Sea Studios Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, headquartered in Monterey, California.
Sea Studios was founded by Mark Shelley, a senior series producer for National Geographic.
It combines a science-based content with pioneering techniques in underwater and deep-sea filmmaking.
The Shape of Life earned several major film festival honors, including "Best Scientific Content" and "Finalist" at the 2003 International Wildlife Film Festival; the 2003 CINE Golden Eagle Award, for Episode 2 and Episode 6; "Semi-finalist" at the 2003 Animal Behavior Society Film Festival; "Best of Monterey" at the 2003 Access Monterey Peninsula Edgar Kennedy Awards.
Sea Studios' Strange Days on Planet Earth initiative has ongoing partnership with the National Geographic Society.