Ron Taylor

Biography

Ronald Josiah Taylor was an Australian shark expert and pioneer in underwater filmmaking, capturing great white sharks without a cage for the first time. He co-founded The Shark Hunters with Ben Cropp and produced notable films like Slaughter at Saumarez. Taylor won the World Spearfishing Championship in Tahiti in 1965 and became champion spearfisher, later switching to filming marine life with his wife Valerie.