Gianna Savoie

Gianna Savoie is an award-winning documentary producer, writer, and professor with nearly two decades of experience in Natural History filmmaking and a penchant for powerful storytelling that has led her to sink her teeth into some of the most critical conservation issues on the planet. Trained as an environmental biologist, she pairs her love of science with the art of filmmaking to craft stories that not only inform, but deeply resonate. Her Emmy-nominated work has been featured on PBS, NATURE, National Geographic, Discovery, and the BBC, as well as in theatrical documentaries and in print and web publications. Dubbed The Mountain Mermaid, Gianna founded the Ocean Media Institute, a non-profit global media collective that serves to enrich and expand the public's engagement in ocean science and conservation through innovative visual media and artistic approaches to ocean education. And in her quest to pay it forward and inspire the next generation of environmental storytellers, she teaches Science and Natural History Filmmaking to graduate students.