Why Sharks Attack

1 x 60’ | Windfall Films | BBC ONE & NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | 2023

Producer & Director

June 8th 2023. A shark kills a 23 year-old Russian man swimming just metres from the beach in the Red Sea vacation resort of Hurghada, Egypt. It comes less than a year after two women were killed by sharks in the space of two days on the same stretch of coast. A spate of killings like this is unprecedented in the Red Sea. 

What brought these sharks into the shallow waters of luxury holiday resorts, away from their natural hunting grounds in the open ocean? Are we seeing a dramatic change in shark behaviour in the Red Sea? Could mounting pressure from humans - from fishing, tourism and manmade climate change - be altering how these apex predators live and hunt? 

 An innovative mix of current-affairs investigation and scientific analysis, this documentary  explores what could have caused not just the attacks  in the Red Sea, but also other recent and unusual shark encounters around the world, including in the waters off Sydney and Florida.