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
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at 10th anniversary celebrations of Chennai Trekking Club
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at Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, Chennai yo raise awareness on local waterbodies around the industry
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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.