Join us as we induct the 2011 honourees into
the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame.

The 2011 inductees include:

Howard and Michele Hall

Andre Laban

Clement Lee

Bev Morgan

Allan Power

Pioneer Award Inductees include:

Hugh Bradner
Louis de Corlieu
John Scott Haldane

We invite scuba enthusiasts everywhere to come honour the men and women who have played an important role in shaping the dive industry and who serve as inspirations for future generations of divers.
Whether you are passionate about dive travel, entertainment, equipment design and development, education, exploration and adventure, or simply enjoy the camaraderie of fellow enthusiasts, this is the one event no one should miss.

Tuesday November 8, 2011

Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands
At Grand Old House

Each year the Cayman Islands is thrilled, and extremely proud, to host an event
that honours a sport that blossomed in our country.

For further information regarding this event, click here.

2011 inductees

Howard and Michele Hall are award-winning natural history filmmakers and photographers perhaps best known for their underwater IMAX films.  As Director and Producer, respectively, their IMAX feature film credits include the IMAX3D feature Into the Deep; Island of the Sharks, Coral Reef Adventure (in which they are also featured on camera), Deep Sea 3D, and most recently the IMAX3D feature Under the Sea3D.  Howard has been the underwater cinematographer and/or Director of Underwater Cinematography on 4 other IMAX features. 

Howard and Michele also have a history in television programming, and between them they have won seven Emmy Awards.  Howard has produced and/or directed many award winning natural history television films including a National Geographic Special, which he co-produced with Michele, and three episodes of the PBS series Nature.  Howard also directed and Michele produced the award winning, five-hour series Secrets of the Ocean Realm for PBS.   

Andre Laban is a World-renowned French diver, photographer, author, and painter André Laban, was a pioneering member Jacques-Yves Cousteau's Calypso team, serving as chief engineer and diver. He developed early underwater cameras which were used in shooting The Silent World which won an Oscar for Best Documentary in 1956.
 
He shot several films in the Cousteau Odyssey series, co-directed three, and his distinctive bald head can been seen in several Cousteau films.  From 1956-1966, he was Director of the French Office Underwater Search. From 1966, he began to paint his underwater images, which are internationally acclaimed and collected world wide. In 1996 he won the Palme d’Or at the World Festival Underwater Images in Antibes, for his film, ‘Iris and Oniris.’ A collection of the photographs he produced from 1973 to 1983 has been published as ‘One Bald Man,’ released in 2007. He is the recipient of numerous international awards.

Clement Lee is a leader in the development of the recreational dive industry in the Malaysian state of Sabah . This dive industry pioneer started Borneo Divers over a quarter of a century ago and has introduced recreational diving and dive tourism in Sabah as well as resort management in Sipadan.  As Managing Director and a founding partner of Borneo Divers & Sea Sports, he was among the first to build a dive resort on the famous Sipadan Island in 1989.

He became a dive master and PADI instructor in 1985 and six years later became the first ever PADI Course Director in Malaysia. Lee has actively promoted conservation and environmental protection efforts and is involved in Project AWARE and various other clean up activities.