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Episode 33: Plus, should Netflix be worried?Daniel Goldblatt | April 8, 2021 @ 5:15 PM TheWrap This week on “TheWrap-Up,” hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt discussed the mass exodus of executives at Dick Clark Productions, Netflix’s diminishing stranglehold on the streaming world, and the Oscars pushing forward with having an in-person event. Then, we sit down with the directors of the five films nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category: Maite Alberdi of “The Mole Agent,” Garrett Bradley of “Time,” Pippa Ehrlich of “My Octopus Teacher,” Alexander Nanau ...

UTA Signs ‘My Octopus Teacher’ Filmmaker, Oscar Nominee Pippa Ehrlich (EXCLUSIVE) Variety 2 hrs ago Pippa Ehrlich, director, co-writer and editor of the Oscar-nominated documentary “My Octopus Teacher,” has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. “My Octopus Teacher” follows producer-narrator Craig Foster as he free-dives in a cold underwater kelp forest in South Africa and develops a relationship with a wild common octopus and documents a year in the unusual (and beautiful) friendship. The hit nature documentary, Netflix’s first original doc from South Africa, also m...

Print Amid a pandemic when many have been isolated in their homes, the crowd-pleasing Netflix film “My Octopus Teacher” offers viewers eight arms to hold them — and a much-needed hug. The production heightens the familiar tropes of the nature-doc genre with its emotional account of a rare bond made between man and cephalopod — in this case, Craig Foster, a South African filmmaker, and a female octopus he encounters on his free dives into the freezing waters of the kelp forest in the Cape of Storms, outside Cape Town. The film, an Oscar contender for documentary feature, offers somethi...

My Octopus Teacher and Time. Of these, three are available to watch in India and one of them actually has an Indian connection. NDTV veteran and nature documentary filmmaker Swati Thiyagarajan is the production manager and one of the associate producers on My Octopus Teacher. Directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, the 85-minute documentary follows the unusual relationship that develops between filmmaker Craig Foster and a female octopus in a kelp forest in South Africa. The film has stunning underwater camerawork that showcases the beauty and staggering variety of marine life. The octopu...

16 Mar 2021 Directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, the documentary filmed off the coastline in Simon's Town, Cape Town, follows the unlikely story of unusual and touching friendship that develops between film maker Craig Foster and an octopus. Director Pippa Ehrlich comments: We sat there watching it. I think my family was watching it in other parts of South Africa as well. In Hollywood, they have all sorts of prediction lists, and we weren’t on any of them. It’s really a moment I will never forget. My Octopus Teacher has already received two awards at the Critics’ Choice Documen...