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{{Short description|Indian filmmaker}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Wild Tamil Nadu Memento.jpg
| caption = George Thengummoottil receiving memento from Arvind Swamy during the launch of Wild Tamil Nadu at Chennai India
| name = George Thengummoottil<br /><big>{{lang|ml|ജോര്‍ജ് തെങ്ങുംമൂട്ടില്‍}}</big>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|1|10}}
| birth_place = [[Palakkad]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| occupation = Writer, documentary film maker, photographer
| employer =
| alma_mater = Marian College, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]], [[PSG College of Arts and Science]], [[Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute]]
| website = https://moundain.com/
}}
'''George Thengummoottil''' (born 10 January 1985) is an Indian filmmaker and editor.<ref name="indiatimes">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/A-street-that-takes-you-to-the-past/articleshow/9281580.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911010300/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-19/coimbatore/29790247_1_shops-spares-market-palakkad|url-status=live|archive-date=2011-09-11|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=News: India News, Latest Bollywood News, Sports News, Business & Political News, National & International News|date=19 July 2011 |access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref><ref name="lalithkala.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lalithkala.org/sites/default/files/Photography+Selection+List+(Website).pdf|title=Lalithakala Akademi|website=Lalithakala Akademi}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes2">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Coimbatoreans-take-a-plunge-into-adventure/articleshow/35990669.cms|work=The Times of India|title=Coimbatoreans take a plunge into adventure|date=3 June 2014 |access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref><ref name="mathrubhumi">{{cite web|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/youth/features/510143/|publisher=mathrubhumi.com|title=Nilampoor - നിലമ്പൂരിലെ കോളേജ് ഓഫീസ് മാനവേദന് സ്‌കൂളില്ത്തന്നെ തുടരുമെന്ന് നഗരസഭ - Features - Youth|access-date=2017-01-29|archive-date=3 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103085633/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/youth/features/510143/}}</ref> He has also DIT for the [[95th Academy Awards|2022 Academy award]] winning documentary [[The Elephant Whisperers]].<ref>{{Citation |title=The Elephant Whisperers (2022) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt23628262/fullcredits |access-date=2023-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch The Elephant Whisperers {{!}} Netflix Official Site |url=https://www.netflix.com/title/81312835 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=www.netflix.com |language=en}}</ref> His films have been nominated for several film festivals like International Documentary and short-film festival of Kerala and CMS Vatavaran film festival.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Festival Directory 2019 |url=http://cmsvatavaran.org/VAT-Directory-2019_low-resolution.pdf}}</ref> In 2023 he founded Moundain Films, a visual arts company based in Bangalore, India which specializes in making documentaries<ref>{{Cite web |title=About – Moundain Films |url=https://moundain.com/about/ |access-date=2026-01-04 |language=en-US}}</ref>.

==Early life and education==
George was born in the town of [[Palakkad]], [[Kerala]] on 10 January 1985.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} 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]].<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=The Story of Peermade |author=Thengummoottil, G.|date=2014|publisher=George Thengummoottil|isbn=978-81-928886-0-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RWCiAgAAQBAJ|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Satyajit ray Film & Television Institute|url=http://srfti.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/4TH-LIST.pdf|access-date=2022-01-19|website=srfti.ac.in}}</ref>

== Keratoconus ==
During his teenage, he was affected by [[Keratoconus]], a degenerative disorder of the eye and was blind by the age of 13<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 6, 2016 |author=Sowmya Rajaram |title=High on sight |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/you/high-on-sight/articleshow/55820408.cms |access-date=2026-01-04 |newspaper=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}</ref>. He had to stop his studies and activities. Later he did [[Corneal transplantation]] and could partially recover vision in one of his eyes.<ref name="factordaily">{{cite web|url=http://factordaily.com/solar-charger-high-altitude-video/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103004344/http://factordaily.com/solar-charger-high-altitude-video/|archive-date=3 January 2017|publisher=factordaily.com|title=This filmmaker designed a solar charger to shoot in the Himalayas|date=2 January 2017|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref>

==Career==
George was campus placed in Machine Vision and Robotics at Lucid Imaging, [[Bangalore]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lucidimaging.in/about-us/people/|title = People | Lucid Imaging}}</ref> after his post graduation. Even though the company offered cover of his treatments he could not continue for a long time due to [[Keratoconus]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} George was invited to work as a lecturer at [[Sherubtse College]] in [[Bhutan]], where he served for several Years.<ref name="indiatimes3">{{cite web|url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/columns/you/High-on-sight/articleshow/55820408.cms|publisher=bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com|title=High on sight - Bangalore Mirror|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> Later he worked as a journalist with [[Times of India]], Coimbatore and later worked with filmmaker [[Sandesh Kadur]] at [[Felis Creations|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.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/Eye-and-my-vision/article17035858.ece|work=The Hindu|title=Eye and my vision|date=13 January 2017|access-date=2017-02-04|last1=R|first1=Shilpa Sebastian}}</ref> He was instrumental to popularize the use of solar panels for filming in remote places.<ref name="nofilmschool">{{cite web|url=http://nofilmschool.com/2016/11/how-to-build-cheap-solar-camera-charger-for-adventure-filmmaking|publisher=nofilmschool.com|title=This Filmmaker Shot 14 Days Without Power in the Himalayas—Here's How|date=December 2016|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref>

===Community initiatives===
George is the founder of Keratoconus Foundation India,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://theindia.info/KFI/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Keratoconus-Foundation-India-Deed.pdf | title=Deed of Declaration Trust | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306121327/http://theindia.info/KFI/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Keratoconus-Foundation-India-Deed.pdf | archive-date=2016-03-06}}</ref> a charitable trust registered under [[Indian Trusts Act, 1882]] which guides [[Keratoconus]] patients in India to lead a better life and support them economically.<ref name="theindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.theindia.info/blog/george.htm|author=George Thengummoottil|publisher=theindia.info|title=George Thengummoottil | Me | My Travel | My Life|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref>

==Books==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Credit
!
|-
|2015
|Guhanagari A Book on Urban Wildlife
|Contributor
|Author : Pradeep Hegde
|-
|2013
|Kaziranga National Park 2013<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dUpRMQAACAAJ | isbn=978-1-61584-512-5 | title=Himalaya: Mountains of Life | date=2013 | publisher=Ashoka Trust for Research in Education and the Environment }}</ref>
|Illustrator
|Photography: [[Sandesh Kadur|Sanesh Kadur]], Author Priya Singh
|-
|2012
|[[Himalaya: Mountains of Life]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qxdNAgAAQBAJ|title=Kaziranga National Park: World Heritage Site|access-date=2015-01-05|last1=Kadur|first1=Sandesh|last2=Thengummoottil|first2=George|last3=Kakati|first3=Niraj|last4=Singh|first4=Priya}}{{dead link|date=July 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|Illustrator
|[[Kamaljit S. Bawa]], [[Sandesh Kadur]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.felis.in/himalaya_mountains_of_life_book|title=Himalaya: Mountains of Life | Felis Creations|access-date=28 August 2018|archive-date=28 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828134407/http://www.felis.in/himalaya_mountains_of_life_book}}</ref>
|-
|2006
|The Story of Peermade<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RWCiAgAAQBAJ | isbn=978-81-928886-0-6 | title=The Story of Peermade | date=10 January 2014 | publisher=George Thengummoottil }}</ref>
|Author / Photographer
|
|}

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Genre
!Credit
!Film Festivals
!Awards
!Production company
|-
| rowspan="4" |2025
|[[The Dooars World]]
|Feature Documentary
|Editor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doc Film Bazaar Official Project Catalogue |website=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |date=June 2024 |url=https://miff.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Doc-Film-Bazaar-Project-Catalogue.pdf}}</ref>
|ALT EFF Film Festival, 2025<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Dooars World {{!}} ALT EFF 2025 |url=https://watch.eventive.org/alteff-2025/play/68e378995644dab4a50257ae |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=watch.eventive.org |language=en}}</ref>
|
|Lens and Stories
Warner Bros
|-
|Bread of Hope
|Short Documentary
|Editor / Assistant Director
|
|
|Q Pearl, Qatar
|-
|[[Wild Tamil Nadu|Wild Tamil nadu]]
|Feature Documentary
|Additional Editor
|
|
|
|-
|Land of the Blackbucks
|Short Documentary
|Editor
|International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2025<ref>{{Cite web |title=IDSFFK |url=https://idsffk.in/ |access-date=2025-07-31 |website=idsffk.in}}</ref>
|
|Trailing Wild Productions, India
|-
| rowspan="2" |2024
|The Artist and his Bengaluru<ref>{{Citation |last=S.Shantharaju |title=The Artist and his Bengaluru |type=Biography |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32826974/?ref_=nm_flmg_unrel_1_edt |access-date=2024-08-19 |publisher=Aarnavi Films, Moundain Films}}</ref>
|Documentary / Biography
|Editor
|
|
|
* Aarnavi Films
* Moundain
|-
|[[The Fable (film)|The Fable]]
|Feature Film
|
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2023
|KODAGU – Where Rivers Set The Rhythm
|Short Documentary
|Editor
|International Documentary and Shortfilm festival of Kerala
Cambodia International Film Festival<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://cambodiaiff.com//wp-content/uploads/2024/06/13thCIFF_Film_Catalogue-web.pdf |title=13th Cambodia International Film Festival}}</ref>
|
|Felis Creations
|-
|Dandeli Mosale
|Short Documentary
|Editor
|
|
|[[Karnataka Forest Department]]<ref>{{Citation |last=Shankar |first=Gowri |title=Dandeli Mosale |date=2023-05-10 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27916459/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_edt |type=Short |access-date=2023-06-03 |publisher=Kalinga Foundation}}</ref> Kalinga Foundation
|-
|2022
|[[The Elephant Whisperers|Elephant Whisperers]]
|Documentary
|DIT<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Thengummoottil |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5189031/ |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>
|
|[[95th Academy Awards|95th Academy Awards for best short documentary]]
|Netflix
[[Kartiki Gonsalves|Kartiki Gonsalvus]]
|-
|2021
|The Secret life of Bhopal Tigers
|Documentary
|Editor
|Wildlife Film Festival of Rotterdam
|
|Nature Candid LLP
Madhya Pradesh Forest Department
|-
| rowspan="4" |2020
|Wild Cats of India
|TV Series
|Animation
|CMS Vatavaran Film Festival, New Delhi<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Nomination National {{!}} CMS VATAVARAN|url=http://cmsvatavaran.org/nominated-national-2021.php|access-date=2021-12-09|website=cmsvatavaran.org}}</ref>
|Nominated, Wildlife Conservation
|National Geographic
|-
|The Ridge Story
|Short Documentary
|Editing
|Indian Mountaineering Film Festival
|
|[[Arpita Roy (Mountaineer)]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=IMF Mountain Film Festival 2020 |url=https://www.indmount.org/IMF/download?filePath=/imffs01/imfdocs/2020/newsSection/76/supportDoc.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |Communities and Sustainability
| rowspan="2" |Documentary
| rowspan="2" |Editor
|International Science Film Festival of India,<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA 2020|url=https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/Programme-Schedule-IISFI-2020.pdf|website=vigyanprasar.gov.in | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409102321/https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/Programme-Schedule-IISFI-2020.pdf | archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
|
|Ashoka Trust
Trailing Wild
|-
|CMS Vatavaran Film Festival, New Delhi<ref name=":1" />
|Nominated, Livelihoods & Sustainable Technologies
|
|-
| rowspan="9" |2018
|Sarala Virala
| rowspan="9" |Documentary
|Design
|[[66th National Film Awards]] for best Educational Film
|Won
|
|-
| rowspan="8" |[[The Naga Pride]]
| rowspan="8" |Editor / Sound Design
|[[CMS Vatavaran]] Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cmsvatavaran.org/VAT-Directory-2019_low-resolution.pdf|title=Festival Book}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|Quotes from the earth<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/naga-pride|title=The Naga Pride|website=www.indiawaterportal.org|date=17 December 2018 |access-date=2018-12-27}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|11th [[International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala]], [[Kerala]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://idsffk.in/films-selected-for-idsffk-2018|title=Films Selected for IDSFFK 2018 – DOCU SCAPE Online|website=idsffk.in}}</ref>
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|International Ecological Film Festival Russia
|
|
|-
|[[:fr:Festival international du film ornithologique de Ménigoute|Festival international du film ornithologique de Ménigoute]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.menigoute-festival.org/lecteur-evenement/the-naga-pride.html|title=The naga pride - Séance de 21h - Festival International du Film Ornithologique de Ménigoute|website=www.menigoute-festival.org|language=fr|access-date=2018-09-16|archive-date=16 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916235740/https://www.menigoute-festival.org/lecteur-evenement/the-naga-pride.html}}</ref> [[Ménigoute]], [[France]]
|
|
|-
|[[VIVA Film Festival]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vivaba.com/?p=7276&lang=en|title=OFFICIAL SELECTION – VIVA FILM FESTIVAL 2018 – Viva Film Festival|website=vivaba.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-24}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|Green Earth Film Festival, [[California]]
|Semi Finalist
|
|-
|Nagaon International Short & Documentary Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemalay.com/official-selection/|title=Official Selection {{!}} Cinemalay|website=www.cinemalay.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-24|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825003051/http://www.cinemalay.com/official-selection/}}</ref>
|{{won|place=1st|Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2017
| rowspan="5" |The Return of Sangai<ref name="thesangaiexpress.com">{{cite web |title=Forest Dept makes first documentary on Sangai - The Sangai Express |url=http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/forest-dept-makes-first-documentary-sangai/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503042004/http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/forest-dept-makes-first-documentary-sangai/ |archive-date=2018-05-03 |website=www.thesangaiexpress.com}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" |Short Documentary
| rowspan="5" |Director
|Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kirloskarvasundharafest.in/schedule/|title=Schedule – Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival (KVIFF)|website=kirloskarvasundharafest.in|access-date=2018-12-27|archive-date=27 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227182952/http://kirloskarvasundharafest.in/schedule/}}</ref> [[Pune]]
|
|
|-
|India Heritage Walk Festival
|
|
|-
|Kadakam Forest and Environmental; Film Festival, [[Silent Valley National Park]], [[Palakkad]], [[Kerala]]
|
|
|-
|Smaragdni Eco Film Festival, [[Croatia]]
|
|
|-
|[[Sangai festival|Sangai Festival]], [[Keibul Lamjao National Park]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite web|title=GENERAL / LATEST NEWS: ENVIS Centre, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt. of India|url=http://manenvis.nic.in/ViewGeneralLatestNews.aspx?Id=3977|access-date=2020-09-13|website=manenvis.nic.in}}</ref>
|
|
|-
| rowspan="7" |2016
| rowspan="6" |Singalila in the Himalaya<ref>{{Citation|last=Thengummoottil|first=George|title=Singali La: In the Himalaya|date=2016-05-19|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5933784/|others=Alexa Hone Blanchet, Surya Girish, Blanchet Richard|access-date=2018-04-06}}</ref>
| rowspan="6" |Documentary
| rowspan="6" |Director
|[[CMS Vatavaran]] Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cmsvatavaran.org/vat2019/nominated-2019.php|title=Nominations {{!}} CMS VATAVARAN|website=cmsvatavaran.org|access-date=2019-08-12}}</ref>
|Nominated<ref name="auto"/>
|
|-
|Kadakam Forest and Environmental; Film Festival, [[Silent Valley National Park]], [[Palakkad]], [[Kerala]]
|
|
|-
|IMF Mountain Film Festival 2017, [[Indian Mountaineering Foundation]], [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
|{{won|place=1st|Won}}
|
|-
|10th [[International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala]], [[Kerala]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://idsffkmedia2016.blogspot.in/2016/06/|work=IDSFFK Online|access-date=2018-04-06|language=en-US|title=9th IDSFFK MEDIA CELL }}</ref>
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|16th Girimitra Sammelan, [[Mumbai]]
|{{won|place=3rd|Won}}
|
|-
|[[Pokhara International Mountain Film Festival]], [[Pokhara]], [[Nepal]]
|
|
|-
|''Kalia : The Lost Gibbon''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.felis.in/KaliaTheLostGibbon|title=Kalia {{!}} The Lost Gibbon {{!}} Felis Creations|website=www.felis.in|access-date=2018-05-01|archive-date=2 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502064418/http://www.felis.in/KaliaTheLostGibbon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nikhilvirdi.com/wildlife|title=Wildlife {{!}} Nikhil Virdi's Cinematography|last=Cinematography|first=Nikhil Virdi's|website=Nikhil Virdi|language=en-IN|access-date=2018-05-01|archive-date=2 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502064526/https://nikhilvirdi.com/wildlife}}</ref>
|Short Documentary
|Graphics
|9th [[International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala]], [[Kerala]]<ref name=":0" />
|
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|-
| rowspan="3" |2015
| rowspan="3" |''Eastern Himalaya'' - Ancient Risks Future Threats
| rowspan="3" |Short Documentary
| rowspan="3" |Graphics
|CMS Vatavaran 2015
|
|
|-
|IMF Mountain Film Festival 2017, [[Indian Mountaineering Foundation]], [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.outdoorjournal.com/in/news-2/imf-mountain-film-festival/|title=Stunning Visuals, Character Driven Stories Rule IMF Mountain Film Festival|last=Vohra|first=Supriya|date=2017-02-16|work=TOJ India Edition|access-date=2018-05-01|language=en-US|archive-date=2 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502141514/https://www.outdoorjournal.com/in/news-2/imf-mountain-film-festival/}}</ref>
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|10th Festival Gorniskega Filma<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://gorniski.si/2016/en/|title=Home|work=10. festival gorniškega filma|access-date=2018-05-01|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|2014
|''In To the Darkroom Shortfilm''
|Short Film
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|2012
|''Goecha La In Search of Kangchenjunga''
|Documentary
|Director
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|}

==External links==
* [http://moundain.com Personal Website]

== References ==
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George Thengummoottil - Revision history

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