There's few surfers whose exploits have truly reached the mainstream in profound, unprecedented ways. One is Garret McNamara and the smash hit HBO show, 100 Foot Wave. Before Nazaré became a global ...

Capturing the raw power of the ocean is difficult enough. Doing it while managing a massive production budget, coordinating a team of cinematographers, and dodging 100-foot walls of water seems nearly ...

Frenchman Laurent Pujol, riding epic swells across the world on a custom Jet Ski, has one of the most singular jobs in cinematography. By Gary Baum Senior Writer “Big-wave surfing is life-and-death,” ...

100 Foot Wave has won the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award at the 2025 Creative Arts Emmys. Other nominees for the award, which was announced on Sunday, Sept. 7, included Chef’s ...

Former Topic Studios head and HBO Films executive Maria Zuckerman is headed to Fox — as a producer. Zuckerman has signed a first-look deal with Fox Entertainment Studios that covers both TV and film ...

Emmy winner Chris Smith has spent years documenting the evolving world of big-wave surfing in HBO ’s 100 Foot Wave. What started as a feature documentary has expanded into a multi-season saga, ...