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# Varun Manavazhi on Tal

## Headline

Natural History Film Editor & DIT at Felis Creations

## About

Hi, I’m Varun Manavazhi, a documentary editor and storyteller with a passion for nature, people, and purpose\-driven films\. Over the past few years, I’ve edited long\-form documentaries, trailers, and digital shorts, working closely with top wildlife filmmakers and global production houses like National Geographic\. Most recently, I spent two years editing a landmark wildlife documentary set in the Nilgiris, with BAFTA award winning filmmaker Sandesh Kadur\. I currently work with Felis Films, a studio dedicated to impactful wildlife and conservation storytelling\. I’m open to collaborations in natural history, editorial consulting, and other storytelling formats that aim to make a difference\. Let’s connect and create something meaningful\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude

## Work experience

Film Editor & DIT at Felis Creations, Sep 2021 \- Present · 5 yrs 1 mo, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Masters Thesis at Inkawu Vervet Project, Aug 2019 \- Mar 2020 · 8 mos, Vryheid Area, South Africa, • Learned how to uniquely identify over 100\+ wild vervet monkeys using their facial and bodily features and natural markings • Worked with multiple troops of vervet monkeys in the wild and collected behavioural data • Investigated the influence of maternal rank on social integration in dispersing male vervet monkeys • Collected behavioural data via focal sampling, scan sampling, and ad libitum data collection\. • Assisted graduate and postdoctoral students to perform playback experiments, fake predator experiments, and social learning experiments with several groups of wild vervet monkeys\. • Assisted with capture, collaring, and habituation of new and followed vervet monkey troops\. • Supervisor: Prof\. Dr Erica van de Waal

Science Film Production at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research \(IISER\), Pune, Jan 2019 \- Apr 2019 · 4 mos, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India, • Attended a 4\-month long course on filmmaking for effective science communication\. • In\-depth sessions on film production, video editing, cinematography, and sound design\. • Created a 5\-minute film on the science of coffee as part of the grading and was awarded an 'O' grade for outstanding in the course\. • Supervisor: Anil Zanker

Research Student at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research \(IISER\), Pune, Aug 2018 \- Nov 2018 · 4 mos, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India, • Analysed humour behind Internet memes and studied how they propagate in a population through cultural transmission\. • Presented a TEDx talk at TEDxGCEKannur on the work\. • Supervisor: Prof\. Pushkar Sohoni

Research Student at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research \(IISER\), Pune, Jun 2018 \- Jul 2018 · 2 mos, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India, • Recorded the vocalisations of sympatric wren\-warblers to study acoustic signal space partitioning in the Vetal Tekdi Biodiversity Park, India\. • Supervisor: Dr Anand Krishnan

Research Student at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research \(IISER\), Pune, Jan 2018 \- Apr 2018 · 4 mos, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India, • Performed In Situ Hybridization to whole mount Zebra fish \(Danio rerio\) embryos & localise the protein Fmn2b\. • Supervisor: Dr Aurnab Ghose

## Education

BS\-MS Dual Degree, Animal Behavior and Ethology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research \(IISER\), Pune

AISSCE, kendriya vidyalaya

## Public links

- wwww\.varunmanavazhi\.com: https://wwww\.varunmanavazhi\.com/

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