Malaika Vaz

Malaika Vaz is a filmmaker, TV presenter, National Geographic Explorer and the CEO and co-founder of Untamed Planet. Since founding her New York and India-based production company Untamed Planet in 2017, she and her team have produced award-winning films and series for media platforms like National Geographic, the BBC, Sky, Al Jazeera and the United Nations Environment Programme, among others. Her recent broadcast work has included natural history series and films about endangered species, climate change, human migration, illegal wildlife trade and the human-wildlife interface. Malaika is passionate about translating films to tangible impact at the grassroots and policy levels and partners with global conservation organizations to scale the impact of her work.