Selected for the Re.Generation Future Leader Cohort 2023 by Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Featured in the children's book 'Rebel Girls: Animal Allies'
Narrator: BBC Studios Frozen Planet II's Impact Campaign digital series, Accelerating Change
Featured in BBC Earth's Close Encounters Episode
TEDx Speaker — Countdown 2020 to Fight Climate Change
NEWF Wild Science Media Lab, Producer's Lab, Wild Women Media Lab Mentor
Girls Who Click Partner Photographer and Mentor
India Today Conclave Speaker — Defenders of the Earth 2021
Jackson Wild Rising Star Award, 2020
Jackson Wild Advisory Board Member
National Geographic Storyteller's Summit's Mainstage Speaker 2023: 'Conquering Empathy for Conservation'
Session Producer and Host for Jackson Wild in 2020, 2021, and 2022 (Climate Optimism, Doom and Gloom no more: New Ways to Tell Conservation Stories, and Short Film Storytelling)
ALT-EFF (All Living Things Environmental Film Festival) Ambassador
NEWF Cinematography Fellow
Green Hub Fellowship Mentor
Career Highlights
Additionally, independent shorts have garnered over 50 global awards and nominations including a student BAFTA shortlist and Official Screenings at the United Nations HQ.
BAFTA Student Awards Shortlist, 2018
Honourable Mention — Jackson Wild, UNEP and CITES World Wildlife Day Showcase, New York, 2020
Best National Youth Film — CMS Vatavaran, New Delhi, 2019
Special Jury Award — Smita Patil International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Pune, 2018
Special Mention — International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő - Hungary, 2019
Best Documentary (student) for The Cyan Confluence' CIHWFF, Bhopal, 2013
Finalist — NaturVision Film Festival, Germany 2018
Finalist — Golden Hollywood International Film Festival, Los Angeles, California 2019
Finalist — Latin American Nature Awards, 2020
Official Selection, Viva Film Festival, Sarajevo 2019
Official Selection, National Film Festival for Talented Youth, Seattle, 2018
Official Selection, Green Film Network Awards, 2020
Best Student Short Documentary — International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula, Montana, 2018
Tarshis Film Award — Animal Film Festival, California, 2018
Best Student Documentary — Woodpecker International Film Festival, New Delhi, 2018
Best Documentary Short — Independent Shorts Award, 2018
Best TV Reportage — 35rd Ménigoute Festival International du Film Ornithologique, Ménigoute 2019
Finalist — Elements Film Festival, Canada 2018
Finalist — Miami Independent Film Festival 2018
Finalist, Special Mention by WWF Sassari — Life After Oil International Film Festival, Sardegna 2019
Official Selection, Norwich Film Festival, Norfolk, 2018
Annual European Union Film Festival Showcase, 2020
Awards & Laurels
Article Features
Video Features
Podcast Features
By Jaymi Heimbuch
Updated: May 24, 2023Originally Aired: October 12, 2021
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Updated: May 24, 2023Originally Aired: October 12, 2021
By Rossifari Podcast - Zoos, Aquariums, and Animal Conservation
Aired: February 11, 2021
By Hamsini Hariharan
Aired: December 23, 2019
Conservation filmmaker Gunjan Menon joins Hamsini Hariharan to discuss international efforts to conserve wildlife across the world. For questions or comments, reach out to the host @HamsiniH or on Instagram @statesofanarchy
By Mahathi Rangarajan
Aired: October 13, 2020
Gunjan Menon – Telling Conservation Stories Through the Eyes of Local Communities