Nays Baghai
An awe-inspiring odyssey about cave diving icon Jill Heinerth, and her journey of exploration, resilience and self-discovery into the planet’s deepest depths.
Director Biography – Nays Baghai
Nays Baghai is an independent filmmaker and underwater cameraman from Sydney, Australia. A graduate of Australia’s national film school, AFTRS, his feature film debut, Descent, won the Oscar-qualifying Sydney Film Festival, and has been distributed by Amazon Prime ANZ. His second feature, Diving Into The Darkness, won the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, another Oscar-qualifying festival. In addition to his long-form work, Nays has won 30 awards for his short films, and has worked as a videographer for premier corporations (Deloitte, Telstra, CBA). His past underwater cinematography and photography clients include Rolex, Sony, SBS, Scuba Diver Magazine, and Tourism Australia, and one of the world’s few film directors certified to dive on a rebreather for shoots involving cave and technical diving.
