Our Team

Michael Bailey is the very definition of an environmental hero opening his life in dedication to serving animals of the land a sea. Amongst his accolaids and missions he was the youngest person aboard the first Greenpeace Ship called the Rainbow Warrior where he faced off with Russian whale hunters with Matt Harron taking photos as they put themselves in-between the whales and the ships.

Michael an experienced conservationist and video producer who places a high degree of emphasis on sustainability and protection of nature. Michael’s expertise in domestic and international political matters is exemplified in the successful passage of the United Nations ban on high seas drift nets, That General Assembly Resolution successfully saves the lives of over 1 million dolphins, 4 million seabirds every year. Driftnets were a serious financial threat to the world’s salmon, tuna and billfish fisheries.

Grant Barbeito brings a focus of technology and media distribution to the WorldOpt team. Grant’s films have also been celebrated at Sundance, Tribeca, Cannes and over fifty of the top festivals in the world. He also has a deep knowledge of distribution, marketing and PR working with filmmakers and independent distribution as a consultant to help optimize and redefine a film’s worth by customizing the approach to the TVOD, SVOD and OTT market for films. Grant has worked as a documentary cinematographer for over ten years in television and feature films. His experience includes shooting the Goodwill Games and Habitat for Humanity with President Jimmy Carter.

As a cinematographer, Grant worked on feature-length films Before the Music Dies, Living Liberal In Kansas, Bettie Paige Reveals All and the Oscar award winning SICKO directed by Michael Moore.

Grant worked with noted author and environmentalist Jane Goodall filming with her for Animals Asia in Hong Kong leading to several projects with Jane’s youth education initiative Root’s and Shoot’s.

His passion and expertise are now focused on global environmental issues about oceans and human health.

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