Mike deGruy Professions : Film Producer Born : December 29, 1951 Died : February 4, 2012 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Mike deGruy Before the discovery of these [underwater] vents, all life on Earth, the key to life on Earth, was believed to be the sun and photosynthesis. But down there, there is no sun, there is no photosynthesis; it's chemosynthetic environment down there driving it, and it's all so ephemeral. Mike deGruy motivation ocean inspiration I grew up in Mobile, Alabama - somebody's got to be from Mobile, right? - and Mobile sits at the confluence of five rivers, forming this beautiful delta. And the delta has alligators crawling in and out of rivers filled with fish and cypress trees dripping with snakes, birds of every flavor. Mike deGruy trees birds fish beautiful If you're a wildlife filmmaker and you're going out into the field to film animals, especially behavior, it helps to have a fundamental background on who these animals are, how they work and, you know, a bit about their behaviors. Mike deGruy know you behavior work If you're going to make a lot of films about a particular group of animals, you might as well pick one that's fairly common. And octopus are: they live in all the oceans. They also live deep. And I can't say octopus are responsible for my really strong interest in getting in subs and going deep, but whatever the case, I like that. Mike deGruy deep live you strong If you ever really want to get away from it all and see something that you have never seen, and have an excellent chance of seeing something no one has ever seen, get in a sub. You climb in, seal the hatch, turn on a little oxygen, turn on the scrubber, which removes the CO2 in the air you breathe, and they chuck you overboard. Down you go. Mike deGruy climb down you chance Similar Authors Brian Grazer film-producer Bunny Reuben film-producer Brian Jett film-producer Arthur Cohn film-producer Alan Finger film-producer Ivan Reitman film-producer All Authors
