Thamys Trindade

Thamys Trindade is a Brazilian filmmaker, photographer, and storyteller focused on environmental issues and wildlife across Latin America. With a background in journalism and semiotics, she has collaborated with leading NGOs and platforms including Netflix, National Geographic, Apple TV, and Globoplay. She was one of the cinematographers of March of the Jaguars, a two-year project and Netflix’s first original Latin American nature documentary, set to premiere in 2026. She also worked on Jaguaretê-Avá: Pantanal in Flames, which received the Sustainability Merit Award at Wildscreen, where she was additionally awarded the National Geographic UK Emerging Talent Bursary. Thamys participated in the G20 with Voice of the Oceans and was a panel speaker at COP30, where she discussed a scientific documentary she filmed addressing microplastics pollution. She recently filmed an episode on the Lear’s Macaw for a new television series, serving as both host and photographer. Her photography has also been exhibited at the European Parliament, by invitation of the Environmental Justice Foundation. She has been selected to pitch her first feature documentary at Conecta 2025 in Chile through Pitch The Whickers, and was also selected for the Global Career Accelerator at the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers. Thamys was recently invited to become a member of the International Documentary Association (IDA).