2000 1st Annual UFEX at the Otto Center, San Diego Zoo
October 7, 2000 Saturday
Organizing Committee: Chuck Nicklin, Bob Gladden, Kevin Daily, Mary Lynn Price,
& Steve Douglas
Judges: Eric Hanauer, Paul (Doc) Anes, & Elwyn Gates
Saturday Night show:
“Dancing Humpbacks” Flip Nicklin
“Sea Creatures of Burma” Mary Lynn Price
“Manta” Ron Mullins
“Little Sea Creatures”: Alan Grant
“Sharks & Rays I Have Known” Dot Norris
“Fiji Islands In The Sun” Steve Douglas
“Three Years of giant Black Sea Bass” Ron Mullins
“The Real Treasure Below” Bob Gladden / Steve Douglas
“Close Encounters of the Underwater Kind” Fred Heimam
“Monsters of Beqa Lagoon” Bob Gladden / Chuck Nicklin
“A Red Sea Adventure” Roger Roth
“Coral & Muck” Mick Hutchins
“Cook Islands” Lance Milbrand
“Papua New Guinea, Divers Paradise” Chuck Nicklin
2001 2nd Annual UFEX at the San Diego Natural History Museum theater
October 20, 2001 Saturday
Organizing Committee: Chuck Nicklin, Bob Gladden, Mary Lynn Price, Mick Hutchins, & Steve Douglas
Judges: Marty Snyderman, Steve Perez, & Ruth Shelly
Saturday Night show:
“Micronesia” Bob Keet
“Cuttlefish” Jim Swearingen
“Islas Revillagijedos” Bob Gladden
“The Wonderful World of the Red Sea” Janet & Dwight Crumb
“Humpback Whales of Tonga” Fred Heiman
“Our Living Sea” Rod Klein
“The Waters of Thailand and Burma” Randy Bundschuh
“Adventures in muck Diving” Bruce Robison
“Diving the Cocos” Elwyn Gates
“Salmon of Prince William Sound” Lance Milbrand
“Sketches from the Bismark Sea” Mick Hutchins
“Manta” Bob Bayer
“Mr. Crab’s Nautical Neighborhood” Jean Slosberg
“Rhythms of the Solomons” Bruce Carlson
“Tribute to the Survivors” Steve Douglas
2002 3rd Annual UFEX at the San Diego Natural History Museum theater
October 18 & 19, 2002 Friday & Saturday
Organizing Committee: Chuck Nicklin, Bob Gladden, Mary Lynn Price, Mick Hutchins, & Steve Douglas
Judges: Howard & Michelle Hall, Richard ?, & Mike Johnson
Friday Night show: Preview: “Pioneers of Diving” Eric Hanauer
“Up Close in Fiji” Mike Boom
“Ningaloo Reef” Paul Waghorn
“Counting With Reef” John F. Williams
“Diving Into History: The Wrecks of the Pacific” David A. Venanzi
“Night Life, LaJolla Shores” Mary Lynn Price
“Safe Waters” Kevin Daily
“Bubbles in the South Pacific” Fred Heiman
“Underwater Colors” Deanne Edwards
“Isla Del Coco” Mick Hutchins
“Great White Sharks of Guadalupe Island” Guillaume Chanfreu
“Komodos More Than Just Dragons” Chuck Nicklin
“Maya Secrets” Lance Milbrand
“Salas in the Sand” Mike & Kathy Schnetzer
“The Sinken Barges of Lake Tahoe” Jerry Seawell
“Drifters of the Deep Blue Sea” Bob Gladden
“The Waters of Makah” Damon J. Harrell
Saturday Night show: Preview: “Pioneers of Diving” Eric Hanauer
“Desperately Seeking Sipadan” Bruce Robison
“Safety Stop in Turks and Caicos” Guillaume Chanfreau
“It’s Bathtime” Mike & Kathy Schnetzer
“Ruby E” Bob Gladden
“Ocean Fantasy” Douglas Hoffman
“Cuba Si !” Eric Hanauer
“Cozumel” Bob Keet
“Venture Into Chac Mool” Perry Armor
“The Great Great Whites of Ganspaai, S. Africa” Steve Douglas
“Channel Life” Mary Lynn Price
“Black Sea Bass” Bob Keet
“Ghost Forest” James Short
“Divin the deep Green” Walter Marti
“Fiji’s fine Dining” Mike & Kathy Schnetzer
“Galapagos: Darwin’s Arch” Bob Bayer
“Northern Nudies” Ray Izumi
2003 4th Annual UFEX / Joint with SDUPS / 100th SIO Anniversary at the Town &
Country Hotel Convention Center , Golden Ballroom
September 21 & 22, 2003 Sunday & Monday
Organizing Committee: Chuck Nicklin, Bob Gladden, Mary Lynn Price, Mick
Hutchins, Steve Douglas, Herb Gruenhagen, & Eric Hanauer.
Judges: Marty Snyderman, Bob Cranston, & Phil Colla
Sunday Night show:
“LaJolla Ecological Reserve” Gerry Soifer
“California Grown” (slide) Deanne Edwards
“We’re Having a Party in Truk Lagoon” Cara Leonard- Kolezynski
“Enchanted Gardens” David Bowes
“Law & Order” Steven Cohen
“Wide Eyes Underwater” (slide) Bob & Ceci Brace
“Socorro Islands” Frank Virgadamo
“Pacific Undercurrents” Kathleen Kennedy
“Komodo Days and Nights” Mick Hutchins
“Are You Feelin Mucky” Ray Izumi
“Within the Open Sea” (slide) Randy Morse
“The Other Florida” Guillaume Chanfreau
“Adventures Beyond Compare” Rodger Klein
“A World Gone Maui” (slide) Tracy Clark
“Atlantic Spotted Dolphin” Jim Abernethy
“Getting Up Close With the Great Whites of Guadalupe Island” Bob Gladden
Monday Night show:
“Music Sets the Mood” Fred Heiman
“Man Looks at the Sea” (slide) Richard Herrmann
“Night Moves” Gale Mead
“San Diego Squid” Bob Bayer
“Forays With Morays” Steve Douglas
“Asia” (slide) Jerry Allen
“Swimmin With the Stingrays” Rodger Klein
“Night Glows” Mick Hutchins
“Nobody Comes to New Zealand Just to Dive” Eric Hanauer
“Wide Angle Action” Gerry Soifer
“Colors of the Sea” (slide) Heidrun Faulconer
“Shark Graduation” Steve Cohen
“My Favorite 720’ Dive” Walter Marti
“Sensational Siam” (slide) Marie Tarter & Steve Eilenberg
“Burning Bright” Mike Boom
“Sharks” Jim Abernethy
2004 5th Annual UFEX at the San Diego Natural History Museum theater
October 1 & 2, 2004 Friday & Saturday
Organizing Committee: Chuck Nicklin, Bob Gladden, Mary Lynn Price, Mick Hutchins, Steve Douglas, Eric Hanauer, & Gene Lafferty.
Judges: John Ellerbock, Lance Milbrand ?, Mark Thurlow
Friday Night show:
“Harlequin Shrimp” Chuck Nicklin
“Night Dive Testimonial” Steve Cohen
“Beyond the Reefs” Steve Douglas
“Los Aguas del Paradiso” Deanne Edwards
“Fiji” Frank Virgadamo
“Power & Grace” Marty Snyderman & Mary Lynn Price
“Manta Melody” Eric Hanauer
“Eye Candy” Fred Heiman
“Rat Race Escape” Steve Cohen
“Paradise in Papua Guinea” Steve Douglas
“San Diego Shark Diving” Perry armor
“Bainbridge Island Beach Seining” John Williams
“America’s Galapagos” Damon Harrell
Saturday Night show:
“Do You Lembeh ?” Mick Hutchins
“Magnificent Soup” Mike Boom
“Just Jellies” Valerie Lyttle
“Imagine . . . Indonesia” Mary Anne Pedoto
“Sharks of Guadalupe Island” Fred Heiman
“Do Lunch” Walter Marti
“Adventures Close to Home” Eric Hanauer
“You Decide” Ray Izumi
“Devil Fish” Gene Lafferty
“Shark Adventures” Frank Virgadamo
“Siam Koh” Randy Bundschuh
“Nocturnal Nebulous” Steve Douglas
2005 6th Annual UFEX at the San Diego Natural History Museum theater
October 14 & 15, 2005 Friday & Saturday
Organizing Committee: Chuck Nicklin, Bob Gladden, Mary Lynn Price, Mick Hutchins, Eric Hanauer, Gene Lafferty, Karen Straus, John Ellerbrock, & Steve Douglas
1st year showing an HDV film.
Friday Night show:
“Tigermania” Guillaume Chanfreau
“The Pacific Manta Rays” Bob Gladden
“Dive Malaysia” Frank Virgadamo
“Life and Loves of the Opisthobranch” Walter Marti
“The Humpback Whales of Eua” Jim Oates
“Night Reef” Nick Martorano
“No Title” Ron Moore
“Tales of Thailand” Steve Douglas
“PNG: Platinum & Gold Mary Anne Pedoto
“Why We Visit” Mike Boom
“Roatan Honduras” Randy Bundschuh
“Window In the Waves Pt. 1” Todd Richard
Saturday Night show:
“Window In the Waves Pt. 2” Todd Richard
“Bottom Time” Gene Lafferty
“Deep Down Disco” Bets Lucas
“Sabah Dance” Walter Marti
“Tigers of the Caribbean” Fred Heiman
“Return of the Plankton” John F. Williams
“Confessions of a Shark Wrangler” Mary Lynn Price
“Sulawesi Cephalopods” Mike & Kathy Schnetzer
“A Snail’s Pace” Mile Boom
“24 1/2” Mick Hutchins
“Palau” Bob Bayer
“Humpback Whales of Tonga” HDV filmFred Heiman
2006 7th Annual UFEX at the San Diego Natural History Museum theater
October 20 & 21, 2006 Friday & Saturday
Organizing Committee: Chuck Nicklin, Bob Gladden, Mary Lynn Price, Mick Hutchins, Eric Hanauer, Gene Lafferty, Karen Straus, John Ellerbrock, & Steve Douglas
Friday Night show:
“My World” Leandro Blanco
“Sea of Cortez, Wide & Macro” Walter Marti
“Curious Conduct” Frank Virgadamo
“Shark Tiime” Nick Martorano
“Five Ways to Save the Ocean” Mary Lynn Price
“Steel Garden” Gary P. Szabo
“Hawaiian Showers” Bryce Groak
“The Andaman Sea” Deeanne Edwards
“Bad to the Bone” Leandro Blanco
“Elements of Black Water” Matthew J. D’Avella
“Maui’s Underwater World” HD Randy Bundschuh
“An Alaskan Love Affair” HD Mike & Kathy Schnetzer
“Behavior in the Muck” HD Chuck Nicklin
“Dear Mom,” HD Walter Marti
“Kritters of Komodo” HD Fred Heiman
Saturday Night show:
“Solomon’s Reefs” ? ? ?
“Gentle Giants of the Crystal River” Frank Virgadamo
“Blue Rhythm Party” Matthew J. D’Avella
“My Oh My, Octopi” Steven Cohen
“Satan’s Servants” Steve Douglas
“Critters of Mabul Island” Walter Marti
“The Night Mantas of Kona, Hawaii” Mary Lynn Price
“Macro Palau” Nick Martorano
“Dalirium” Leandro Blanco
“An Ocean in Motion” HD Mike Boom
“Elsie” HD Chuck Nicklin
“How LOW Can You Go ?” HD Mike & Kathy Schnetzer
“The Emerald Sea” HD Bob Gladden
“Humpback Whales of Roca Partida” HD Eric Hanuaer
“Creepy, Crawly, Whatchamacallits” HD Chuck Nicklin
2007 8th Annual UFEX at Qualcomm Hall theater
October 12 & 13, 2007 Friday & Saturday
Organizing Committee: Chuck Nicklin, Bob Gladden, Mary Lynn Price, Mick Hutchins, Eric Hanauer, Gene Lafferty, Barbara Lloyd, Karen Straus, Ken Given, Roz Nicklin, Steve Douglas, & John Ellerbrock.
Judges: Susan Long, Jim Robertson, & Ken Stone
Friday Night show:
“Clownstruck” Leandro Blanco
“Guardian of the Wrecks” Nick Martorano
“Gray Whales” Koji Nakamura
“Bubbling Reefs” Christian Andersen
“Sharks-Why Should We Care” Ed Sauer & Sandra Schroth
“Sayaw” Marissa R. Floirendo & Tet Lara
“Ningaloo” HD Paul & Kelly Wags
“Kona Symbiosis” HD Eric Hanauer
“Shrimp” HD Chuck Nicklin
“The Ocean’s Heart” HD Bill Macdonald
“Kona’s Underwater Treasures” HD Shannon Valentine & Travis Hull
“Unnatural Selection” HD Shawn Heinrichs
“Bin Bini Na Curacao” HD Walter Marti
“Dreaming of Sea Turtles” HD Patrick J. Reddy
“Green Water, White Mirth” HD Mike Boom
Saturday Night show:
“Conrad Limbaugh & the Sharks of Chipperton Island”
Mary Lynn Price
“When the Sun Goes Down” Deborah Wilson & Pablo Del Barco
“Gems of Hope” Nick Martorano
“Wreckin’ N Waikiki” Jerry Seawell
“U-701 Entombed Valor” Patti Balian
“Saving the Dragon” HD Rick Morris
“Realm of the Sharks” HD Shawn Heinrichs
“Blanket Octopus” HD Koji Nakamura
“River of Whales” HD Jason Sturgis
“Micronesia” HD J.D. Duff
“Sea Slug Safari” HD John Greenamyer & Mike Miller
“Tubbataha-A World Heritage Site” HD Walter Marti
“Below San Diego” HD Roger Uzum
“The Strange & Wonderful Sulawesi” HD Randy Bundschuh
“Of Forest & Rivers” HD Mike Boom
“Ocean Requiem” HD Howard & Michele Hall
2008 9th Annual UFEX at Qualcomm Hall theater
August 22 & 23, 2008 Friday and Saturday
Organizing Committee: Chuck Nicklin, Bob Gladden, Mary Lynn Price, Mick Hutchins, Eric Hanauer, Gene Lafferty, Barbara Lloyd, Karen Straus, Ken Given, & John Ellerbrock.
Judges: John Moore, Hans Bertsch & Natasha Steinbeck
Friday Night show:
“Sardine Run” HD Shawn Heinrichs
“A Little Thing Called Love” HD Mike & Kathy Schnetzer
“Akumal . . . in Decline” HD Drew Wohl & Sandrah Gurash
“LaJolla, Night & Day” HD Roger Uzun
“Earth” HD Simon Spear
“Rock Islands of Palau” HD Randy Bundschuh
“Surveying Endymion Rock” HD Lance Milbrand
“Komodo Beneath the Waves” HD Mike Boom
“A Choice for Change” HD Mark Santa-Maria
“Toroidal Vortex” Jeff Leicher
“Illes Medes” Guille Cervera
“Killer Clown” Jim & Pat Stayer
“Raja Ampat” HD Bill Macdonald
“Indonesia Underwater” HD Fred Heiman
“Infinite Oceans” HD Rick Morris
“Rasta Pasta” HD Mike Elliott
Saturday Night show:
“A Year Under the Pier” HD Walter Marti
“Porbeagles in Peril” HD Simon Spears
“Fiji: A Swim through the Garden” HD Mike Boom
“Mo, Shrimp and Curly” HD Mike Elliott
“Enchanted by Bali” HD Walter Marti
“The Magic Book” James Kurtz
“Boot Camp” Kimberly Frye
“A Call to Action” HD Paul & Kelly Wags
“If you Chase Them, They Will Run” HD Eric Hanauer
“Video Shorts” HD Pete Fowler
“Great Whites of Guadalupe Island” HD Mike & Kathy Schnetzer
“Lost and Found” HD John Muhilly
“Counting Creatures” HD Rick Morris
“Abu Dabab at Night” HD Christian & Diana Fries
“Attack of the Sea Slug” HD Champ Williams
“Thanks . . . “ HD Chuck Nicklin
2009 10th Annual UFEX at Qualcomm Hall theater
September 11 & 12, 2009 Friday & Saturday
Organizing Committee: Chuck Nicklin, Bob Gladden, Mary Lynn Price, Mick Hutchins, Eric Hanauer, Gene Lafferty, Barbara Lloyd, Karen Straus, Ken Given, John Ellerbrock, Roz Nicklin & Pete Fowler
Judges: Paul (Doc) Anes, Bonnie Cardone, and Tom & Lynn Mitchell
Friday Night show:
“More Than Mantas” HD Eric Hanauer
“The Conflict” HD Walter Marti
“The Way of Water” HD Mike Boom
“A Small Warning” HD Drew Wohl & Sandrah Gurash
“Ikka Column Garden” HD Bent Yde Jorgensen
“Beyond Muck in Lembeh” HD Randy Bundschuh
“Sea Below, What’s Beyond” HD Steve Douglas
“Antarctica Diving with Stacy Kim” HD Mary Lynn Price
“Shark Parade” Steve Cohen
“Building a Coral Reef” Bob Gladden
“Just for Laughs” Cindy Lipthay
“Lembeh 2008” HD Mike Elliott
“Behaviors” HD Chuck Nicklin
“Philippine Odyssey” HD Roger Uzun
“Portrait of a Coral Reef” HD Jim Hellemn
“The Last Sardine” HD Terry Maas
Saturday Night show:
“Voices We Shall Never Hear” HD Leandro Blancoever
“Mystery Wreck” HD Nick Martorano
“Tropical Alaska” HD Eric Hanauer
“In the Blink of an Eye” HD Steve Douglas
“Wormworks” HDV Mike Elliott
“P-38 Deep Sea Exploration” HD Barbara Lloyd & Steve Gardner
“Undersea creature Exploration” HD Bill Macdonald
“House of Sailing Daggers” HD Shawn Heinrichs
“Squidilicous” Gary Hawkins
“Where the Pupfish Play” Stephani Gordon
“Extraordinary Critters of Lembeh Strait” HD Randy Bundschuh
“What’s Down There ?” HD Rick Morris
“My Name is Ali “ HD Frank Virgadamo
“New Years at Socorro” HD Steve Cohen
“Sulawesi Sunset” HD Walter Marti
“Five Days in the Bahamas” HD Berkley White