The Executive Director of OPS, Louie Psihoyos, is widely regarded as one of the world’s most prominent still photographers. He has circled the globe dozens of times for National Geographic and has shot hundreds of covers for other magazines including Fortune Magazine, Smithsonian, Discover, GEO, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and Rock and Ice. His work has also been seen on the Discovery Channel, National Geographic Television and the History Channel.
Psihoyos’ first documentary film, The Cove, about the Taiji dolphin slaughter in Japan, has won over 70 awards globally from festivals and critics, including the Oscar® for Best Documentary Feature in 2009. His second feature length documentary, “6” will be released during the summer of 2014.