Michael Donohoe left Columbus, OH in 2009 to live by the ocean. From 2009-2011 he worked his way down the east coast from Conservation International in Arlington, VA, to Jekyll Island’s Georgia Sea Turtle Center, to the Florida Keys, and finally heading west to Maui to work as a Naturalist with Pacific Whale Foundation.

He has incorporated film projects into his work at every stop, and in 2015, Mike stepped away from guiding whale watch and snorkel tours to focus on filmmaking. That same year, he captured the first-ever underwater footage of world-famous big wave, Pe’ahi, for his film Below Jaws.

In 2017, Mike joined filmmaker and naturalist Chris Cilfone in his quest to film the birth of a humpback whale, an event that has yet to be documented. In 2020, the Kohola Film Project incorporated as a 501(c)(3), and they look forward to continuing the quest this coming whale season.

In 2018, Mike co-founded Three Tree Creative with three other filmmakers. In 2019, Three Tree Creative, in collaboration with Kohola Film Project, produced a film for Maui Ocean Center’s Humpbacks of Hawaii Exhibit. Three Tree Creative has had short film selections in the 2019 and 2020 Honolulu Surf Film Festival, and most recently, Mike co-created the music series Holoholo with Tavana McMoore.
 

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Obsessed with documentaries and swimming. Trying to do both.

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Inquiries
michael@bluemotion.pictures