About Us
Grumpy Turtle Films crafts awe-inspiring vision for natural history and factual programmes.
Meet the team
Grumpy Turtle Films is a dynamic team of experienced and adventurous storytellers who deliver the highest-quality visual content for some of the world’s leading production houses and purpose-driven and environmental organisations.
Led by Harriet and Woody Spark, the team thrives on executing complicated underwater and international shoots and has a keen knack for storytelling. Woody and Harriet are comfortable working in remote locations and can independently field-produce and shoot high-quality sequences. Our team is highly competent underwater and experienced in closed-circuit and open-circuit dive units.
MEET HARRIET
Harriet Spark is a content producer and born storyteller with a background in filmmaking, photography, graphic design, and journalism. Passionate about sharing the beauty and vibrancy of life both above and below the ocean’s surface, Harriet loves working with people that give a damn to shape and share their stories with her signature integrity, honesty and authenticity.
MEET WOODY
Richard ‘Woody’ Spark is a dedicated underwater cinematographer and documentary filmmaker with 10 years’ experience shooting many of Australia’s magnificent underwater habitats. Woody loves to work with organisations dedicated to protecting the world’s wild places and doing their amazing work justice.
Services
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Harriet and Woody bring their experience in Production and Project Management to assist setting up complex shoots anywhere in the world. With over a decade in the dive industry, they understand the limitations and possibilities when it comes to working on and under the water.
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As a Shooter/Producer duo, Grumpy Turtle Films can manage your shoot in the field - ensuring your footage is delivered on time and on brief.
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Woody and Harriet can work with a variety of gear and are experienced shooting with Red, Sony, Arri and Canon cinema systems both topside and underwater, using Gates and Nauticam housings. We have an extensive list of gear available for hire.
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Harriet is a documentary-style photographer specialising in underwater, portrait, editorial, nature and travel photography. Harriet loves to snap good people doing good things, capturing the beauty and complexity of the natural world.
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Harriet and Woody have worked in the dive industry for more than a decade, and have dived in temperate and tropical environments all over the world. Harriet and Woody have high-levels of experience with both CCR and open-circuit diving, making them ready for a variety of underwater shoots.
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We have an extensive list of gear available for hire. View our kit here.
Our work
The below reels feature the stories we love to share: compelling tales of the natural world.
