“On an island paradise... one photographer captures all the models. It's Underwater Action!”
Underwater Action is the brand new reality show from Bigfoot Productions. Follow the glamour and the drama as you spend a season in the tropical paradise that is the Philippines with renowned underwater photographer Mick Gleissner and his team. Watch the tensions rise and tempers fly as aspiring models train to become one of Mick Gleissner's Underwater Models.
Go behind the scenes of Mick Gleissner Photography and watch the drama unfold on the production of Mick's latest project, an underwater calendar. Underwater Action will leave you breathless.
Meet Mick:
Mick Gleissner has traveled around the globe, but it was Asia that captured his imagination and heart. For over ten years now, Mick has been immortalizing the beauty of Southeast Asia's underwater world through photography.
Portraying beautiful daredevil models called "mermaids" in unique and intricate underwater set designs, Mick's revolutionary form of underwater photography has continuously captured the attention of international acclaimed media, including National Geographic. Among those that have featured his work are Elle, Maxim, Photo, Photographie, Seastar and Duiken's magazines, and The Weekend Standard and Metro dailies.
Photographer: Mick Gleissner
Underwater Producer: Rebecca Piket
Casting Director/Associate Producer: Freya Jones
Production Designer: Andrew McMennamy
Wardrobe Supervisor: Nicole Boutiette/Deeva (some episodes only)
Hair & Makeup Artist: Sophie Castaneda
Combat Instructor episode 5 only: Roy Eisenstein
Models
Michelle Barkowski - episodes 1 & 2 only
Anja Christensen
Angelika Furstler
Sherry Jiang
Summer Lohne
Christina Szabo
Executive Producer/Director: Patrick McGee
Producer: Paul Evans
Photographer: Mick Gleissner
Underwater Producer: Rebecca Piket
Casting Director/Associate Producer: Freya Jones
Underwater Director of Photography: Chris Gosch
Production Designer: Andrew McMennamy
Wardrobe Supervisor: Nicole Boutiette
Hair & Makeup Artist: Sophie Castaneda
Wardrobe Designer: Nicole Boutiette
Wardrobe Seamstress/Assistant: Cherry Abesa