A feature film documentary about the life of a biologist turned award-winning filmmaker will be shown Wednesday night as the 34th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival gets underway.
The film "Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy" will show tonight at 8 p.m. at The Arlington Theatre.
In 2012, deGruy was killed in a helicopter crash in Australia while filming for famous Hollywood director James Cameron.
The documentary is told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaking partner, Mimi. deGruy was among the first to film many rarely seen creatures in the world's oceans.
According to the press release about the film, deGruy's passionate belief of "we are destroying the ocean before we even know what's there" is highlighted in this retrospective of his remarkable life and career.
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8:00 pm The Virtuosos Award, presented by UGG®, moderated by Dave Karger.
In October, 20 high school and college screenwriters and filmmakers were accepted after a competitive application process before beginning a series of workshops, a table read, and a casting day. Since then, the ten writer/director teams and their crews have worked with industry mentors to produce short films that will be screened with an announcement of the winning scripts and films following the screening. Sponsored by Final Draft Inc. and generously supported by Mary Beth Riordan.