism and expedition travel, for which she was cinematographer, director, editor, writer and narrator. Most recently she wrote, directed and edited Antarctica Dreaming, an HD feature on Antarctica. Toni is now developing Aqua with David Hannan Productions. She is also a published prose writer, diver, fire-breather and proud mother of two.

Sam Hannan

Sam Hannan, currently resident audio engineer at well-known Rockinghorse Recording Studios near Byron Bay, is rumoured to have begun life in a sound studio!

Nowadays Sam is suspected of having pitch-perfect hearing and apart from playing flamenco on steel-stringed guitar, his activities include music production, recording, mixing, 5.1 surround mixing, programming, post production and mastering.

While sometimes admitting to a family connection, Sam is a regular fixture with David Hannan literally adding another dimension to recent projects including Antarctica Dreaming and Serenity - Southern Seas.

Sam Hannan continues to work independently with musicians, including Mental As Anything, Brian Cadd, James Cruikshank, Jez Mead, The Charlie Parkers and Nessa Morgan to name a few and is currently finalising the soundtrack and mix for Coral Sea Dreaming 2.

For more information about Sam and Rockinghorse Recording Studios visit www.rockinghorse.com.au