Inside Look

This film was inspired by scenes from some of my favorite animated movies growing up. I wanted to highlight the incredible formations and ecosystems that exist only in cenotes — places that feel almost otherworldly underwater. Filming in freshwater was a new challenge; it changed my buoyancy, making it easier to sink, but the colder temperatures meant wearing a thicker wetsuit. In one of the cenotes, we weren’t even allowed to wear fins, so I had to rely completely on my breath to control my movement — using my lungs like a natural BCD (buoyancy control device) to rise or sink depending on how slowly I exhaled or how deeply I inhaled at the start of each dive.