Bret Gilliam speaking at
Santa Barbara Underwater

Film Festival 2013

Bret Gilliam on film
project in Bahamas 1997

Bret Gilliam
in Maine 2007

Bret Gilliam on location
at Silver Bank filming National Geographic Explorer documentary on
humpback whales 1996

Bret Gilliam piloting
deep submersible 1994

Bret Gilliam with
underwater photography
gear in Belize 1992

Bret Gilliam with underwater photography gear,
Papua New Guinea 2008

Bret Gilliam and actress/model Lauren Hutton 1998

Bret Gilliam speaking at
Beneath the Sea 2004

Capt. Bret Gilliam in command of 
550-ft., 28,000 ton cruise ship 1989

Filming 20-ft, two ton great white shark 2012

Speaking at Boston Sea Rovers 2006

Gilliam induction into Diving Hall of Fame 2012

Blancpain celebrated its 60th anniversary building the finest diving watches in the world with the release of a mammoth coffee-table book on diving history called Fifty Fathoms. The event took place on October 9, 2014 in Cap d’Antibes on the French Riviera. This photo (taken during a press interview) features u/w photography pioneer Ernie Brooks, event legendary chef Joel Rubachon, diving pioneer Bret Gilliam, Blancpain President Marc Hayek, and Marketing VP Alain Delamuraz.

Captain aboard Ocean
Spirit cruise ship 1990

Piloting deep
submersible 1992

Filming great
white shark 2014

Diving in Bahamas at age eight 1959

Filming great white

sharks 2012

Aboard deep

submersible 1994

Working on film project with

great white sharks 2012

​With Jean-Michel Cousteau 2013

Underwater photography project, St. Croix 1977

Up close with

great white shark 2012

Gilliam with proton magnetometer, working on Smithsonian Institute “Santa Monica” historical wreck project in Caribbean 1972

Gilliam Induction to

Diving Hall of Fame

On the set of The Island of Doctor Moreau, St Croix, 1977. Actor Michael York, Location Manager - Bret Gilliam and Film Director Don Taylor.

On movie location set in British Virgin Islands 1976

Operating recompression chamber 1988

Lecturing on rebreather training 1995

Training USCG Search & Rescue
helicopter crews in Puerto Rico, 1977

Gilliam and dolphin 1982

Bret Gilliam prepares
for dive in Papua

New Guinea 2008

Working with seal 1982