About Us

Grumpy Turtle Films crafts awe-inspiring vision for natural history and factual programmes.

 

Meet the team

Grumpy Turtle Films is a dynamic team of experienced and adventurous storytellers who deliver the highest-quality visual content for some of the world’s leading production houses and purpose-driven and environmental organisations. 

Led by Harriet and Woody Spark, the team thrives on executing complicated underwater and international shoots and has a keen knack for storytelling. Woody and Harriet are comfortable working in remote locations and can independently field-produce and shoot high-quality sequences. Our team is highly competent underwater and experienced in closed-circuit and open-circuit dive units.

 

MEET HARRIET

Harriet Spark is a content producer and born storyteller with a background in filmmaking, photography, graphic design, and journalism. Passionate about sharing the beauty and vibrancy of life both above and below the ocean’s surface, Harriet loves working with people that give a damn to shape and share their stories with her signature integrity, honesty and authenticity.

MEET WOODY

Richard ‘Woody’ Spark is a dedicated underwater cinematographer and documentary filmmaker with 10 years’ experience shooting many of Australia’s magnificent underwater habitats. Woody loves to work with organisations dedicated to protecting the world’s wild places and doing their amazing work justice.

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Our work

The below reels feature the stories we love to share: compelling tales of the natural world.

Harriet and Woody’s combined skillsets make them a versatile and dynamic duo in the field, who are dedicated to capturing unparalleled vision.

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