SYNOPSIS:

From the earliest colonization attempts to now, hurricanes have wreaked havoc along the North American coast. Exploring the wreckage of ships sunk reveals surprising truths about the continent's history. Through the remnants of a 16th century Spanish galleon, a mysterious pile of revolutionary era cannons, and hundreds of submerged New York subway cars, scientists are uncovering how hurricanes have shaped America's past - and how they might impact its future.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:

Crispin Sadler has been running his own production company since 2002. A trained zoologist and deep-sea technical diver with over forty years experience in television, he launched the hit-series ‘Drain the Oceans’ in 2010 for NGC / Disney+ with 5 series andover 70 films, 6 golds at the New York Film Festival, and Bafta and RTS nominations. Crispin also has written, directed and exec’ed many other maritime archaeology and naval history docs including Deep Wreck Mysteries for Nat Geo, the landmark ‘Battle of Jutland’ for Channel 4, ‘War Wrecks of the Coral Seas’ at BBC’s world-famous Natural History Unit and the new 10-part shipwreck series Ocean Wreck Investigation for Nat Geo International. In 2024, Crispin was recognised as the leading British maritime film-maker of his generation when he received the Special Recognition Award by the Maritime Foundation.