Our Associates

African Shark Eco-Charters has been extensively involved with many international film crews helping facilitate over 40 documentaries and films, the biggest ever being “Oceans” by Galetee Productions which took over 4 years to make.

Rob Lawrence, owner of African Shark Eco-Charters has worked with the Discovery Channel, National Geographic, the BBC Natural History unit and  Animal Planet. Working every year on film shoots Rob and his crew are extremely experienced and much sought after in the filming industry when it comes to filming great white sharks.

Here is a list of some of the productions Rob has worked on.

Galetee:

• Oceans

BBC:

• Sharks of the South African Coast with Simon King
• Steve Leonard Ultimate Killers
• Nigel Marvin Sharks

Discovery Channel:

• Mythbusters
• Air Jaws1 and 2.( Airjaws 1 and 2 is the most successful shark show ever made by Discovery Channel, and it concentrates on the “flying” great white sharks of Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa).
• Great White Appetite
• Into the Shark Bite
• Mad Mike & Mark shark Special
• Survivour man Les Stroud Surviving Sharks
• Mike Rowe Dirty Jobs

National Geographic:

• The Kratt Brothers
• JAWS 25 Year Anniversary Special with Peter Benchley
• The Kill Zone
• The Jeff Corwin Show

As well as several local productions and reality shows and local celebrities such as Rob Van Vuuren.

Dhani Tackles the Globe:

Dhani Tackles the Globe is an American documentary television series hosted by NFL linebacker Dhani Jones of the Cincinnati Bengals, currently airing on the Travel Channel; the series follows Jones around the globe as he learns how to play international sports and simultaneously explores the culture of each location.

Dhani Tackles the Globe
Rob and Crew with Dhani Jones, a famous NFL backliner