Emi Kondo

Producer/Director, Photographer, and NatGeo Explorer. She holds a Master’s degree in Wildlife Film from the UWE program in collaboration with the BBC Natural History Unit. She has worked on projects for Off The Fence and PBS, collaborating with organizations such as World Animal Protection, HSI, and Only One. Seeking to portray the relationship between humans and nature, she has filmed animals in settings ranging from disaster zones to farms, exposing animal exploitation in tourism and documenting pink dolphins in the Amazon, golden lion tamarins, and blue macaws, as well as conservation efforts in Colombia. For over 12 years, he has produced independent film in Costa Rica, and his photographs have been published in ABC News Australia, The Guardian, and on the social media channels of National Geographic and World Press Photo.