Kartiki Gonsalves
Kartiki Gonsalves is an Indian director, documentary filmmaker. She is the first Indian Film Director to have ever won an Academy Award in the history of India, A historic milestone in Indian cinema. Elizabeth Olsen and Pedro Pascal presented The Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film to ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ at THE 95TH ACADEMY AWARDS | Sunday, March 12, 2023, held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
Alongside that she received the prestigious The Paul Harris Award from Rotary International at a ceremony in India in December, 2023.
Kartiki Gonsalves, the debut Oscar Winning director of the acclaimed documentary 'The Elephant Whisperers,' was presented with the prestigious Tara Award by their Majesties, King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the Lancaster House, London in June of 2023. She was honoured by the Royals for making significant contribution to human-wildlife co-existence. The Tara Award, inspired by the sacred bond between elephants and humans, recognises extraordinary achievements in storytelling and advocacy for coexistence.
She is also one of the first women chosen as a Sony Alpha Artisan of Imagery in India. An associate fellow at the iLCP (International League of Conservation Photographers). Kartiki Gonsalves was honoured one of GQ India’s Most Influential Young Indians of 2023. She is also associated with brands like Peak Design, Swarovski Optik Nature Explorer 2021, and photojournalist currently based out of the Nilgiri mountains in the Western Ghats of Southern India. Kartiki infuses her passion for adventure to bring new perspectives and a deeper public understanding to the environmental and humanitarian issues that define our times. She strives to document our natural world and to help others better understand the profound connection that we share with it. On the cultural side, she focuses on capturing the diversity of cultures and tribes across the world where she seeks to give a platform to women and indigenous tribes, especially those working to conserve nature. Kartiki focuses on solutions and highlight projects that show success stories where conservation is working to give hope.
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