About Us

Mike Tripp - Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Photographer, DVD Authoring & Subtitles

In April of 1990 Mike graduated as a pharmacist from the University of British Columbia. Later that year he donned his first set of SCUBA gear and got certified in the chilly waters of Vancouver, Canada. Four years later, after becoming a PADI instructor, he left his country and pharmacy career behind for the warmer waters of the Caribbean and a job at Club Med. With stops in Turks and Caicos, St. Lucia, Cancun, the Bahamas, Haiti, and even the Pacific islands of Moorea and Fiji, Mike developed a love for all things aquatic and a passion for spreading the word about what lies beneath. "As a dive instructor there is no better feeling than watching someone take their first few breaths underwater and seeing their eyes light up with excitement - you know you have changed their life forever!"

In 2000 Mike purchased his first video housing in preparation for a trip to Australia and by doing so began spreading the word with dynamic and captivating images. Since then he has rarely done a dive without his camera and has added the countries of Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Fiji, Indonesia and the Federated Sates of Micronesia to an ever growing list of countries captured on film.

Diving the islands of Yap, Palau, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Bali, Guam, and North Sulawesi, to name a few, could not have been possible without using the Northern Mariana island of Saipan as a "home base" for the past 4 years. "Saipan has been great, not only have I been able to hone my skills in some of the clearest and most diverse waters in the world but I’ve also been able to dive all these other wonderful places without crossing the international date line!"

Now, with the release of The Underwater World of Saipan DVD, Mike can add director and producer to his line of credits and at the same time has found a medium on which he can bring the beauty of Saipan’s underwater world to divers and non-divers alike. "As a cinematographer it’s not enough to just shoot great images, you must tell a story. I believe we have captured what it is like to dive these magnificent waters and hope the DVD will inspire people to come and experience it for themselves. I know their eyes will light up when they do!"

Currently Mike can be found on Saipan promoting his DVD and producing additional independent projects through his company, Mike Tripp Productions. In addition, Mike has begun the long process of putting together the second installment of "The Underwater World of" - but he won’t tell what the next location will be. "It’s a secret - you’ll just have to check back soon."

Bill Reill - Producer, Editor, Graphic Design, Audio Production, Music Composer - "Opening Theme"

With a diverse background in theatre, film, music and arts education, Mr. Reill has traveled Canada and the United States performing, directing, producing and teaching for over 20 years. His theatrical highlights include: Dora Award Nominated performance (best actor in a musical) for his portrayal of Anatoly in the Canadian premiere of the Tony Award winning musical "Chess".

Through his own arts school, Imagination Works, Bill has written, produced and directed over 40 plays and short films for young people keen on developing their talents. On the heels of the recent CD release by award winning band "The Knockouts" for which Bill produced two tracks, he is currently working in the recording studio, engineering and producing a third album titled "Industrial Poetry" for his own band "Vermillion Skye".

Ray Walsh - Music Composer & Audio Production

Ray Walsh is a multi-instrumentalist/composer from Toronto, Canada.
Classically trained on piano, flute, recorder, guitar and voice, he is also self-taught on bass, accordion and dulcimer. He started musical training and performance in 1966 at age 5, spent seven years at Toronto’s internationally renowned St. Michael’s Choir School and joined his first rock band at age 14. Since then he has been composing, performing and recording in a multitude of musical genre’s, including Rock, Blues, Zydeco, Heavy Metal, Pop, New Wave, Reggae, Punk, Electronica, New Age, Neo-Classical, Tex-Mex and Rockabilly.

He currently performs live with 4 bands, including handling accordion and back up vocals for his own band, flamingcheese records recording artist
Loco Zydeco and playing bass for Canadian Blues great and label mate Cheryl Lescom. He divides the rest of his time as a studio musician and composing music for soundtracks.