2008

An award-winning filmmaker, Jill wrote, produced, and appeared in Water’s Journey, the PBS documentary series that takes viewers on visceral travels through the world’s greatest water systems. Hollywood directors call on her to produce difficult underwater scenes and international magazines and websites look to her to document extreme environments with high technology.

Jill is a reasonable voice in the world of conservation, and is often sought out for insightful opinions by the press. She is a recognized expert legal witness in matters involving SCUBA and Closed Circuit Rebreather technology.

Jill’s many diving accomplishments are highlighted by an Antarctic cave diving expedition inside the largest iceberg known to man, (National Geographic - Ice Island), and significant contributions to the United States Deep Caving Team’s Wakulla 2 project, using paradigm-changing technology to map an underwater cave system in three dimensions. At Wakulla, secondary to a scientific mission, Jill established a women’s diving world record.

Some of Jill’s numerous professional diving, photographic and filmmaking awards:

• Sport Diving Magazine: Named A Living Legend

• Women Diver’s Hall of Fame: Inaugural Inductee

• Explorer’s Club Film Festival: Best Documentary

• Canadian Technical Diver of the Year

• Fellow: National Speleological Society

1. •International HD Film Fest: Best Documentary (two time winner)
   

2. •Winner of the Keens Footwear “Stand Up” award recognizing environmental photographers making a difference
   

Jill Heinerth holds various SCUBA, Cave Diving, and Closed Circuit Rebreather instructor credentials.  An ADOBE PHOTOSHOP expert, she also teaches Underwater Digital Photography workshops and classes.

A former Toronto ad agency owner, Jill takes on limited advertising clients, applying her distinct skill set to each application.

FILM & JOURNALISM CREDITS