Bio
Ryan Lobo is an award winning filmmaker and photographer, and the author of Mr Iyer Goes to War (fiction).
A TED speaker on storytelling with photography, Ryan founded Mad Monitor Productions, a film and photo production company based in Bangalore. He has worked as a producer and cinematographer for more than 80 film projects, for National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, OWN and other clients, including shooting undercover for the Emmy-nominated film Child Slaves of India, producing several films for Oprah Winfrey and several film projects in conflict zones like Iraq, Liberia and Afghanistan.
He co-produced the critically acclaimed 2011 Sundance film festival award winning film, The Redemption of General Butt Naked, the story of General Butt Naked, a former African warlord who terrorized Liberia with his child soldiers. He has produced episodes for the OWN series ‘Belief’ on the Kumbh Mela, Jain initiation and Holi. He currently shoots various film and photography projects for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and for the C&A foundation. His photographs and writing have been featured in numerous magazines like GEO, Tehelka, Bidoun, The Caravan, National Geographic, Boston Review, Chimurega, Onzeweruld and The Wall Street Journal.
As an artist, his limited edition photographs have been exhibited all over the world and are present in many collections. He is the founder trustee of The Sunbird Trust which works towards ensuring education for children in insurgency affected areas of North Eastern India with the intention of bringing peace to conflict areas through education.