Enric Sala

Enric Sala is one of those names that tends to pop up when you start digging into ocean documentaries that actually make you care about the world underwater. His filmography’s pretty wild, honestly. He’s behind “Ocean with David Attenborough” (2025), which—yeah, it’s got Attenborough, so you know you’re in for some absolute top-tier nature storytelling. Sala’s got this knack for wrangling the science side of things and turning it into something you’d actually want to watch on a Friday night, not just some dry lecture you’d tune out in school. Then there’s “The Last Ice” (2020), which dives deep (pun intended) into the Arctic, focusing on the Inuit communities and their fight to hang onto their way of life as the ice literally melts from under them. No sugarcoating, just real people, real stakes. It’s the kind of documentary that sneaks up on you—one minute you’re marveling at the scenery, next minute, you’re genuinely anxious about the future of the planet. And don’t sleep on “Super Reefs” (2024). Sala shines a spotlight on these rare coral reefs that are somehow surviving—thriving, even—while so many others are dying out. It’s not just a doom-and-gloom story, but more like a weirdly hopeful look at what could be possible if people actually get their act together. Sala’s style is all about getting you to care, sometimes with a blunt force, sometimes with a gentle nudge. Either way, you walk away feeling like you’ve just seen something important, and honestly, not every filmmaker can pull that off.