Valerie Taylor is a global marine pioneer, conservationist, winner of multiple awards as a photographer and filmmaker, scriptwriter, author and painter, she is also an inaugural member of both the Diving Hall of Fame and the Women Divers Hall of Fame.

Valerie and her husband, Ron, made numerous documentaries and sequences for films such as Jaws and Valerie played herself in the film Blue Water White Death. Her photographs have appeared in National Geographic magazine, and she has twice appeared on the magazine’s cover.

A 90-minute documentary of Valerie’s life, Playing with Sharks, was shown at the Sundance Film Festival 2021, and will premiere on the main stageok at the ADEX Film Festival, March 31 – April 2, 2023, at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands.