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George Thengummoottil
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George Thengummoottil (born 10 January 1985) is an Indian filmmaker and editor.[1][2][3][4] He has also DIT for the 2022 Academy award winning documentary The Elephant Whisperers.[5][6] His films have been nominated for several film festivals like International Documentary and short-film festival of Kerala and CMS Vatavaran film festival.[7] In 2023 he founded Moundain Films, a visual arts company based in Bangalore, India which specializes in making documentaries[8].
Key Information
Early life and education
[edit]George was born in the town of Palakkad, Kerala on 10 January 1985.[citation needed] George Thengummoottil did his primary school education at Marthoma Senior Secondary School. He did his graduation in Computer Science at Marian College Kuttikkanam, Peermade. During when he wrote his first book The Story of Peermade, a book about the history of Peermade.[9] He obtained Masters in Computer Science from Dr G R Damodaran College of Science, Coimbatore and later another Masters in Communication and Journalism from PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore. He has also completed short course on Application of Sound in Film and Television from Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute.[10]
Keratoconus
[edit]During his teenage, he was affected by Keratoconus, a degenerative disorder of the eye and was blind by the age of 13[11]. He had to stop his studies and activities. Later he did Corneal transplantation and could partially recover vision in one of his eyes.[12]
Career
[edit]George was campus placed in Machine Vision and Robotics at Lucid Imaging, Bangalore[13] after his post graduation. Even though the company offered cover of his treatments he could not continue for a long time due to Keratoconus.[citation needed] George was invited to work as a lecturer at Sherubtse College in Bhutan, where he served for several Years.[14] Later he worked as a journalist with Times of India, Coimbatore and later worked with filmmaker Sandesh Kadur at Felis Creations before starting as an independent wildlife filmmaker.
Film making
[edit]After his Masters in Journalism, he started making short edits, while working at Felis Creations and started as a documentary editor. In 2022, he founded Moundain Private Limited, which specializes on production and post-production of documentaries.
George was also motivational speaker and has been involved in many technical and art projects.[15] He was instrumental to popularize the use of solar panels for filming in remote places.[16]
Community initiatives
[edit]George is the founder of Keratoconus Foundation India,[17] a charitable trust registered under Indian Trusts Act, 1882 which guides Keratoconus patients in India to lead a better life and support them economically.[18]
Books
[edit]| Year | Title | Credit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Guhanagari A Book on Urban Wildlife | Contributor | Author : Pradeep Hegde |
| 2013 | Kaziranga National Park 2013[19] | Illustrator | Photography: Sanesh Kadur, Author Priya Singh |
| 2012 | Himalaya: Mountains of Life[20] | Illustrator | Kamaljit S. Bawa, Sandesh Kadur[21] |
| 2006 | The Story of Peermade[22] | Author / Photographer |
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Genre | Credit | Film Festivals | Awards | Production company |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Dooars World | Feature Documentary | Editor[23] | ALT EFF Film Festival, 2025 | Lens and Stories
Warner Bros | |
| Bread of Hope | Short Documentary | Editor / Assistant Director | Q Pearl, Qatar | |||
| Wild Tamil nadu | Feature Documentary | Additional Editor | ||||
| Land of the Blackbucks | Short Documentary | Editor | International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2025[24] | Trailing Wild Productions, India | ||
| 2024 | The Artist and his Bengaluru[25] | Documentary / Biography | Editor |
| ||
| The Fable | Feature Film | |||||
| 2023 | KODAGU – Where Rivers Set The Rhythm | Short Documentary | Editor | International Documentary and Shortfilm festival of Kerala
Cambodia International Film Festival[26] |
Felis Creations | |
| Dandeli Mosale | Short Documentary | Editor | Karnataka Forest Department[27] Kalinga Foundation | |||
| 2022 | Elephant Whisperers | Documentary | DIT[28] | 95th Academy Awards for best short documentary | Netflix | |
| 2021 | The Secret life of Bhopal Tigers | Documentary | Editor | Wildlife Film Festival of Rotterdam | Nature Candid LLP
Madhya Pradesh Forest Department | |
| 2020 | Wild Cats of India | TV Series | Animation | CMS Vatavaran Film Festival, New Delhi[29] | Nominated, Wildlife Conservation | National Geographic |
| The Ridge Story | Short Documentary | Editing | Indian Mountaineering Film Festival | Arpita Roy (Mountaineer)[30] | ||
| Communities and Sustainability | Documentary | Editor | International Science Film Festival of India,[31] Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India | Ashoka Trust
Trailing Wild | ||
| CMS Vatavaran Film Festival, New Delhi[29] | Nominated, Livelihoods & Sustainable Technologies | |||||
| 2018 | Sarala Virala | Documentary | Design | 66th National Film Awards for best Educational Film | Won | |
| The Naga Pride | Editor / Sound Design | CMS Vatavaran Film Festival[32] | ||||
| Quotes from the earth[33] | ||||||
| 11th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, Kerala[34] | Nominated | |||||
| International Ecological Film Festival Russia | ||||||
| Festival international du film ornithologique de Ménigoute,[35] Ménigoute, France | ||||||
| VIVA Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina[36] | ||||||
| Green Earth Film Festival, California | Semi Finalist | |||||
| Nagaon International Short & Documentary Film Festival[37] | Won | |||||
| 2017 | The Return of Sangai[38] | Short Documentary | Director | Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival,[39] Pune | ||
| India Heritage Walk Festival | ||||||
| Kadakam Forest and Environmental; Film Festival, Silent Valley National Park, Palakkad, Kerala | ||||||
| Smaragdni Eco Film Festival, Croatia | ||||||
| Sangai Festival, Keibul Lamjao National Park, India[40] | ||||||
| 2016 | Singalila in the Himalaya[41] | Documentary | Director | CMS Vatavaran Film Festival[42] | Nominated[7] | |
| Kadakam Forest and Environmental; Film Festival, Silent Valley National Park, Palakkad, Kerala | ||||||
| IMF Mountain Film Festival 2017, Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi, India | Won | |||||
| 10th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, Kerala[43] | Nominated | |||||
| 16th Girimitra Sammelan, Mumbai | Won | |||||
| Pokhara International Mountain Film Festival, Pokhara, Nepal | ||||||
| Kalia : The Lost Gibbon[44][45] | Short Documentary | Graphics | 9th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, Kerala[43] | |||
| 2015 | Eastern Himalaya - Ancient Risks Future Threats | Short Documentary | Graphics | CMS Vatavaran 2015 | ||
| IMF Mountain Film Festival 2017, Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi, India[46] | ||||||
| 10th Festival Gorniskega Filma[47] | ||||||
| 2014 | In To the Darkroom Shortfilm | Short Film | ||||
| 2012 | Goecha La In Search of Kangchenjunga | Documentary | Director |
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "News: India News, Latest Bollywood News, Sports News, Business & Political News, National & International News". The Times of India. 19 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Lalithakala Akademi" (PDF). Lalithakala Akademi.
- ^ "Coimbatoreans take a plunge into adventure". The Times of India. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Nilampoor - നിലമ്പൂരിലെ കോളേജ് ഓഫീസ് മാനവേദന് സ്കൂളില്ത്തന്നെ തുടരുമെന്ന് നഗരസഭ - Features - Youth". mathrubhumi.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ The Elephant Whisperers (2022) - IMDb, retrieved 1 April 2023
- ^ "Watch The Elephant Whisperers | Netflix Official Site". www.netflix.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Festival Directory 2019" (PDF).
- ^ "About – Moundain Films". Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ Thengummoottil, G. (2014). The Story of Peermade. George Thengummoottil. ISBN 9788192888606. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Satyajit ray Film & Television Institute" (PDF). srfti.ac.in. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ Dec 6, Sowmya RajaramSOWMYA RAJARAM / Updated; 2016; Ist, 01:00. "High on sight". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
{{cite web}}:|first1=has generic name (help);|last2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "This filmmaker designed a solar charger to shoot in the Himalayas". factordaily.com. 2 January 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "People | Lucid Imaging".
- ^ "High on sight - Bangalore Mirror". bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ R, Shilpa Sebastian (13 January 2017). "Eye and my vision". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "This Filmmaker Shot 14 Days Without Power in the Himalayas—Here's How". nofilmschool.com. December 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Deed of Declaration Trust" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016.
- ^ George Thengummoottil. "George Thengummoottil | Me | My Travel | My Life". theindia.info. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ Himalaya: Mountains of Life. Ashoka Trust for Research in Education and the Environment. 2013. ISBN 978-1-61584-512-5.
- ^ Kadur, Sandesh; Thengummoottil, George; Kakati, Niraj; Singh, Priya. "Kaziranga National Park: World Heritage Site". Retrieved 5 January 2015.[dead link]
- ^ "Himalaya : Mountains of Life | Felis Creations". Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ The Story of Peermade. George Thengummoottil. 10 January 2014. ISBN 978-81-928886-0-6.
- ^ https://miff.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Doc-Film-Bazaar-Project-Catalogue.pdf.
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- ^ S.Shantharaju, The Artist and his Bengaluru (Biography), Aarnavi Films, Moundain Films, retrieved 19 August 2024
- ^ 13th Cambodia International Film Festival (PDF).
- ^ Shankar, Gowri (10 May 2023), Dandeli Mosale (Short), Kalinga Foundation, retrieved 3 June 2023
- ^ "George Thengummoottil". IMDb. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Nomination National | CMS VATAVARAN". cmsvatavaran.org. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "IMF Mountain Film Festival 2020" (PDF).
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA 2020" (PDF). vigyanprasar.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2023.
- ^ "Festival Book" (PDF).
- ^ "The Naga Pride". www.indiawaterportal.org. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Films Selected for IDSFFK 2018 – DOCU SCAPE Online". idsffk.in.
- ^ "The naga pride - Séance de 21h - Festival International du Film Ornithologique de Ménigoute". www.menigoute-festival.org (in French). Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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- ^ "GENERAL / LATEST NEWS: ENVIS Centre, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt. of India". manenvis.nic.in. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ Thengummoottil, George (19 May 2016), Singali La: In the Himalaya, Alexa Hone Blanchet, Surya Girish, Blanchet Richard, retrieved 6 April 2018
- ^ "Nominations | CMS VATAVARAN". cmsvatavaran.org. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ a b "9th IDSFFK MEDIA CELL". IDSFFK Online. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Kalia | The Lost Gibbon | Felis Creations". www.felis.in. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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