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Under the Sea 3D will be released only in IMAX® theatres starting February 13, 2009.

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Graeme Ferguson, co-founder and past president of IMAX Corporation, has been an active filmmaker since the early 1950s.  In 1967, his pioneering multi-screen film Polar Life was one of the hits of EXPO '67 in Montreal.  Building on that success, Ferguson and his partners invented the IMAX system, which, as of September 2008, has expanded to 320 IMAX theaters operating in more than 42 countries, with 200 more planned.
Ferguson has been involved in all stages of development of the IMAX 15/70 format, as well as being one of the corporation's principal filmmakers.  He has produced or co-produced such films as North of Superior, Man Belongs to the Earth, Snow Job, Hail, Columbia!, The Dream is Alive, Blue Planet, Destiny in Space, L5: First City in Space, and Mission to Mir, and was consulting producer on Space Station 3D.

Most recently, Ferguson served as co-executive producer on director Howard Hall's Deep Sea 3D.  Previously, he produced Hall's Into the Deep, the first large-format 3D underwater film, which was seen by more than 13 million IMAX moviegoers.  

Ferguson was invested into the Order of Canada and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bradford and a Doctorate of Sacred Letters from Victoria University at the University of Toronto.  His other awards and honors include The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Medal, The Canadian Government Environmental Achievement Award (for Blue Planet) and a Special Achievement Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.  Ferguson has also received the IMAX Founders' Award and been named an honorary lifetime member of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers.  
Ferguson currently serves as executive producer on IMAX's newest documentary film, Under the Sea 3D.  This newest IMAX® 3D adventure will transport moviegoers to some of the most exotic and isolated undersea locations on Earth, including Southern Australia, New Guinea and others in the Indo-Pacific region, allowing them to experience face-to-face encounters with some of the most mysterious and stunning creatures of the sea.  It offers a uniquely inspirational and entertaining way to explore the beauty and natural wonder of the oceans, as well as the impact of global climate change.  In IMAX 3D, the images will literally leap off the screen and float around the theatre, putting the audience in the movie.
For Ferguson, "The most interesting aspect of non-fiction is the same as it is with fiction: telling a story and having characters that hold your interest.  Here, those characters are not people-they're fish and octopi and other sea creatures-but they each have their destiny and their purpose in life, too.  And that's the story we're telling."
Narrated by Jim Carrey, Under the Sea 3D is directed by Howard Hall, produced by Toni Myers, produced for Howard Hall Productions by Michele Hall and executive produced by Graeme Ferguson. This Warner Bros. film is produced and distributed by IMAX Corporation.