Krishnendu BOSE

Biography

KRISHNENDU BOSE, set up Earthcare Films, making wildlife and conservation films. After acquiring a Masters degree in Economics from Delhi School of Economics (1985), he went independent, making documentaries on conservation development politics.

Harvesting Hunger – a film on the politics of food in India won the Special Jury Award at Okomedia Environment Film Festival in Freiberg, Germany in 2000. Jardhar Diary – a film on community conservation in the Himalayas was awarded by Earthvision Environmental Film Festival, Tokyo 2003. His film on the tiger crisis- Tiger- the death chronicles was awarded the Wildlife Conservation Award at the 4th Vatavaran Film Festival 2007, Delhi and Conservation Award at the International Wildlife Film Festival at Missoula, Montana in 2008.The Latent City, his film in 2009 was showcased at the Indian Panorama, at the International Film Festival 2009. He was awarded the highest award for documentary filmmaking in the field of Environment and Wildlife in India- CMS-UNEP Prithvi Ratna Award in 2009.

Along with producing films, he conducts workshops in schools and college on Environment using his films as a medium. He has designed and executed exchange programme between rural communities of India around films made about them. Krishnendu has done a project funded by Ministry of Environment of Germany– looking at efficacy of raising awareness for conservation through films among young people. Presently he is running a participatory video project with the community in the island of the Great Nicobar.

Krishnendu is a fellow of an international fellowship programme- LEAD (Leadership in Environment and Development) and a member of IUCN commission on Education and Communication. Krishnendu was invited as a consultant, to participate in a weeklong workshop with the youth in Togo, West Africa, training them in participatory video. Krishnendu was invited to attend and screen his films, at the First Congress on Communication for Development in Rome, Oct 2006. Krishnendu is also a guest faculty at a Media College in Delhi. He was nominated on the Jury for the highest Indian film award, the 56th National Film Awards 2010.

Since 1996 Krishnendu, has also involved in International Television production. He has produced shows for Sony- AXN’s- Amazing Race Asia. He has also co-produced an award winning documentary on pesticide deaths with Honrung Television, Hamburg – Cycle of Poison. He has been line producer of television programmes produced by CBS Network for their 7 time Emmy Awarded Series Amazing Race, and a science series- Daily Planet for Discovery Channel, Canada among many other shows.
Krishnendu, lives with his wife Madhurima and 2 children in Delhi.

This biography was last updated on January 28, 2010