President, Co-Founder

Matthew helped found Wild Lens in 2011 with the goal of bringing biologists and filmmakers together to produce films that would have an impact on critically important wildlife conservation issues. Matthew began full-scale production on his first feature length film, Scavenger Hunt, immediately after the inception of Wild Lens. Since then Matthew co-directed and produced the Emmy-nominated Wild Lens film Bluebird Man, and has produced numerous short films for the Eyes on Conservation series.

ETH Podcast Co-Producer, Communications and Community Manager

Hannah is an environmental and nature communications specialist, starting out as an author and researcher before progressing onto social media and visual storytelling. She works as a freelance communications manager for wildlife non-profits and film productions, as well as being a proud co-producer of the Earth to Humans Podcast. Hannah is also our Community Manager so if you apply to join, expect an email back from her!

Filmmaker

Kristin Tièche is a filmmaker and editor based in San Francisco, CA. She has edited thousands of hours of film and television, with a focus on non-fiction and documentary storytelling. She specializes in immersive visual storytelling and character-driven films about sustainability, conservation and science.

She is known for her award-winning short films, including "Forms of Identification" (2011), "The Spinster" (2013), "The Bat Rescuer (2016), and "Velo Visionaries" (2015-2017). Her first feature documentary, "The Invisible Mammal," about bat conservation in North America, is due for release in early 2025.

Kristin holds an MA in Television, Radio and Film from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and teaches film editing at Diablo Valley College.

Membership Engagement Coordinator

Journalist, filmmaker, traveler and environmentalist, Isabella Galante has written for several renowned Brazilian and international news outlets. Author of the documentaries "Self Anguish Narrative" and "Edu'Active", for which she received the Best by Audience 2020 award at the Heritales festival, in Portugal. She worked on the production crew for the third season of "Idade Mídia", by Canal Futura, and the web series "How to Survive" by the Canadian Underknown.

Membership Engagement Coordinator

Taylor is an award winning filmmaker with over 15 years of experience in film and media production. While originally trained in narrative filmmaking, he has since pivoted to documentary filmmaking, inspired and moved by its unique ability to tell real stories from the real world. His passion for history combining with a life long love of nature has inspired him to pursue stories that are connected to the land.