
Ian "Woody" Woodcock
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an has been diving for over 30 years and hails from Warwickshire, UK. He holds numerous diving Instructor ratings through BSAC and PADI. He retired from the RAF after 23 years and moved to Grand Bahama Island to run diving operations for UNEXSO. His expertise in leading and organizing expeditions includes the remote areas of Belize, Maldives, Malta and Yanbu, on the Saudi side of the Red Sea. Woody has spent the last 15 years filming large predatory animals in the wild and his knowledge and experience has made him a key man in major film and TV productions. He has pioneered hand feeding sharks using state of the art Neptunic chain mail suits and since 2006 worked on Pirates of the Caribbean II and III as Johnny Depp's double. He now splits his time between the Bahamas and Los Angeles California with his wife Corinna were he runs his business Bulldog Diving.
23 years RAF (Royal Air Force) Jet engine crew chief
31 years diving experience
BSAC Dive instructor-1990
PADI Instructor 1998
UNEXSO Dive Supervisor
Shark handler and feeding expert
Pirate of the Caribbean II and III
Videographer / Photographer