Valerie Taylor Age, Height, Weight: Valerie Taylor, officially known as Valerie May Taylor is a conservationist, photographer, and filmmaker.
She’s an inaugural member of the diving hall-of-fame. With her husband Ron Taylor, she made documentaries about sharks and filmed sequences for films including Jaws.
In 1967 a Belgian scientific expedition asked the Taylors’ (Valerie and her husband, Ron) to join their endeavor to record life on the Great Barrier Reef.
Over several months, Valerie Taylor dove the entire length of the Great Barrier Reef from Lady Elliot Island up to the Torres Strait.
Valerie and her husband, Ron made documentary films about sharks and were the first people to film great white sharks without the protection of a cage
Their work also included Blue Water, White Death in which they swam cageless among a school of oceanic white tip sharks feeding on a whale carcass.
The documentary was successful and attracted the attention of Steven Spielberg, who called on them to shoot the real great white shark sequences for Jaws.
In addition to their work in film, the Taylors (Valerie and her husband, Ron) have performed conservation work in Australia and elsewhere.
Valerie has worked as an underwater photographer, and her work has appeared in National Geographic Magazine, including some macro images of coral and invertebrates on the Great Barrier Reef that were featured on its front cover in 1973.
Valerie and her husband, Ron have campaigned to prevent oil exploration in Ningaloo Marine Park, and the overturning of mining rights on the Coral Sea Islands.
They also campaigned for the protection of the Great Barrier Reef prior to its being awarded World Heritage status, and they have lobbied for marine sanctuary zones in South Australia.
In 1986, she was appointed by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, as the ‘Rider of the Order of the Golden Ark’ for marine conservation.
She was recognized for her successful efforts protecting the habitat of the potato cod near Lizard Island – the first gazetted protection of the Great Barrier Reef.
At the age of 66, she was still diving with sharks and was awarded the Centenary Medal for service to the Australian society in marine conservation and the Australian Senior Achiever of the Year.
Valerie Taylor Age
Valerie Taylor celebrated her 87th birthday on November 9, 2022. She was born on November 9, 1935, in Sydney, Australia. Valerie will be 88 in November this year.
Valerie Taylor Height & Weight
At the time of this writing, Valerie Taylor’s height and weight were not available.
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