DISCOVER WONDER - THE OCTOPUS GARDEN

Awarded BEST SHORT 2021 at the International Ocean Film Festival. A remarkable, mind-expanding adventure that journeys with a team of scientists from the decks of high-tech exploration vessels to the dark and uncharted depths of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Their mission: to collect crucial data from one of the rarest and deepest fertile octopus brooding colonies on the planet.

Hudson River Wild

A 315-mile journey down the Hudson River reveals its magnificent waterways and remarkable wildlife (Smithsonian Channel).

Dir/writer: John Dutton. Camera: Jacob Steinberg, James Boutin, Mike Lemery. Composer: Valentin Milan Grbić. Narrator: Josh Goodman. Producers: Skyland Productions / RAN Films and Smithsonian Channel, ORF UNIVERSUM, arte.

CoNSERVATION CHALLENGE: SAVING PAPUA’S LeatherbackS

This film is an intimate portrait of the research and conservation efforts on the remote beaches of Papua, Indonesia to save the critically endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle. NOAA scientist, Dr. Manjula Tiwari, guides us through her work with Ocean Ecology Network, the work of scientists, and the challenges local and international communities face as they step up conservation efforts on 24 Kilometers of remote beaches that the largest remaining aggregation of Pacific leatherbacks rely on for their survival.

The Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle

This award-winning film is playing at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries Exploration Center theater in Santa Cruz, California.

Styria Region Unlimited

This corporate video developed and written for ScienceVision Filmproduktion in Austria, was commissioned by the Styrian Chamber of Commerce. Breaking out of the mould of traditional corporate filmmaking, it received a Gold Remi Award at the WorldFest Houston, TX 2015; received a certificate of creative excellence at the US Film & Video Festival in California, and was nominated for an award at the Staatspreis Wirtschaftfilm 2015, in Vienna, Austria. 

LIMESTONE PARADISE KalKALPEN NATIONAL PARK

Written by John Dutton (English) and Harald Pokieser (German)

Directed by Michael Schlamberger - A Production of ScienceVision for Kalkalpen National Park.

Behind National Park 360º 

A high-tech, high-energy behind-the-scenes look at the "making-of" this revolutionary 360º film. Credits: Writing

BBC SERIES DRAGONS ALIVE

In the Future Reptiles episode, of the BBC's Dragons Alive series, the segment on green turtles in San Diego Bay relies on my footage to tell the story.   

Gray Whale ReseArch and COnservation (3-Part Series)

This series was created for NOAA to commemorate 40 years of gray whale research and conservation in the Pacific. Credits: Writer / Producer / Director / Camera / Editor.

WHALE DISENTANGLEMENT NETWORK

This is a trailer to the short film, which reveals the important work of the unique Whale Disentanglement Response Teams. 

Whale Disentanglement Network is a five-minute immersion into the dangerous and adrenaline filled work of an elite group of people involved in rescuing whales entangled in fishing gear. Screened at San Francisco Ocean Film Festival 2011, St. Petersburg Ocean Film Festival 2011, IWC Norway

MARINE DEBRIS

NOAA scientists research the bottom of the ocean in a 2-man submersible and discover that marine debris extends far beyond the coast. This video by John Dutton Productions shows the current research off the coast of California - and some of their discoveries. For more information about the great research being done click here: https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/

ACHIEVING BALANCE: ANACAPA ISLAND 10 YEARS AFTER THE REMOVAL OF THE BLACK RAT

I had the great fortune to edit for Director, Kevin White / Full Frame Productions.

Film description excerpt from Full Frame Productions website : The seabirds on Anacapa Island were in significant decline due to predation by the non-native Black Rat. In order to restore balance to the Anacapa Island ecosystem, a group of non-profit, government, and educational organizations came together to remove these predators in 2001 and 2002. Ten years after removing the non-native rats, the ecosystem on Anacapa Island, including rare seabirds, is showing profound results of recovery.

This short piece is featured on the Channel Islands National Park website and a longer piece is displayed in the Channel Islands National Park Visitor Center. Follow this link to view the 15 minute version.

THE JURASSIC JOURNEY

Awarded Ocean Conservation Award at the Santa Barbara Ocean Film Festival. Verging on extinction in the Pacific, giant leatherback turtles have long kept a secret that has eluded scientists.  With a need for knowledge to conserve them, U.S. scientists launch an ambitious research mission. For the first time ever, they chart the leatherback's unprecedented 6,500-mile migration across the Pacific from Monterey Bay to natal beaches in Indonesia.  Called "one of the most surprising discoveries in the history of ocean ecology," this jurassic journey has led to the collaboration between cultures and governments to protect one of the most important nesting beaches in the Pacific.

BAHIA DE LOS ANGELES - BAY OF HOPE

When the small Mexican fishing village of Bahia de Los Angeles is threatened by economic collapse they take matters into their own hands and develop an economic recovery plan.