Craig Foster is a South African documentary filmmaker, naturalist, and founder of the Sea Change Project.

In 2012, Foster co-founded the Sea Change Project, a nonprofit group to protect marine life and raise awareness of the importance of the kelp forest in South Africa.

[4] Foster was the subject, producer,[2] and photographer of a 2020 Netflix Original film called My Octopus Teacher, directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed.

[7] During that time, he found a common octopus who began to trust him, and he revisited and filmed her every day for that year.

[4][10] Foster is married to Indian documentary filmmaker and environmental journalist Swati Thiyagarajan.