Helicopter crash kills acclaimed filmmakers

American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian TV writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National Geographic said.

The pair died on Saturday when their helicopter crashed soon after take-off from an airstrip near Nowra, 97 miles north of Sydney.

National Geographic and Titanic director James Cameron confirmed the victims’ identities in a joint statement that said “the deep-sea community lost two of its finest” with the deaths of the two underwater documentary specialists.

DeGruy, 60, had won multiple awards for cinematography. Wight, 52, was the writer-producer of the hit 3D movie Sanctum.

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