As well as providing the subject for Luc Besson’s The Big Blue, Jacques Mayol did more than anyone to establish the sport of free diving to enormous depths without an oxygen supply. Using breathing techniques derived from yoga, he went to 50, 60, and even 100 meters—depths no one had considered to be within the bounds of human possibility. Mayol was a sportsman, a mystic, a vagabond, but above all, a man who believed in testing the limits of experience. This visually stunning tribute shows a man’s quest to be at one with the vastness of the ocean and to have no fear of the abyss within, where lurks serenity, freedom and finally, death.
Production | Merryl Roche | Production Coordinator |
Crew | Stelios Apostolopoulos | Cinematography |
Writing | Lefteris Charitos | Writer |
Production | Estelle Robin-You | Producer |
Production | Rea Apostolides | Producer |
Editing | David Kazala | Editor |
Directing | Lefteris Charitos | Director |
Production | Yuri Averof | Producer |
Production | Ed Barreveld | Producer |
Writing | Yuri Averof | Writer |
Production | Kyveli Short | Production Manager |
Production | Elektra Peppa | Production Manager |
Crew | Ken Myhr | Additional Music |
Production | Marta Zaccaron | Executive Producer |
Sound | Olivier Dandré | Sound Editor |
Production | Leonidas Liambeys | Production Manager |
Production | Marco Alessi | Executive Producer |
Production | Emilie Renard | Administration |
Sound | Mathieu Lamboley | Original Music Composer |
Production | Sophie Guillassou | Administration |
Crew | Garth Stevenson | Additional Music |
Production | Seiko Kato | Executive Producer |
Production | Guilia Achilli | Production Coordinator |
Crew | Shasha Nakhai | Post Production Supervisor |
Production | Adeline Moulliet | Production Coordinator |
Editing | Tim Patterson | Assistant Editor |
Editing | Katie Murray | Assistant Editor |
Editing | Erin Chisholm | Archival Footage Research |
Production | Agathe Corbin | Administration |
Production | Armel Parisot | Production Manager |
Production | Fabiana Balsamo | Production Manager |
Production | Babeth Gbadié | Administration |
Production | Corine Ringot | Administration |
Editing | Jordan Kawai | Assistant Editor |