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Ralph White
Documentary Advisor
Ralph White enjoys a very distinguished professional career as an award winning cinematographer with over thirty years experience in motion pictures and television with over 400 production credits.
White was the motion picture cameraman and one of the underwater imaging supervisors for the French/American Team which discovered the wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic in 1985. In 1987 he was co-director of submersible operations and underwater photographer for the French Expedition which retrieved over 1800 artifacts from the Titanic's debris field, and in 1991 he was one of the three submersible cameramen and underwater navigator for the Russian-Canadian-American Expedition which filmed the wreck of the Titanic in the world's largest motion picture format, IMAX. As one of the experts in deep ocean operations and imaging, he currently holds the world's record for the number of submersible dives to the two and a half mile deep Titanic, and has more submersible dives as a foreigner aboard the French "Nautile" and Soviet "MIR" Submersibles.
White served as a Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance team leader, and was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Competition Parachute Team and The 1964 & '65 United States Parachute Team. He retired after 18 years as a Captain from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Reserve Forces as one of their most honored officers.
Inspired by Drive Around the World’s commitment to, finding new ways to share experiences that allow students to develop the instinct to explore, White lends occasional advice to the LONGITUDE Expedition documentary crew. He is a Knight of The Order of Constantine, and The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus. A Fellow and Past Vice Chapter Chairman of the Explorers Club, a Past President of the Adventurers' Club, and Award winner of The Underwater Society of America's prestigious "NOGI" for life time achievement in underwater photography. Ralph White is a highly sought after speaker on the Titanic and his many other exciting adventures.
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