Playing with Sharks

Valerie Taylor is a shark fanatic and an Australian icon – a marine maverick who forged her way as a fearless diver, cinematographer and conservationist. She filmed the real sharks for Jaws and famously wore a chainmail suit, using herself as shark bait, changing our scientific understanding of sharks forever.

Cast & Crew

Director

Sally Aitken

Valerie Taylor

Self

Ron Taylor

Self (archive footage)

Jeremiah S. Sullivan

Self

Rodney Fox

Self