
Prakash Matada
Storytelling in collaboration is fun and exhilarating, especially in times when the world is but a global village. I work closely with producers to deliver on the editorial brief and try to create sequences that are both engaging and cinematic, to give the target audience a real sense of the wildlife and their various environments. I love and constantly look forward to the challenge of pioneering new camera rigs, developing innovative filming techniques and pushing myself to find new ways to tell arresting conservation stories. Attention to detail, to me, is an uncompromising practice. I have filmed in all environments – from sub-zero conditions in the Himalayas to the rain-battered forests of the Western Ghats. But it is a rather perplexing confluence – where the most challenging conditions meet the most fulfilling, joyous experience.
Over the last few years, I’m fortunate to have worked with some amazing people and organisations…
I specialise in the following areas of filming:
1. Long lens - 50-1000mm/Red Weapon Helium/ Arri / Sony Cameras
2. Drones- Inspire 2 and Mavic 2 Pro with over 200 hours of flying
3. Gimbal tracking work- Ronin 2, Movi Pro
Please contact me for the latest Showreel
Credits for Natural History and Conservation Films
Current Projects
Apple TV - Untitled – Principal Cameraman - long lens
Discovery - Untitled - Principal Cameraman - long lens
Nat Geo Fund Series - Untitled - Principal Cameramen - long Lens
Forest Department Karnataka - Unannounced - Director of Photography
2021
Apple TV - Untitled – Principal Cameraman - long lens
Discovery - Untitled - Principal Cameraman - long lens
Forest Department Karnataka - Nagarahole - Principal Cameraman - long lens
National Geographic Society Grant - Elephant - Principal Cameramen - long Lens
National Geographic Society Grant - Wolf - Principal Cameramen - long Lens
2020
Disneynature - Wild Star - Feature film Tx23 - Drone
National Geographic Society Grant - Leopard - Principal Cameramen - long Lens
Forest Department Karnataka - Frontline Heroes - Principal Cameramen - long Lens
WWF India - Wetlands for Life - Director of Photography 2019
Saving Nature - CWS - Flying Elephants - Director of Photography
National Geographic Society Grant - Blackbuck - Director of Photography
National Geographic Society Grant - Sloth Bear - Director of Photography
2019
Saving Nature - CWS - Flying Elephants - Director of Photography
National Geographic Society Grant - Blackbuck - Director of Photography
National Geographic Society Grant - Sloth Bear - Director of Photography
