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Nancy McGee — Underwater Filmmaker and Explorer, Scuba Instructor, Educator

Meet this famous explorer for lunch or dinner in Dallas, Texas

Nancy McGee is an explorer and underwater filmmaker. She is an adrenaline junky, seeking opportunities to film the unusual and unique. Her film subjects include Humboldt squid, tiger sharks, an oceanic swimming elephant, and numerous species of whales.

At the age of three, Nancy broke away from her mother coming out of the dressing room at the Banff Springs pool, ran and jumped into the pool, went to the bottom, came up at yelled “Look, Mom, I’m swimming”. That was the beginning of a more than 40 year swimming and diving career that took Nancy to diving off six continents in pursuit of unspoiled ecosystems and a myriad of marine animals.

In 2000, Nancy began a seven-year partnership with Stan Waterman, five-time Emmy-award winning filmmaker. She managed Stan Waterman Productions, organized exotic dive travel, and assisted in the filming and post production of documentaries. Nancy’s efforts preserved a number of Mr. Waterman’s vintage films, which documented the early days of recreational scuba diving and created a baseline for the study of coral reefs. 

Nancy films and conducts tours in many of the world’s most exotic locations; some so remote, the local natives have never before seen Western people. For her efforts as an explorer, Nancy was recently named as a Fellow in the esteemed Explorers Club for contributing to scientific knowledge in the field of geographical exploration.

She produces, edits, and films her own documentaries, each with a unique historical spin on culture and the marine ecosystem. Nancy’s credits include work for NBC, Universal Studios, and Discovery. She has written for a variety of dive journals and publications. Nancy is a frequent presenter to schools, clubs, and community service groups. She is a featured speaker and emcee for national and international dive shows and film festivals.

Nancy is a member of the Ocean Artists Society, Platinum Pro 5000, and a 2008 inductee into the Women Divers Hall of Fame.

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Item Special Note

The objective of this auction is to spotlight individuals and organizations working effectively for ocean conservation, and raise funds for field research, education and conservation projects.

Being auctioned is dinner or lunch with one the world’s foremost shark experts or celebrities. This is a unique opportunity to “talk shark” face-to-face, one-on-one, with a real authority on sharks. 

How it works:

1. Bid on a celebrity, shark scientist or conservationist that lives or works in your area, unless you are willing to drive or fly to meet them in their area.
2. The winning bidder pays for the lunch or dinner and may bring guests.
3. We will introduce the winning bidder to the celebrity, scientist or conservationist. The two of you then set a mutually agreeable date, time and place to meet within one year of the close of the auction.

All winning bids are deductible from US Federal 2017 income taxes as Charitable Donations.