George Thengummoottil (born 10 January 1985) is an Indian filmmaker and editor. He has also DIT for the 2022 Academy award winning documentary The Elephant Whisperers. His films have been nominated for several film festivals like International Documentary and short-film festival of Kerala and CMS Vatavaran film festival. In 2023 he founded Moundain Films, a visual arts company based in Bangalore, India which specializes in making documentaries.
Early life and education George was born in the town of Palakkad, Kerala on 10 January 1985. 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. 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.
Keratoconus During his teenage, he was affected by Keratoconus, a degenerative disorder of the eye and was blind by the age of 13. He had to stop his studies and activities. Later he did Corneal transplantation and could partially recover vision in one of his eyes.
Career George was campus placed in Machine Vision and Robotics at Lucid Imaging, Bangalore after his post graduation. Even though the company offered cover of his treatments he could not continue for a long time due to Keratoconus. George was invited to work as a lecturer at Sherubtse College in Bhutan, where he served for several Years. 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 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. He was instrumental to popularize the use of solar panels for filming in remote places.
Community initiatives George is the founder of Keratoconus Foundation India, a charitable trust registered under Indian Trusts Act, 1882 which guides Keratoconus patients in India to lead a better life and support them economically.
Books +YearTitleCredit2015Guhanagari A Book on Urban WildlifeContributorAuthor : Pradeep Hegde2013Kaziranga National Park 2013IllustratorPhotography: Sanesh Kadur, Author Priya Singh2012Himalaya: Mountains of LifeIllustratorKamaljit S. Bawa, Sandesh Kadur2006The Story of PeermadeAuthor / Photographer
Filmography +YearTitleGenreCreditFilm FestivalsProduction company2026In the Heart of the TideShort DocumentaryEditorSouth Asian Short Film FestivalCMS Vatavaran Film festivalMunmun Dhalaria Aga Khan Foundation Terra FIlms2025Batman and the BawaliShort DocumentaryEditor, Sound RecordistSantiago Wild FestivalRoundglass SustainThe Dooars WorldFeature DocumentaryEditorALT EFF Film Festival, 2025Fest5 International Film FestivalLens and Stories Warner BrosBread of HopeShort DocumentaryEditor, Assistant DirectorQ Pearl, QatarWild Tamil naduFeature DocumentaryAdditional EditorWildscreen Panda Award CMS Vatavaran Film festivalKalyan Varma Nature in Focus, Sundaram MotorsLand of the BlackbucksShort Documentary EditorInternational Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2025CMS Vatavaran Film festivalTrailing Wild Productions, India2024AngasamudraShort DocumentaryEditorRoundglass SustainThe Artist and his BengaluruDocumentary / BiographyEditor Aarnavi Films MoundainThe FableFeature Film2023KODAGU – Where Rivers Set The RhythmShort DocumentaryEditorInternational Documentary and Shortfilm festival of Kerala Cambodia International Film Festival
CMS Vatavaran Film festivalFelis CreationsDandeli MosaleShort DocumentaryEditorKarnataka Forest Department Kalinga Foundation2022Elephant WhisperersDocumentaryDIT95th Academy Awards for best short documentaryNetflix Kartiki Gonsalvus2021The Secret life of Bhopal TigersDocumentaryEditorWildlife Film Festival of RotterdamNature Candid LLP Madhya Pradesh Forest Department2020Wild Cats of IndiaTV SeriesAnimationCMS Vatavaran Film Festival, New DelhiNational Geographic The Ridge StoryShort DocumentaryEditingIndian Mountaineering Film FestivalArpita Roy (Mountaineer)Communities and SustainabilityDocumentaryEditorInternational Science Film Festival of India, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of IndiaAshoka Trust Trailing Wild CMS Vatavaran Film Festival, New Delhi2018Sarala ViralaDocumentaryDesign66th National Film Awards for best Educational FilmThe Naga PrideEditor / Sound DesignCMS Vatavaran Film FestivalQuotes from the earth11th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, KeralaInternational Ecological Film Festival RussiaFestival international du film ornithologique de Ménigoute, Ménigoute, FranceVIVA Film Festival, Bosnia and HerzegovinaGreen Earth Film Festival, CaliforniaNagaon International Short & Documentary Film Festival2017The Return of SangaiShort DocumentaryDirectorKirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival, PuneIndia Heritage Walk FestivalKadakam Forest and Environmental; Film Festival, Silent Valley National Park, Palakkad, KeralaSmaragdni Eco Film Festival, CroatiaSangai Festival, Keibul Lamjao National Park, India2016Singalila in the HimalayaDocumentaryDirectorCMS Vatavaran Film FestivalKadakam Forest and Environmental; Film Festival, Silent Valley National Park, Palakkad, KeralaIMF Mountain Film Festival 2017, Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi, India10th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, Kerala16th Girimitra Sammelan, MumbaiPokhara International Mountain Film Festival, Pokhara, NepalKalia : The Lost GibbonShort DocumentaryGraphics9th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, Kerala2015Eastern Himalaya - Ancient Risks Future ThreatsShort DocumentaryGraphicsCMS Vatavaran 2015IMF Mountain Film Festival 2017, Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi, India10th Festival Gorniskega Filma2014In To the Darkroom ShortfilmShort Film2012Goecha La In Search of KangchenjungaDocumentaryDirector
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