Playing with Sharks

Playing with Sharks

95 mins | Documentary | June 5, 2021

Valerie Taylor is a shark fanatic and an Australian icon – a marine maverick who forged her way as a fearless diver, cinematographer and conservationist. She filmed the real sharks for Jaws and famously wore a chainmail suit, using herself as shark bait, changing our scientific understanding of sharks forever.

Playing with Sharks

95 mins | Documentary | June 5, 2021

Playing with Sharks
Valerie Taylor is a shark fanatic and an Australian icon – a marine maverick who forged her way as a fearless diver, cinematographer and conservationist. She filmed the real sharks for Jaws and famously wore a chainmail suit, using herself as shark bait, changing our scientific understanding of sharks forever.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers National Geographic, WildBear Entertainment
Original title Playing with Sharks
Directors Sally Aitken
Writers Sally Aitken

Cast

Valerie Taylor

as self

Ron Taylor

as self (archive footage)

Rodney Fox

as self