Ron & Valerie Taylor

Ron Taylor
Born Ronald Josiah Taylor
8 March 1934
Died 9 September 2012(2012-09-09) (aged 78)
Sydney, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation Professional diver,
underwater still photographer & cinematographer
Known for Expertise with sharks, conservation advocacy, underwater sports champion
Valerie Taylor
Born Valerie May Heighes
(1935-11-09) 9 November 1935
Sydney, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation Professional diver,
underwater still photographer & cinematographer
Known for Expertise with sharks, conservation advocacy, underwater sports champion

Ron Josiah Taylor, AM (8 March 1934  9 September 2012)[1][2] was a prominent Australian shark expert, as is his wife, Valerie May Taylor née Heighes, AM (born 9 November 1935).[1][3] Their expertise has been called upon for films such as Jaws, Orca and Sky Pirates.

Biography

Ron began diving in 1952, become interested in spearfishing and underwater photography and in 1965, he won the World Spearfishing Championship in Tahiti after winning the Australian Open Spearfishing Championships for four years in succession.[4][5][6] Valerie was born in Sydney, started diving in 1956 and spearfishing in 1960, eventually winning several Australian championships for ladies in both spearfishing and scuba.[4] The couple met while both were members of the St George Spearfishing Club in Sydney. They became champion spearfishers, but switched from killing sharks to filming them after becoming fascinated with marine life. They married in December 1963 at Hurstville, N.S.W., and had no children.[3] They made their living in the 1960s by making wet suits and selling underwater cameras, plus doing artwork for magazines. The Taylors were credited with being pioneers in several areas — the first people to film great white sharks without the protection of a cage or anything else during the making of the (released on video) series Blue Wilderness in January 1992, a huge milestone in ocean exploration together with South Africans George Askew and Piet van der Walt, founders of the South African great white shark cage diving industry. They also filmed the shark sequences for the film Orca.[7] The Taylors were also the first to film sharks by night.[8]

History

Works

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Filmography

Documentary films

Television series and movies

Films

Bibliography

Awards, honours and other recognitions

Ron Taylor

Citation: For service to conservation and the environment through marine cinematography and photography, by raising awareness of endangered and potentially extinct marine species, and by contributing to the declaration of species and habitat protection.

Valerie Taylor

Citation: For service to conservation and the environment as an advocate for the protection and preservation of marine wildlife and habitats, particularly the Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef, and as an underwater cinematographer and photographer.

Ron and Valerie Taylor

See also

References

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