Cocos: Island of Sharks

[9725449] Apsell WGBH教育基金会的NOVA大幅面电影部门与新英格兰水族馆合作，正在制作一部关于科科斯岛的大幅面电影，科科斯岛是哥斯达黎加海岸外一个无人居住的小岛，尚未受到人类活动的影响。科科斯岛周围的水域有大量的鲨鱼、鳐鱼、金枪鱼、马林鱼、旗鱼和其他远洋鱼类，这要归功于附近寒冷、营养丰富的水的上升流，这些水提供了丰富的食物来源。影片将重点关注科科斯岛的物理海洋学和行为海洋生态学，突出动物行为和各种海洋生物的相互作用。执行制片人将是Paula Apsell，她是WGBH科学部门的负责人，也是NOVA的执行制片人。新星大画幅电影公司的执行制片人Susanne Simpson将担任资深制片人。霍华德·霍尔制片公司将制作并指导这部电影。霍华德·霍尔将担任导演兼制片人，米歇尔·霍尔将担任制片人。霍尔夫妇是海洋自然历史电影制作领域的专家，他们制作的《国家地理》和《自然》等系列电视节目享誉世界。他们曾在大画幅媒体中担任《深入》的制片人/导演。曾写过科学教科书和电视剧本的海洋生物学家约瑟夫·莱文（Joseph Levine）将担任编剧。威廉·斯皮策，新英格兰水族馆的教育副主任，将负责教育推广材料。

9725449 Apsell The NOVA Large-format Film unit of the WGBH Educational Foundation, in conjunction with the New England Aquarium, is producing a large format film about Cocos Island, a small, uninhabited island off the coast of Costa Rica that has not yet been affected by human activity. The waters around Cocos Island contain an extraordinary abundance of sharks, rays, tuna, marlins, swordfish, and other pelagic fishes, thanks to nearby upwellings of cold, nutrient-rich water that create a rich food source. The film will focus on the physical oceanography and behavioral marine ecology of Cocos Island, highlighting the animal behavior and interactions of the wide diversity of marine life. Executive Producer will be Paula Apsell, head of the WGBH science unit and Executive Producer of NOVA. Susanne Simpson, executive producer for NOVA Large-format Films will as a senior producer. Howard Hall Productions will produce and direct the film. Howard Hall will be director/producer, and Michele Hall will serve as producer. The Halls are experts in the field of marine natural history filmmaking and are world-renowned for their television programs on such series as National Geographic and Nature. They worked in the large format medium as producer/directors of Into the Deep. Joseph Levine, a marine biologist who has written both science textbooks and television scripts, will be the writer. William Spitzer, Associate Director for Education at the New England Aquarium, will be responsible for the educational outreach materials.