Massimiliano Finzi

Axminter, Devon
United Kingdom + Italy

Phone: +44 (0)7730 760 269

Email: 1730marineservice@gmail.com

Website: www.maxfinzi.wixsite.com/massimilianofinzi

Marine supervisor – Assistant Underwater Camera – Water Safety Diver

I’m a professional Marine Supervisor and Safety diver in Media, Film and HATV at Netflix, Prime, Lionsgate, Disney, BBC amongst others.

With a base in UK (Devon) and in Italy.

I have great experience in water diving safety. I am a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, an SSI Divemaster Instructor and the HSE Scuba L.4 and I’m also Instructor of many diving specialties; I’m an underwater camera assistant and also operate independently. I also have experience of training cast and crew in scuba diving to facilitate underwater sequences.

I have done over 10,000 dives in extremely different places and locations such as sea, ocean, river, altitude, lake, caves, under ice, deep and wrecks using all different equipments; I have worked as a dive instructor and dive manager for 21 years and in the last 5 as part of a team in the Marine department in film and TV.

Before becoming a diver in 1996 I was a studio still-life photographer a profession that I brought with me underwater;

I have the Gates STO (Setup/Test/Operate) certification made by Esprit Film; RYA PowerBoat L2, VHF Radio Operator, Day skipper.

I also have the IRATA Rope Access certification L1 and A1/A3 Drone open category

Some of my credits include:

Underwater DOP Camera Assistant:

• The Last Breath - Feature Film
• Indiana Jones 5 - Feature Film
• Wreck Mission - Factual TV

Marine Supervisor / Coordinator:

• A Simple Favor 2 - Feature Film
• The Old Guard 2 - Feature Film
• Mr & Mrs Smith - TV Series
• The White Lotus 2 - TV Series

Water Safety:

• Bad Sister 2 - TV Series
• The Undertow - TV Series

Underwater Camera:

• Waves - Feature Film
• Water Life - Documentary
• The Paradise of Polynesia - Commercial

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