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Valerie May Taylor AM (born 9 November 1935) is an Australian conservationist, photographer, and filmmaker, and an inaugural member of the diving hall of fame. With her husband Ron Taylor , she made documentaries about sharks, and filmed sequences for films including Jaws (1975).
- Valerie May Heighes, 9 November 1935 (age 87), Sydney, Australia
- Professional diver, underwater photographer and cinematographer, author/illustrator
- Australian
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Jul 23, 2021 · Underwater trailblazer: Pioneering Australian diver Valerie Taylor has developed such a strong understanding of sharks that she was pictured magazine with her arm in the mouth of an apex...
Mar 12, 2023 · / By Susan Chenery and Jennifer Feller. Posted Sun 12 Mar 2023 at 10:53am, updated Tue 28 Mar 2023 at 8:30pm. At age 87, Valerie Taylor is best known as being a pioneering scuba diver, filmmaker, photographer, author, painter and marine conservationist. (Australian Story: Matt Henry )
Jul 27, 2021 · Skilled divers and well-known in their home country, the Australian couple Ron and Valerie Taylor set off to capture the footage that would be used in the climactic 1975 scene in which Richard...
Valerie Taylor is a shark and ocean treasure. 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.
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Apr 29, 2022 · Pioneering diver Valerie Taylor helped film Jaws, then spent her life trying to save sharks - ABC News. By Michael Dulaney for Fierce Girls. Posted Fri 29 Apr 2022 at 1:00pm, updated Sun 8 May 2022 at 10:13pm. Valerie Taylor often wore mesh suits while diving with sharks. (Supplied: Ron and Valerie Taylor)
Jan 29, 2021 · The pioneering Australian scuba diver, documentary maker, photographer, author, painter and marine conservationist wants to get the facts right. “From 1962 to 2016, this is what’s happened,” the spirited 85-year-old says. “The white shark, 92 per cent gone. Whaler sharks, 82 per cent gone. Tiger sharks, 74 per cent gone.
