Craig Foster (filmmaker)

Craig Foster
black-and-white close-up image of Craig Foster wearing a scuba mask
Photo of Craig Foster taken by an octopus in 2024
NationalitySouth African
Occupation(s)Documentary filmmaker, naturalist
Known forMy Octopus Teacher
SpouseSwati Thiyagarajan
Children1

Craig Foster is a South African documentary filmmaker, naturalist, and founder of the Sea Change Project. He is known for the 2020 film My Octopus Teacher, for which he won an Academy Award in 2021.