User:SURESH ELAMON/sandbox

'''A naturalist, wildlife photographer/film maker, conservationist and popular writer in English and Malayalam. His illustrated articles on butterflies of Kerala published in a leading Malayalam daily in 1988 popularised butterfly watching in Kerala. His stint with the BBC Natural History Unit while they were in Kerala for capturing some sequences for David Attenborough series Life of Birds & Land of the Tiger series inspired him to take up wildlife videography in 2000. He has made several video documentaries on Kerala’s biodiversity.

His short film “In Quest of the Frogmouth’s Nest” was a finalist in the BBC Wildscreen 2002 Film festival & Bird Film Festival, Abbeville, France 2003.

His film “Angels in Tigerland” on the butterflies of Periyar Tiger Reserve bagged the Award for Best Cinematography in 4th CMS Vatavaran Film Festival 2007, New Delhi. It was also BEST FESTIVAL FILM, KIRLOSKAR VASUNDHARA FILM FESTIVAL 2009, PUNE.

One of his recent films ‘HOME – OUR GARDEN OF EDEN’ was the Best Children’s Film in Vatavaran 2011 and it also bagged the GOLDEN BEAVER AWARD in the RASHTRIYA CHALACHITRA MELA, Indian Science Congress 2012.

Apart from this, he is a regular contributor to State Institute of Educational Technology and several of his films have won Awards in the National Film Festivals instituted by Central Institute of Educational Technology, New Delhi.