My Octopus Teacher

My Octopus Teacher
Directed by
  • Pippa Ehrlich
  • James Reed
Written by
  • Pippa Ehrlich
  • James Reed
Produced byCraig Foster
Starring
  • Craig Foster
  • Tom Foster
  • Octopus
CinematographyRoger Horrocks
Edited by
  • Pippa Ehrlich
  • Dan Schwalm
Music byKevin Smuts
Production
companies
Off The Fence
The Sea Change Project
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • 4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) (Millennium Docs Against Gravity)[1]
  • 7 September 2020 (2020-09-07) (Netflix)
Running time
85 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageEnglish

My Octopus Teacher is a 2020 Netflix Original documentary film directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, which documents a year spent by filmmaker Craig Foster forging a relationship with a wild common octopus in a South African kelp forest. At the 93rd Academy Awards, it won the award for Best Documentary Feature.[2][3]

Common Octopus
  1. ^ "My Octopus Teacher". Millennium Docs Against Gravity. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  2. ^ 2021|Oscars.org
  3. ^ "My Octopus Teacher" Wins Best Documentary Feature | 93rd Oscars