Lynn True
After graduating from Brown University with
a joint degree in Urban Studies and Architecture, Lynn worked on feature films and documentary programs for NBC News and PBS. As Creative Director at Magnet Media, she also produced educational films on multimedia technology before returning to concentrate on independent filmmaking. Her most recent film,
LUMO, premiered on the PBS series,
P.O.V. Lynn first traveled to Tibet as a documentarian for the Kham Geotourism Project, a joint initiative of the
Tibetan & Himalayan Library and
Machik, and it was out of this experience that she and Nelson Walker decided to launch the Kham Film Project.
Lynn@khamfilmproject.org
Nelson Walker III
Nelson began his career in filmmaking working on documentaries for Discovery Channel, History Channel and PBS’s NOVA. His first film,
iThemba|Hope, aired on Sundance Channel in 2005. Nelson has worked as visiting instructor of filmmaking at Tibet University in Lhasa and is a contributor to the
Tibetan & Himalayan Library. His most recent film,
LUMO, made its television debut as part of the
P.O.V. series on PBS. Nelson holds an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University School of the Arts and is a Project Director at the Maysles Institute.
Nelson@khamfilmproject.org
Cecil Matthai Esquivel-Obregón is currently Director of Post-Production, as well as Director of the Digital Media Center, for the Film Division at the School of the Arts, Columbia University. Cecil graduated from MIT with a major in Artificial Intelligence applied to interactive fiction at the MIT Media Lab, and then received his MFA from Columbia University in Film. He has written and directed various fiction shorts and documentaries, worked in production at UltraFilms in Mexico City, and been a cameraman for various feature-length documentaries yet to be released, and a still photographer for a forthcoming series of books on trees. His films have been exhibited at the Galería Pecanins in Mexico City.
Tsering Key attended the Sichuan Province Tibetan School where she graduated first in her class. Originally from Zachukha, she currently lives in New York City working as a translator and consultant.
Dhondup Lhamo was born in Ba Lhagang and raised in Dharamsala, India. She now lives in New York City where she works as a translator and consultant while studying for her nursing degree.
Tsering Perlo founded
Rabsal, a local Tibetan NGO that engages Tibetans in documentary filmmaking to preserve and regenerate Tibetan culture and customs. A native of Zachuka (Shiqu) County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and a graduate of the Sichuan Province Tibetan School (SPTI), Perlo has worked with the Tibet Fund, The Bridge Fund and with the Tibetan & Himalayan Library at the University of Virginia. Perlo is the first recipient of the Machik Fellowship, a program designed to support dynamic Tibetan change-makers working to strengthen their communities and environments.
