Sonny Miller Project
Sonny Miller started as a photographer in the 1980s, shooting still images for Surfer and Breakout Magazines. He was the host of the Surfer TV series and created some of the most iconic surf films, including the Rip Curl Search films. The 1997 award-winning movie Searching for Tom Curren is Sonny's finest work.
Sonny went on to work on many big Hollywood films and TV shows, leaving a lasting legacy behind. Nalu Film Foundation is honored to have his archive collection in the Nalu Vault.
We have hundreds of thousands of 16mm film that still needs to be telecined, and your support will help us achieve this goal.
Larry Haynes Project
Larry Haynes was a prolific water cinematographer and logged more hours in the water shooting surfing than any other filmmaker. Larry loved swimming and surfing the powerful waves on the North Shore of Oahu. He would swim out with his camera, get the shot, get pounded, then grab his board for an evening surf session after a long day of filming.
We have hundreds of Terabytes of Red digital footage that needs to be organized and backed up to LTO. We are also actively working to find all of Larry's original 16mm film he shot. Larry has hundreds of Hi8 videotapes and other video formats that still need to be digitized.
Col Benson Project
Colonel Albert Benson was stationed at Schofield Barracks as a lieutenant in 1967; his family lived on the North Shore, and he made a point of instilling in his children a love for the ocean.
Colonel Benson loved surfing and cameras, becoming a prolific surf filmmaker who documented Hawaii's North Shore surf scene in the late 1960s and 1970s. He captured iconic images for films such as Scott Dittrich's Amazing Surf Stories and Follow the Sun, among many others.
We have dozens of original 16mm film reels from the 60s and 70s that need to be telecined. We are also working to restore and release an unreleased 16mm film he made called the Surfer's Breed.