Bryce Groark

Director, Cinematographer

Jen Groark

Producer, Camera Operator, Naturalist

Case Haynie

Naturalist, Camera Operator

Igor Uskokovich

Sound composer, Musician

Igor is an important member of the Living Ocean team as he creates the powerful musical compilations which help showcase our images of the underwater world.  He is the owner of Soundtrack Lab - an award winning group which started out as a collaborative project in Melbourne, Australia in 2003 and has since evolved into a world-wide Production House based in Stockholm, Sweden.  He has a Master of Music & Grad Dip in Film Music from The Queensland Conservatorium of Music - Griffith University, Australia. 

Case works on assignment with Living Ocean as a Freelance Videographer and Naturalist.  He owns and operates the Kona based, Golden Nenue Productions.  Rooted with unrivaled enthusiasm and a dynamic personality, Case’s specialty is getting people excited about the ocean.  He’s taught Coral Reef Ecology classes to well over 10,000 tourists and locals since first moving to Hawaii in 2003 and is especially good with inspiring and motivating children to care about the ocean.  While extremely talented with a camera in his hand, his passion lies with sharing the “Aloha Spirit” with everything in front of his lens, both humans and marine life. 

After working in the dive industry for years as a PADI and TDI Instructor, Bryce founded Living Ocean Productions in April 2004, with the goal of using powerful imagery to help minimize the gap between science and the general public.  His award winning work has been featured in magazines and newspapers, numerous television networks as well as in over 30 International Film Festivals, Aquariums and Museums around the world.  Some of his shark footage is currently on display at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History as well as in multiple anti-shark finning television campaigns across Europe and China.  In 2007, his shark footage was part of a Congressional Lobby Video produced by WILDAID with a push to help implement shark legislation within the US.  He is a certified Closed Circuit Rebreather diver (Evolution/Inspiration) and proficient with various HD camera setups.  His work has brought him all over the world - to places including Egypt, Tahiti, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Raratonga, Japan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Mexico, St Lucia and the Bahamas. 

As a Producer and Co-Founder of Living Ocean Productions, Jen has a hand in every aspect of all projects Living Ocean is involved with from pre-production, to writing, to shooting, to directing, to editing the final piece.  She has spent years working as an underwater camera operator as well as teaching countless Coral Reef Ecology Classes to visitors in Hawaii, while logging over a thousand dives all over the tropical world.  Her passion for conservation and helping others learn why we should protect the ocean and its inhabitants is what sets her apart.  When she’s not shooting or teaching, Jen also works as an underwater model for both film and print.  An avid shark advocate, Jen is the main character in our recent shark film, REQUIEM, where she sets out to prove that sharks are not the senseless killing machines that many programs like to project. 

Michael Navatta

Chemical Oceanographer, Camera Operator

Michael earned his undergraduate degree in Marine Science from The Stockton State College of New Jersey before working on his Master’s Degree in Chemical Oceanography at Texas A&M University.  He has worked on numerous state and federally funded research programs in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as well as in the Gulf of Mexico.  A love for the outdoors and appreciation for nature has kept him working in varied marine environments - from the muds of the Mississippi River to the fisheries of the Atlantic Coast to the coral reefs of Hawaii.   He has since formed SKOSE, South Kona Ocean Science Explorations - which focuses on touring, guiding and educating people about the marine environment in an effort to share his love and knowledge of the marine world.  Michael helps out Living Ocean every so often as a Freelance Naturalist and Videographer.