Roger Horrocks

Roger Horrocks is an underwater cinematographer who has worked on some of the most iconic wildlife documentaries of our time. Roger is best known for his work on My Octopus Teacher, Our Oceans, Our Planet and Blue Planet II. He has developed a dynamic and immersive shooting style that poetically complements the extraordinary beauty and diversity of marine life. His craft and vision have earned him numerous prestigious accolades, including a BAFTA and Critics’ Choice Award for Best Documentary Cinematography.

Based in Cape Town, South Africa, Roger’s career is rooted in a lifelong passion for the natural world and a deep grounding in the Ocean. Over the last fifteen years, he has collaborated with world-class teams to bring captivating wildlife sequences and documentaries to life. Through his visual rendering of the underwater world, he takes viewers on insightful and inspiring journeys.

Roger gained widespread recognition for his cinematography work on My Octopus Teacher, which won an Oscar for Best Documentary in 2022. Roger’s collaboration with Craig Foster began in 2008 when he teamed up with Craig and Damon Foster to make Into the Dragons Lair, a story about Didier Noirot’s quest to film Nile crocodiles underwater in the Okavango Delta. Their follow-up film, Touching The Dragon, was chosen by National Geographic to be one of its 100-year centenary films.

More recently, Roger worked as a full-time Underwater Series DOP on the Netflix Our Oceans series, narrated by Barack Obama. This ambitious five-year project explores the planet’s lifeblood—the oceans—which conceal countless mysteries. From the balmy Indian waters and the fiery depths of the Atlantic to the Pacific’s volcanic Ring of Fire and the frigid Southern and Arctic seas, Our Oceans captures the majesty and complexity of the marine world in stunning detail.

In addition to his cinematographic work, Roger is a passionate mentor and educator. He founded The Ocean Footage Mastery Program, an online course and community that mentors aspiring ocean cinematographers in the craft of underwater cinematography and provides them with the tools to monetize their creativity through the power of digital leverage. This initiative reflects Roger’s dedication to empowering the next generation of image makers and ensuring the craft of ocean cinematography continues to thrive and evolve.