| ![[OCEAN OASIS introduction]](../images/nav-ocean.gif)  ![[Behind the Scenes]](../images/nav-behind.gif)  ![[The Filmmakers]](images/navs-filmmakers.gif)  ![[The Researchers]](images/navs-researchers.gif)  ![[The Soundtrack]](images/navs-soundtrack.gif)  ![[Scientific Steering Committee]](images/navs-advisors.gif)  ![[Summerhays Films]](images/navs-summer.gif)  ![[San Diego Natural History Museum]](images/navs-sdnhm.gif)  ![[PRONATURA]](images/navs-pronatura.gif)  ![[CinemaCorp of the Californias]](images/navs-cinema.gif)  ![[Credits]](images/navs-credits.gif)    ![[Field Guide]](../images/nav-field.gif)  ![[Conservation]](../images/nav-conservation.gif)  ![[Teacher's Guide]](../images/nav-teachers.gif)  ![[Photography Exhibition: Desert and Sea]](../images/nav-exhibition.gif)  ![[Reviews]](../images/nav-reviews.gif)  ![[Itinerary]](../images/nav-itinerary.gif)  ![[Site Index]](../images/nav-index.gif)  | Produced and Directed bySoames Summerhays
 Executive ProducersMichael Hager & Don Steele
 Co-Producer & DistributorDon Steele
 Associate ProducerExequiel Ezcurra
 Director of Cinematography, TerrestrialJames Neihouse
 Director of Cinematography, MarineBob Cranston
 EditorMark Fletcher
 Original MusicAlan Reeves
 Script WriterMichael Parfit
 
   
| Scientists Playing SelfExequiel Ezcurra: Ecologist
 Mercedes Guererro: Mammalogist, whales
 Iliana Ortega: Marine & Terrestrial Naturalist
 Enriqueta Velarde: Ornithologist
 Boat DriverJose Francisco "Pachico" Mayoral
 Whale watchers in boatNancy Steele
 Natalie Davila
 Kate Steele
 Nikki Oliver
 Michael Wescoat
 Voice OversCoral MacFarland Thuet:
 Enriqueta Velarde
 Gabriela Flores:
 Mercedes Guerrero
 Maricela de la Parra:
 Iliana Ortega
 Jaime Orozco:
 "Pachico" Mayoral
 |  | Location ManagerManuel Sánchez Álvarez
 Camera AssistantMichael Wescoat
 Additional CinematographyGary Louzon
 Diving AssistantsMark Thurlow
 Mark Conlin
 Visual EffectsSassoon Film Design, Santa Monica, CA
 Visual Effects SupervisorTim Sassoon
 Technical Director & Chief AnimatorJohnathan Banta
 AnimatorMichael Jackson
 Production InsuranceTruman Van Dyke
 Varanus Biological ServicesWilliam Haas
 Ingri Quon
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| OrchestrationRichard Bronskill
 Solo ArtistsJohn Phillips: Flutes/Panpipes
 Gregg Wright: Electric Guitars
 Maya le Roux Obradovic: Classical Guitars
 Alan Reeves: Midi Keyboards
 Location Sound RecordingMichael Wescoat
 Re-recording Skywalker SoundGary Rizzo
 Sound DesignerMichael McDonough
 Foley & Sound SweeteningRyan Purcell
 Blindfold StudiosGregg Brandalise
 OrchestraCity of Prague Philharmonic
 ConductorMario Klemens
 |  | StudiosSmecky Praha Orchestrations
 The Kaufman AgencyJeff Kaufman
 Narration Recording SupervisorsBarbara Corcega
 Susanna  Seaford
 Production AssistantsMichael Wescoat
 Bradley Steele
 Josh Arden
 Production SecretaryMaryann Beck
 Assistant EditorJustin Wade Bartlett
 Set ProductionJames Melli
 Still PhotographyEnrique Hambleton
 Aerial Cinematography:Corporate Helicopters of San Diego
 David Gibbs
 Brian Humphrey
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| Post Production SupervisionRPG Productions, Inc.
 Rick Gordon
 Post Production SupervisorAlison Bush
 Post Production CoordinatorAnnie Toth
 Post Production AssistantCathy Hair
 Quality Control SupervisorEdwin Escalante
 Quality Control AssistantsEden Torres
 Brian Robbins
 Negative CuttingTom Kugler
 Tyler Camera SystemsMajor Mount Technician
 Scott Smith
 Film LaboratoryCFI
 Color TimerMike Sanders
 |  | 15-Perf 70mm Screening FacilitiesIwerks Entertainment
 35mm ScanningDigital Filmworks
 65mm Scanning Recording & Titles
 IMAGICA USA, INC.
 Visual Effects Supervisor
 Alan Markowitz
 Digital Effects Supervisor
 Kelly Moran
 Digital Technical Director
 Ben Matsunaga
 Camera Operators
 Miriam Yagi
 Robin Tams
 Lineup
 Steve Mate
 Scanning & Recording
 Scott Crafford
 Production Assistant
 Mario Allen
 Production Manager
 Julie O'Neill
 Head of Production
 Jose Parra
 Executive in Charge of Production
 Christopher Reyna
 Title ArtworkTitle House Digital
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| Semarnap WardenSergio Abulan Gonzáles
 Mule WranglersJesús Orfil Ramírez
 José Jesús Zúñiga Arce
 Carlos Antonio Arce Zúñiga
 Francisco Arce Arce
 Ramón Arce Arce
 Production AccountingPaul Champlin CPA
 Debra Fecteau
 Co-Associate ProducerFederico Chávez
 Location & Script ConsultantsRodolfo Ogarrio
 Norman Roberts
 Enrique Hambleton
 ResearchPatricia Beller
 San Diego Natural History Museum Educational MaterialsCarol Radford
 Ocean Oasis Website DevelopmentDale Clark
 Linda West
 Marketing & Public RelationsDelle Willett
 GraphicsErik Bolton
 Shar Huston
 DevelopmentAnn Laddon
 Vatei Ouy
 Elizabeth Castillo
 |  | Scientific ConsultantsEnriqueta Velarde
 Mercedes Guererro Ruíz
 Iliana Ortega Bacmeister
 Tanya Atwater
 Joann Miriam Stock
 Robert Delong
 Jorge Urbán Ramírez
 Jon Rebman
 Phil Unitt
 Saúl Álvarez-Borrego
 Silvio Guido Marinone
 Eric Mellink
 Carlos López González
 Lawrence Lovell
 
 Advisory GroupPlanetario Alfa, Monterrey
 Miguel Ángel Delgado
 Carnegie Science Center
 Seddon Bennington
 COSI, Columbus
 Kathy Sullivan
 Discovery Place Inc.
 Freda Nicholson
 Liberty Science Center
 Emlyn Koster
 McWane Center, Birmingham, Alabama
 John Mackay
 The Science Place, Dallas
 William M. Sudduth
 Valentine Associates, Inc
 Valentine Kass
 Denver Museum of Nature and Science
 Raylene Decatur
 |  | Story DevelopmentExequiel Ezcurra
 Soames Summerhays
 Michael Parfit
 Michael Hager
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   The Producers wish to thank the following for their supportMexico's Secretary of the Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries
 Julia Carabias Lillo
 Permits
 SEMARNAP
 INAH
 Secretario de Turismo de Baja California
 Juan B. Tintos Funcke
 Baja California Film Commission
 American Museum of Natural History
 California Science Center
 Centro Cultural Tijuana
 The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
 Entergy IMAX Theater - Audubon Institute
 Maritime Center at Norwalk, Inc.
 Museum Of Science & Industry, Tampa
 Pacific Science Center, Seattle
 Papalote Museo Del Niño, Mexico City
 Science World British Columbia, Vancouver
 
| Recording Physics Inc.James Lemke
 William McHargue
 Marine TransportTom Murphy
 Ruben Coppel Luken
 John & Joanne Barnes
 Baer Davis
 Terry & Debbie Janssen
 Kuyima Servicios Ecoturísticos
 Lindblad ExpeditionsSven Olof Lindblad
 Pamela Fingleton
 
 Scouting Flights
 James Lemke
 John Walton
 Linden Blue
 | Production AdvisorsClint Moore
 Rodolfo Ogarrio
 Charles Van Tassel
 Kirsten Winter
 Carol Summerhays
 Lorenzo Rosenzweig
 Martin Goebel
 Liz Bleiberg
 Alain Johannes
 Natasha Shneider
 George Lautner
 Chantal Reeves
 Patrice Charpentier
 Michael Errington
 | MagmaVicky Baker
 Webolution #9Alex de Rafols
 Robin Miller
 Discover Baja Travel ClubHugh Kramer
 Baja ExpeditionsTim Means
 Underwater HousingHoward Hall Productions
 PilotThomas Brennan
 Legal ServicesIra Epstein
 John McNeece III
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Made Possible ByAlmacenes Coppel, S.A.
 Familia Luken Garza
 Fundación Mexicana para Educación Ambiental, A.C.
 Pulsar, S.A.
 Walton  Family Foundation
 
 Produced For
CinemaCorp of the CaliforniasGaston Luken Aguilar, Chairman
 Michael Hager, President
 Enrique Hambleton, Secretary
 Steven McDonald
 James Clements
 Rodolfo Ogarrio
 Dieter Holtz Wedde
 Richard Benard, Chief Financial Officer
 
 Produced and Distributed by Summerhays Films, Inc.
 San Diego, California
  
Film by Eastman Kodak
 Filmed in IMAX®
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