Eighteen years filming underwater worldwide for fiction, commercials and documentaries. Underwater housings for all major cinema cameras: Arri, Red, and Canon. Commercial Diver HSE recognised.

BIO

Sergi Escandell is an underwater DP with fourteen years of experience working in movies, commercials and documentaries.
He has been working for Disney+, Netflix, Apple, BBC, PBS, Arte, TwentyFourSeven, Bunker, Soldats tv, Wild Space, Brian Leith, among others.
Sergi has been working in more than thirty wildlife documentaries some of them winning international awards.
Escandell has also written scripts and directing wildlife documentaries for cinema and television. In addition to underwater cinematography he is also a drone pilot and topside cinematographer.

EXPERTISE

Expertise in shooting in underwater tanks and studios
Experience in underwater film direction
Versed in shooting with Arri, Red, Canon, Sony, Panasonic
Specialises in capturing marine life behaviour
Skilled with dollies, gimbals and cranes
Accomplished in underwater scooter filming
Mastery in exterior and studio lighting
Adept at drone cinematography
Proficient in filming interviews and human subjects

DIVING EXPERTISE

Sergi has over twenty years of diving experience and has filmed in a plethora of underwater environments and settings: submerged caves, frigid waters at 3ºC, and at depths of up to 90 metres, utilising rebreathers or free diving amongst dolphins and whales. With over 3,000 dives under his belt, he can tackle any underwater project successfully.

Commercial Diver HSE recognised
IANTD eCCR Rebreather Diver (rEvo)
IANTD Trimix Diver (up to 100 metres)
IANTD Technical Cave Diver
IANTD Advanced Nitrox Instructor
AIDA Four-Star Freediver
IANTD Gas Blender