Gunjan Menon

Education Menon graduated in 2018 with an MA in Wildlife Filmmaking from the University of West of England, Bristol, a specialised degree offered in partnership with BBC-Natural History Unit. She received her bachelor's degree in audio visual communication from Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication, Pune, Maharashtra in 2014.

Career In addition to her professional role as a storyteller, Menon is also a conservation communicator and filmmaking mentor. She is a TEDx speaker and been invited as a panellist and speaker to several film festivals and seminars including Jackson Wild in Wyoming, Nature Environment Wildlife Filmmakers (NEWF) Congress in Durban, South Africa, the Green Hub in Tezpur, and several other events in India. She also takes guest lectures and inspires school and college students to use wildlife filmmaking as a tool for change. She is currently a Girls Who Click partner photographer, leading workshops for female-identifying teenagers and a mentor for youngsters wishing to break into the field of wildlife filmmaking. In 2021, she was invited as a speaker to the India Today Conclave in New Delhi as a part of the "Defenders of the Earth" panel to discuss the role young conservationists can play in making environmental concerns a global priority.

Wildlife films

Episode 2: Muskaan, the Leopard Queen

Episode 3: Kumbhalgarh through the eyes of a Forest Guard

Episode 4: Home Affairs

Episode 7: Menar: A Lesson In LoveTBABorn to be WildDirector, Camera, Presenter

Awards and recognitions

Personal Jackson Wild Rising Star Award Young Achiever Award 2019, U-Special International Campus Film Festival, New Delhi National Geographic Storytelling Grant 2021 ALT-EFF (All Living Things Environmental Film Festival) Ambassador Jackson Wild Advisory Council Member 2025 EC50 Winner/Inductee | The Explorers Club

Films BAFTA Student Awards Shortlist, 2018 Best Student Short Documentary – International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula, Montana, 2018 Honourable Mention – Jackson Wild, UNEP and CITES World Wildlife Day Showcase, New York, 2020 Tarshis Film Award – Animal Film Festival, California, 2018 Best National Youth Film – CMS Vatavaran, New Delhi, 2019 Best Student Documentary – Woodpecker International Film Festival, New Delhi, 2018 Special Jury Award – Smita Patil International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Pune, 2018 Best Documentary Short – Independent Shorts Award, 2018 Special Mention – International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő - Hungary, 2019 Best TV Reportage – 35rd Ménigoute Festival International du Film Ornithologique, Ménigoute 2019 Best Documentary (student) for The Cyan Confluence' CIHWFF, Bhopal, 2013 Finalist – Elements Film Festival, Canada 2018 Finalist – NaturVision Film Festival, Germany 2018 Finalist – Miami Independent Film Festival 2018 Finalist – Golden Hollywood International Film Festival, Los Angeles, California 2019 Finalist, Special Mention by WWF Sassari – Life After Oil International Film Festival, Sardegna 2019 Finalist – Latin American Nature Awards, 2020 Official Selection, Viva Film Festival, Sarajevo 2019 Official Selection, Norwich Film Festival, Norfolk, 2018 Official Selection, National Film Festival for Talented Youth, Seattle, 2018 Annual European Union Film Festival Showcase, 2020 Official Selection, Green Film Network Awards, 2020