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Mark Thurlow started diving in 1973 in high school and has worked as a diving professional ever since. Starting in retail sales at the Diving Locker Stores in San Diego, his career took him into professional diving where he has recovered 35 downed aircraft and numerous sunken boats.
In 1982, Mark started his own company, Hydra Marine, specializing in light construction, salvage and remotely operated vehicle operations. Mark’s diving history includes working in the oceanographic /scientific field doing side scan surveys, biological assessments and hazardous materials sampling.
For the past 14 years, Mark has been working in the film and television industry with such noted filmmakers as Howard Hall, Mike DeGruy, Marty Snyderman and Al Giddings. A partial list of his film and TV credits include:
- MacGillvray Freemans IMAX feature ”The Living Sea”
- The first 3-D IMAX film “Into the Deep” with Howard Hall Productions
- Howard Halls’ TV series “Secrets of the Ocean Realm”
- James Cameron’s feature film “Titanic”
- Marty Snyderman’s film “Sharks”
- Al Giddings’ TV production “Whales”
- The IMAX film “ Island of the Sharks” with Howard Hall Productions
- MacGillivray Freemans IMAX film “A Coral Reef Adventure” with Howard Hall Productions
- Several productions with Mike DeGruy and the BBC including “Blue Planet
- National Geographic productions with Bob Cranston
- Stephen Low’s IMAX film “Volcanos of the Deep Sea”
- With Howard Hall on the 3-D IMAX sequel to “Into the Deep”, “Denizens of the Deep”
In 1995, Mark got his first rebreather, a CCR 155. His teachers were Cmdr. Clark Presswood SEAL (Ret.) who specialized in underwater operations, rebreather research and training, as well as Howard Hall and Bob Cranston, both pioneers in using rebreathers in underwater filmmaking. Mark currently has over 1500 logged hours on rebreathers and does much of the technical maintenance on his and the other filmmakers’ rigs.
Mark lives in the San Diego area with his wife, Stephanie.