Ana Blue Grillo

Ana Grillo is an award-winning documentary photographer and filmmaker based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. She started her career as a photojournalist for the New York Times in the late 90s and crossed over into filmmaking after co-directing 2 feature documentary films in the 2010s. Her first film, "Camp Beaverton: Meet the Beavers," toured the world over, won a special jury prize in Rio de Janeiro and was the number one documentary on Hulu for six weeks. Her work in Asia focuses on women, wild elephant conservation and environmental issues surrounding mangrove forests and climate change. She is founder/director of Good Karma Projects, volunteer adventures and media making missions while on yoga retreat. In India 2015, Ana led a GKP documentary filmmaking bootcamp for women aged 14-64, which produced the short film, "Nari Shakti: Women of Tirthan Valley," about women's savings groups, now inspiring thousands throughout the Great Himalayan Mountains. Ana focuses on positive news and produces short videos, documentary films, photo books and picture stories wishing to increase awareness and inspire action.