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Simple, Meaningful Stories for everyone

I’m a wildlife filmmaker exploring diverse forms of storytelling- filmmaking,  podcasting and immersive experiences.  My aim is to create engaging content that connects and resonates with people from diverse backgrounds in a simple, meaningful way.

I love telling stories about people and nature. My graduation film Sniper about a conservation dog protecting Yellow-eyed Penguins won an award and has been screened in film festivals globally. My podcasts have been featured on one of the most popular shows, Radio New Zealand's Our Changing World.  I received the Jackson Wild Fellowship in 2021. 

I’m currently producing & hosting a nature podcast Tune into Nature that aims to share natural sounds and stories and inspire people to connect with nature in their own way.  

My work ranges from producing short films & podcasts, working with NHNZ Worldwide on TV shows for global networks like National Geographic Wild, Love Nature, Curiosity Stream to conducting hands-on Science Filmmaking workshops for school students. 

I’m  from Tamil Nadu, Southern India and am currently based in Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Recognitions & Highlights

2024

Best Independent Podcast - Finalist, Tune into Nature, NZ Radio & Podcast Awards

2022-23

Received Funding from NZ Lotteries Grant to produce two seasons of

Tune into Nature Podcast in collaboration with SciComm, University of Otago & OAR FM 

2022

Tune into Nature Podcast featured on RNZ's Our Changing World programme

2021

Recipient of the coveted Jackson Wild Fellowship 

2021

Footage of Velvet Worms/ Peripatus Featured on Animalogic, a popular YouTube Channel 

2021

Best Natural History Film Nominee, Living Fossils Peripatus at Nature inFocus Film Awards

2019

Award- Best Newcomer at 10th CMS Vatavaran Environment & Wildlife Film Festival for Sniper

2019-20

Official Selections- Short Film Sniper selected for screening in 7 film festivals globally 

2018-19

Podcast produced as student project selected for broadcast on Radio New Zealand 

2017

Photo published in The Hindu BusinessLine, for story by Nihar Gokhale on the Annual Vembanad Fish Count in Kerala, India.

Collaborations to create engaging conservation media

I have collaborated with conservation organisations, educational institutions, and conservation campaigns to help them effectively communicate their stories through my production skills.  My work has been featured on various platforms including public broadcasters, digital media outlets, and film festivals.

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Broadcast Credits ( updated until2020) 

2020

Camera Assistant, Topside,  "Surfing with Sharks" 1hour special for Nat Geo Wild

2019-20

Researcher /Assistant Producer, "Dawn to Dusk"  6x1 hour for Blue Ant Media

2019-20

Researcher /Assistant Producer, "South America's Weirdest " 3x1 hour for Nat Geo Wild 

Worked for the entire length of series- from pre-production to series delivery- assisted with shoot prep & research, footage logging, archive research and  production

Uncredited Roles

2019

Archive & Development Researcher, NHNZ

2018-19

Shot-lister & cataloguer for archive footage library, NHNZ Moving Images  

2018

Production Footage Logger & Cataloguer  for "Mysterious Planet", NHNZ

Filmography

As self-shooting Producer/Director

2020

Beating the Odds To save the Southern NZ Dotterels

12 min film for NZ Department of Conservation 

2018

Sniper  The Last Resort to save World's rarest Penguins.

12 min graduation film

2018

Following Little Blues On population study of a colony of world's smallest Penguins

3 min coursework assignment film

2018

Living Fossils  Conserving the first animals to walk on land- the Peripatus

3 min coursework assignment film

2017

Shining Lakes of Kancheepuram- a journey through lakes, a river and their memories

an independent 20min film produced with an iPhone 5s & a lapel mic

Film Screenings

2020

Three short films as a part of the online Wild Dunedin Festival - "Your Wild Bubble" 

an initiative to keep people entertained during COVID-19 Lockdown

2020

Screening of Sniper & a talk about the making of the film to Visual Communication students of Kumaraguru College of Liberal arts, Coimbatore, India. 

2019

Screening of Sniper at the 10th International Penguin Conference in Dunedin

2019

Sniper at the National-level Conservation Symposium on Yellow-eyed Penguins, Dunedin

2018

Shining Lakes of Kancheepuram screened 

  • at 10th anniversary celebrations of Chennai Trekking Club

  • at Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, Chennai yo raise awareness on local  waterbodies around the industry

  • to NSS Students of Ramakrishna Polytechnic College, Chennai. 

Education 

2018 

Post-graduate Diploma in Science Communication, University of Otago, New Zealand

Endorsed in Science & Natural History Filmmaking, With Distinction 

2009-13

Bachelor of Engineering in Automobile Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India. 

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