How does one become the director of a film like “NA NAI’A Legend of The Dolphins”?
I always wanted to make a film on dolphins. My first personal encounters with them began in January 2001, when I had the wonderful opportunity to swim with wild Bottlenose Dolphins off the coast of Western Australia with my two daughters, Natasha and Sinead. We had an incredible underwater encounter with the Bottlenose Dolphins. It was like visiting with an extraterrestrial life form in their own world. Years later, I was driving down a highway in Maui. I picked up a hitch-hiker named Rafael and his three-year-old daughter. I asked what he did for a living, and he said he takes people out kayaking with wild dolphins. Upon his invitation, I joined them and went out to sea off the coast of Maui. There were hundreds of dolphins frolicking and playing in the sea and appeared to be trying to communicate with the humans that interacted with them. It was a fantastic experience. I felt their sonar permeate every part of my mind and body. The spirits of the dolphins touched my soul. It was at t
