Ryan Lobo is a filmmaker and photographer. In 2009 Ryan spoke about what he calls “compassionate storytelling” with photography to the TED conference, to a standing ovation.
In 2001, Ryan co-founded Mad Monitor Productions, a film and photo production company based in Bangalore and Washington DC. His films have aired on the National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Channel International, Animal Planet, The Oprah Winfrey Show and PBS among many other networks and Mad Monitor productions” currently manages and produces film and photo expeditions internationally. His images and/or writing have been featured in numerous magazines like GEO magazine, Outlook traveler, Marie Claire, Elle, Tehelka, Better photography, The Wall Street Journal, Bidoun, The Caravan, Time Out, National Geographic Magazine, the Boston review, Chimurenga, Onzeweruld, the Wall Street Journal and many more.
Ryan co-produced the film “The redemption of General Butt Naked” which won an award for Best cinematography at the 2011 Sundance film festival.
His photographic prints have been exhibited all over India and in Europe and he is a photographer with “Tasveeer”.