Untamed Planet is an award-winning production house specialised in using the power of bold and innovative storytelling to inspire audiences to protect the natural world. We are a full-service media company and handle everything from development, scriptwriting, pre-production, production and post-production.
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At Untamed Planet, we produce original content that blends artistry with purpose: spanning documentaries, television, branded content, and digital-first storytelling. From concept, research and ideation, to on-ground production in the world's most remote places; we bring untold stories to life with cinematic craft and a global perspective, inspiring and mobilizing audiences across platforms.
Our team turns raw footage into powerful narratives with world-class editing, sound, animation, and color. Combining creative intuition with technical precision, we craft films and media assets that resonate emotionally, cut through crowded markets, and drive lasting engagement.
We help leaders and organizations shape the future through narrative strategy, influence campaigns, strategic partnerships, and impact storytelling. Grounded in foresight and cultural intelligence, our work drives real change—shifting markets, cultural agendas, and policy outcomes while holding organizations accountable.
Living With Predators is a 3 episode series
that documents the stories of the real heroes of Big Cat
conservation - local communities. Each episode focuses on the
stories of the ex-poachers, tribal communities and forest
guards that make the conservation of Asiatic Lions, Leopards
and Tigers possible in India. This series aims to inspire an
understanding that the communities that live alongside Big
Cats can be their biggest conservation advocates, and with
them onboard - we can protect Big Cats for our future
generations.
The series airs on Nat Geo Wild
across the Asia Pacific, South Asia, Middle East and North
Africa regions starting August 15th, 2020.
Streaming available on
Disney+ & Hotstar!
Peng Yu Sai is a Green Oscar-nominated investigative documentary that dives into the illegal trade in Manta Rays from India’s oceans. Through this documentary, wildlife presenter Malaika Vaz follows the illegal trade pipeline from fishing vessels in the Indian Ocean, to the Indo-Myanmar border and finally undercover in the wildlife trafficking hubs of Hong Kong and Guangzhou, in China. Along the way - she meets with fishermen, middle men, traffickers, armed forces personnel and wildlife trade kingpins, as she tries to understand what it will take to protect these magnificent ocean giants.
Unseen Goa is a short brand collaboration that explores the hidden wonders of the tropical rainforests of Goa. Follow the journey of National Geographic Explorer Malaika Vaz as she discovers the stunning biodiversity of the region and finds out why this habitat is so critical for the well being of all those who call it home.
Earthrise is Al Jazeera’s award-winning environmental solutions show, exploring the most significant threats to our planet, and the potential solutions to tackle those threats head-on. This episode, Wild Recovery, looks at protecting wildlife and preventing pandemics through the stories of two endangered mammals (bats and pangolins) which have been investigated for links to COVID-19.
#ReadyToRewild is a call to action to join
the The Global Rewilding Alliance - a coalition of over 100
organisations working to rewild our planet.
These
organisations harness the collective might of local
communities, landowners, indigenous people, land trusts, NGOs,
governments, corporations, institutions, private banks, and
multinational development banks for their rewilding efforts.
Alliance members represent some of the world’s largest
ecosystem conservation and restoration initiatives.
Funded by the Global Rewilding Alliance and made
by Gripping Films, the Untamed Planet team presented and
filmed parts of this short viral video.
For more
information visit
www.rewildlingglobal.org
Click here for a
Q&A with
Malaika
Vaz.
Build A Waste Free World is an invitation to
innovators, inventors, and entrepreneurs around the world to
take on the challenge of creating a waste free world, and
compete for the coveted Earthshot Prize - the most prestigious
global environment prize in history.
A brand new initiative by The Royal Foundation and HRH Prince
William, the Earthshot Prize aims to incentivise change and
help repair our planet over the next ten years. This video
represents the ‘Build a Waste-free world Earthshot’ and is
geared towards highlighting the solutions our planet needs in
order to eliminate single-use products and packaging and to
build cities that revolutionise their waste management
systems.
To find out more visit
The Earthshot Prize
and
Build A Waste Free
World
Sacrifice Zone is a feature documentary that dives into the world of environmental pollution and its impact on public health - with a focus on how pollution impacts vulnerable communities the most. By diving into the stories of 4 families impacted by plastic, fast-fashion and power based pollution in New Delhi, Dhaka, Baton Rouge and La Guajira - this film will tell the stories of communities who receive the least financial benefit from the growth of polluting industries, but are impacted the worst.
Shark Island of the Maldives is a short brand collaboration where National Geographic explorer Malaika Vaz embarks on an underwater expedition using the revolutionary #GalaxyS21 Ultra 5G. Get up close with some of the ocean's most incredible residents - from Regal angelfish to the Tiger shark - in some pretty incredible encounters.
Planet Defenders kicks off a collection of
special content from CBBC across 2021 inspiring children to
reconnect with the outdoors. Across the globe there are
passionate and charismatic young filmmakers battling to
protect the planet, and this empowering new six-part series
follows them as they discover more about the threats faced
by endangered animals and wildlife and what can be done to
conserve and protect them. Addressing serious issues in an
engaging and digestible way, Planet Defenders embraces the
individuality and personality of each filmmaker as they take
young viewers along with them on their personal and
inspiring journeys.
Streaming available on
iPlayer
Dogs in the Wild is a 3-part blue chip natural history series produced by BBC Studios,
featuring all 36 canid species on our planet.
One family, 37 faces: from the Arctic wolf to the talkative
dhole, the tiny fennec fox to the long-legged maned wolf,
this is the definitive celebration of dogs in the wild.
Untamed Planet followed and filmed
a pack Asiatic Wild Dogs (Dhole) in the tropical rainforests of southern India, documenting
their intimate pack dynamics and hunting behaviour.
Watch on PBS (US only)
Watch on BBC iPlayer (UK only)
From the Arctic to the tropics, Islands are wild
laboratories where unique rules apply and nature puts life
to the ultimate test. Featuring Baffin, Vancouver Island,
the Okavango Delta, K'gari, Borneo and Sri Lanka - each
episode of this series plays out on a different island.
The Untamed Planet team spent several weeks filming natural
history sequences in Sri Lanka for Episode 6 of this series.
We are experiencing a dangerous decline in nature: One million species are threatened with extinction,
soils are turning infertile and water sources are drying up.
But there are glimmers of hope: The Ganga river basin is not only home to twenty-five thousand animal
and plant species, such as the Ganga River Dolphin, it also forms the spiritual and economic lifeline
for almost half of India’s population. With increased pollution, the country’s greatest natural asset
is at risk. Watch how farmers, wildlife advocates and government experts are teaming up to bring a
river back to life.
Mission: Sustainable Health
Malaika Vaz hears from experts including Hannah Pathak from Forum for the Future, Gary Cohen
from Health Care Without Harm and Bupa’s Chief Sustainability & Corporate Affairs Officer,
Yolanda Erburu, on initiatives the healthcare sector is taking to accelerate towards net zero.
Watch the series on YouTube
As part of the Malaika Meets series, National Geographic explorer, Malaika Vaz, travels to visit
world- famous
Master of Tibetan Buddhism and bestselling author, Mingyur Rinpoche, in Nepal. Together they unlock
the secrets
of wellbeing and discover how to apply them to a busy modern lifestyle.
Watch the series on YouTube
Follow coffee connoisseur and expert brewer Suhas Dwarkanath as he emabrks on an expedition across India into the world of coffee with the all new Hyundai Tucson.
'Goni' follows a formerly-trafficked Bangladeshi migrant worker turned journalist as he investigates the exploitation of migrant workers in Qatar, against the backdrop of the upcoming FIFA 2022 World Cup - reckoning with his past along the way.
Nestled in the Himalayas and shaped by decades of conflict, Dachigam National Park is a home to some of the rarest wildlife on planet earth. Home to elusive species like the Asiatic black bear, hangul, leopards, himalayan langurs, marmots and more - this wilderness is defined by the rapidly changing cycle of the seasons and the traditions of the communities who have lived alongside it for centuries. Wild Kashmir is an immersive journey into this hidden world to explore the soul of this region like never seen before.
Malaika is a National Geographic Explorer, filmmaker and presenter. She has been directing and hosting films and television series for media networks like National Geographic, Al Jazeera, Discovery Channel, BBC and Animal Planet. Her work has taken her across some of the most hostile terrain on all seven continents - including hiking across glaciers in the Antarctic, filming undercover with criminal syndicates and diving with tiger sharks. Malaika brings her expertise in writing, direction and storytelling to Untamed Planet's productions, and she loves working with the team to push boundaries and create compelling, impact-oriented documentary films. She was named an Earthshot Prize Advocate in 2020 and helps to promote the work of the world’s largest environmental prize aimed at incentivising conservation action on a global scale.
Nitye is a natural history & factual cinematographer,
filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer. Nitye brings his
visual aesthetic and technical expertise to the
documentaries he films and produces - specialising in
capturing immersive animal behaviour, drone operation and
time-lapse photography. Nitye’s work has taken him across
the world filming in challenging and often hostile
circumstances, working with charismatic species such as king
cobras, tiger sharks, black bears, rhinos, elephants,
asiatic lions, tigers and more.
Driven by his love for the outdoors and his passion for
innovations in conservation and sustainable technologies,
Nitye seeks to create films that inspire. His films have
found global audiences on media networks including National
Geographic, BBC, Netflix, Warner Bros and Al Jazeera.
Nitye filmed and produced ‘Peng Yu Sai’ which was nominated
for the Green Oscars and won a Special Jury Award at the
prestigious Jackson Wild Media awards. He was recently part
of the crew on the Academy Award nominated short film
Elephant Whisperers, and worked as an AD on the Academy
Award nominated independent film ‘Court’.
Amoli Birewar is a documentary filmmaker and researcher. Amoli brings her passion for the natural world and her insightful storytelling to the productions she works on at Untamed Planet.
Akash Bando is a skilled cameraman and editor. Akash is passionate about exploring human stories and the natural world in equal measure.
Rusha is a cinematographer with an eye for evocative visuals. Rusha specialises in capturing immersive visuals and isn't afraid to follow the action - wherever it may lead.
Aalok Padhye is an editor and composer with over a decade of experience working in the film & media industry. He is a founding partner at Canopy Media, a full-service post-production house he runs with Tanmay Bhattacherjee. Aalok specialises in editing long-format documentary films, television series and shorts. Aalok recently won the Best Editing award at the Tiete International Film Festival for his work on the feature documentary 'Beluga’ and in the last year, along with the Untamed Planet team, he has worked on films for global broadcasters and mission-driven brands. Aalok uses his passion and understanding of audio-visual storytelling to create magic on the editing table, and is the editing mind behind some of Untamed Planet's best narrative work.
Pradeep Hegde is natural history filmmaker and wildlife cameraman with a passion for telling stories about the wild. He focuses on creating visually stunning narratives that help audiences connect with the natural world. Pradeep has worked as a primary cameraman for several global broadcast films and series in the natural history and conservation space. His recent work has been broadcast on Animal planet, Discovery Channel and National Geographic amongst others. He recently shot and co-directed an award winning conservation film - The Last Hop(e), about the threats faced by newly discovered frogs. Driven by a passion for creating a tangible impact, Pradeep has worked in close collaboration with various conservation organisations including WildCAT - C, ARRS, WCS and Green Hub.
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