Filmography

2010 ‘The Truth about Tigers’ – The first and only educational documentary on tigers and their conservation; 40 min; for free screenings and distribution. Writer / Director.

2009 ‘SOS – Save Our Sholas’ – A 24 minute film on the spectacular bio-diversity of the Shola forests of the Western Ghats and their incredible services to mankind. Writer / Director.

2008 ‘Crocodile Blues’ – Icon Films UK for BBC Natural World; 50 minutes. A film on the plight of the endangered gharial. HD. Sequence cameraman.

2008 ‘The Dragon Chronicles’ – Icon Films UK for BBC Natural World; 50 minutes. HD. Sequence cameraman.

2007 ‘Monitoring Tigers and their Prey’ – a Training Video to showcase the latest and correct scientific techniques for monitoring wild Tigers and their prey. In association with the Wildlife Conservation Society and Centre for Wildlife Studies. Producer/Cameraman/Scriptwriter

2006 ‘Point Calimere – Little Kingdom by the Coast’. A short film on this unique coastal sanctuary for the Tamil Nadu Forest Department. 25 minutes; Producer/Cameraman/scriptwriter

2005 ‘Super Size Crocs’ – Icon Films, UK. HD sequence cameraman.

2004 ‘The kingcobra and I’ – Icon Films for BBC; a one hour natural history film on the king cobra. Wildlife sequence cameraman

2004 ‘Kanha – Protecting a paradise’ – A short film on the life of Forest Guards for Centre for Environment Education (CEE) and M.P. Forest Department, for use in the Visitors Centre at Kanha Tiger Reserve. Producer/Cameraman/Scriptwriter

2003 ‘Panna – Jewel of Central India’ – A short film for the Wildlife Institute of India and Madhya Pradesh Forest Department, to educate visitors to this little known Tiger Reserve in Central India. Producer/Cameraman/Scriptwriter

2003 ‘Kudremukh – A Unique Wilderness’ – A 15 minute film for the Karnataka Forest Department, to educate visitors, particularly students, on the uniqueness of the Kudremukh National Park in south India and the need to preserve its sanctity. Producer/Cameraman/Scriptwriter

2003 ‘The Killing Fields – Orissa’s appalling turtle crisis’ – a pro bono 17 minute film that outlines the conflict between sea turtles and mechanised fishing and ways to resolve major turtle conservation problems in the state of Orissa in India. Producer/Camerman/Scriptwriter

2003 ‘Voluntary Resettlement – A Win Win Solution‘ – A 15 minute video on the successful resettlement of people from the Bhadra Tiger Reserve and the Nagarhole National Park.

2002 ‘Turtle Telemetry’ – A short training video for Wildlife Institute of India on fitting radio transmitters on olive ridley sea turtles.

2001 ‘Turtle Excluder Device – An Introduction’ – Short instructional film made for Wildlife Institute of India on the installation, use and efficacy of the Turtle Excluder Device, for educating decision makers and the trawl fishing community. Producer/Cameraman/Scriptwriter

2001 ‘The Ridley’s Last Stand’ a self-financed production for conservation awareness, on why 15,000 olive ridley sea turtles are dying in Orissa, on the east coast of India, every year, and what can be done to stop this. Producer/Camerman/Scriptwriter

2001 ‘Mindless Mining – the tragedy of Kudremukh’ – a pro bono advocacy film on the devastation caused by iron ore mining in one of the best rainforest National Parks in India. Producer/Scriptwriter

‘Muggers of Spice Island’ for National Geographic Television. Super 16mm; one-hour documentary on the marsh crocodile. Wildlife sequence cameraman

1999 ‘Monsoon: India’s God of Life’ for Natural History New Zealand. Super 16mm; 50 min documentary on the influence of the south-west monsoon on India’s wildlife and wild habitats. Producer/Cameraman

1998 ‘Thunder Dragons’ for National Geographic Television. Super 16mm; one hour documentary on water monitor lizards. Wildlife sequence cameraman

1997 ‘Land of the Tiger’ for BBC Natural History Unit, UK. 16mm; six-part series on the wildlife of the Indian Subcontinent. Wildlife sequence Cameraman on some episodes

1997 ‘Nagarahole – Tales from an Indian jungle’ An Eco Media Production in Association with Scandinature Films. S16mm; 1 hour natural history film on a National Park in South India. Producer/Cameraman and Scriptwriter

1994 ‘The Good Snake’ for National Geographic Television. 16mm; 1/2 hour film on a year in the life of a female cobra. Co-Producer/Cameraman

1993 ‘Rat Wars’ for National Geographic Television. 16mm; 1/2 hour film on rats in nature and culture in India. Wildlife cameraman

1992 ‘Wild India’. North-South Productions for Channel 4, UK. 16mm; 3 part series on Indian wildlife. Wildlife sequence cameraman

1990 ‘Silent Valley – An Indian Rainforest’ – An Eco Media production. 16mm; one hour natural history film on a south Indian Rainforest. Director/Cameraman

1988 ‘Seeds of Hope’ – An Eco Media Production. 16mm; half hour documentary on tree nurseries for SIDA. Director/Cameraman

1987 ‘A Cooperative for Snake Catchers’ – an Eco Media Production for CAPART. 16mm; half hour documentary on the Irula snakecatchers of South India. Director/Cameraman

1986 ‘Project Tiger’ for Sanctuary Films, India. 16mm; televison series on Project Tiger Reserves in India. Cameraman for two 1/2 hour episodes

1985 ‘Snakebite’ – an Eco Media Production. 16 mm, 1/2 hour docu-drama on snake bite in India. Assistant Director