Craig Foster
Directing · Editor · Camera Operator · Producer
South Africa
Active 1998–present · Awards: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
Craig Foster is a South African documentary filmmaker, naturalist, and founder of the Sea Change Project. He is known for the 2020 film My Octopus Teacher, for which he won an Academy Award in 2021.
Filmography
My Hunter's Heart — DirectorHow to Talk to Animals (2026) — Director · Director of Photography · ProducerPangolin: Kulu's Journey (2025) — Executive ProducerMy Octopus Teacher (2020) — Underwater Camera · ProducerThe Animal Communicator (2015) — Producer · DirectorSharkman (2007) — Editor · Camera Operator · ProducerCosmic Africa (2003) — Director of Photography · Writer · DirectorThe Great Dance: A Hunter's Story (2000) — DirectorAfrica Unbottled (1998) — Director · Writer · Director of Photography