From A to Sea – The Southern Star Sea Swimming Podcast · The Southern Star

Underwater cameraman Ken O'Sullivan on making documentaries in the sea

March 26, 2024·30 min·1 clip

Learning to dive, Ken became the first in his family to witness the underwater world that kept them alive.

Ken O'Sullivan, Irish underwater cinematographer and The Dark Ocean creator, traces his career from family fishing roots on Feenot Island (since 1750), through a failed music career in New York, to a transformative scuba discovery in Australia, and finally to pioneering underwater documentaries documenting never-before-filmed Irish marine life. His work bridges ancestral heritage and modern visual storytelling.

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A grounded sea-story interview that is strongest in underwater detail, craft, and lived experience.

Ken O'Sullivan's conversation with Siobhan Cronin works best when it stays close to the practical realities of underwater work and the way that setting changes how things are felt.

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For when you want a sea-swimming interview that feels like a working diver's notebook.

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