Filmmaker, Zoologist, Author: Pioneer in underwater film making and biology. Dr. Hans Hass was one of the first to introduce society to the wonders of the underwater world. He made popular to the world the beauty of life under the seas in coral reefs, stingrays and sharks. In 1944 he was awarded a Doctorate in Zoology studies from the University of Berlin. He then entered the Wehrmacht as a frogman but was discharged due to foot problems. Hass's love for the sea began in the late 1930 as a student of Law. While on vacation on the French Riviera he encountered American diver Guy Gilpatric. He soon switched from the study of Law to Zoology. He published his first book on the sea "Diving to Adventure" and his first film "Stalking Under Water" in 1939. He produced more than 150 commercial films from 1948-1960. His other films included two popular series for the BBC: "Diving for Adventure" in 1956 and "The Undersea World of Adventure" in 1958. He won first place in the Vienna Film Festival for his Oscar Winning 1951 film, "Under the Red Sea". In order to provide income for his research Hass embarked on a series of filming safaris in the Red Sea. He shot the Oscar-winning feature film Unternehmen Xarifa (Under the Caribbean), the first German film to be produced in Technicolor. That same year Hans Hass founded the International Institute for Submarine Research and purchased the ship Xarifa, from which he shot the Oscar winning feature film Unternehmen Xarifa (Under the Caribbean), which included the first underwater shots of a sperm whale. Many of Hass's films ended with segments of the world of Sharks. In 1967 Hass was asked to assist in the search of the missing Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt who had disappeared in the waters off Victoria. In 1960 Hass began to explore the world of human personality and aggression using his marine biology background for comparison. This research led to the publication of several books, "The Human Animal: The Mystery of Human Behavior." His research led him in 1999 to establish the Hass Institute for Energon Cybernetic Research at the University of Vienna with an associate School at the University of California - Berkeley. Much of his work was performed in companionship with his wife Lotte Hass. In 2003 the Hans Hass award was established. One of the recipients has been filmmaker James Cameron. He was also the author of more than 28 books and 70 films on underwater exploration, human behavior, and film making.