Conservation photography is about collaboration with professionals, scientists, filmmakers and conservationists to raise awareness, and inspire meaningful actions with the goal of creating successful conservation projects.
Raised in Mexico City with international experience as a producer, and videographer, Brenda Razo is a bilingual filmmaker and wildlife photographer.
She received her BA in Arts at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2010, and her studies include film and cinematography in different institutions, most recently at Wildlife Direct in Kenya, and the REDucation labs by WildMotion in Los Angeles.
Brenda has produced videos focused on wildlife conservation, public health, human rights and education issues. She has experience producing and filming in the San Francisco, Kansas City, Philippines, Malasia, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Uganda, Tanzania, Baja California, and Mexico City.
Her work includes collaboration with Mexican NGOs, online TV stations and American wildlife conservation NGOs. Currently, she is a video producer, still photographer and education advisor for Maono Conservation.
Wildlife conservation is my passion.
Experience
EDUCATION DIRECTOR, MAONO CONSERVATION; CA — 2021- PRESENT
Education Director of visual material and video content for wildlife conservation projects in collaboration with other non profits in Uganda and Tanzania.
SPANISH SPEECH EVALUATOR. GLOBAL BUSINESS. GOOGLE BY VACO; CA — 2021-PRESENT
Spanish and English Localization and Language Specialist , Speech Evaluator, Task PM.
PRODUCER VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP, STANFORD UNIVERSITY; CA — 2021- 2023
Producer responsible of equipment. Camera B shooting B-rolls, interviews and 360 Panon. Video Editor for the Black Rock Desert virtual field trip video project reporting to Prof. Elizabeth Miller of the School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences at Stanford Univeristy.
SPANISH INTERPRETER, RESEARCHER , DIR. HEATHER O’NEIL; CA — 2022.
Spanish interpreter and interviewer of talent for a social issues documentary film in Mexico and the USA.
ARTS, FILM, SPANISH-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TUTOR, BAY AREA/MEXICO CITY — 2019- 2022
Arts and Spanish Language private tutor for adults and children.
FUNDRAISER, TWO II FILMS LLC; CA — 2021-2022
Junior Researcher for video projects in development and Fundraiser developer for website of Dir. Deborah Charles.
JUNIOR RESEARCHER, VICE TV’S; NY — 2021
Researcher of talent, data and locations portraying the water crisis in Mexico City for Vice TV’s episode “Black Market: Water Crisis” hosted by Michael K. Williams, Dir. Winnie Cheung.
BILINGUAL DIRECTOR AND INTERPRETER, BARK PRODUCTIONS; KC — 2020
Director and Interpreter in wearing masks for Covid-19 TV ads for the Latino community in KC.
FREELANCE VIDEO PRODUCER, WILDAID; SF, CA — 2015-2020
Freelance Film Producer for varios video prodjects in South America, Asia and the US:
• Field producer in Poaching Stills from Us All, wildlife conservation video and still photography campaigns based in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania with local celebrities and children’s choirs.
• Field producer in Between the Sea and Shore in Mexico, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Junior film researcher, licensing archive footage and stills for different video productions working closely with museums in Latin America and South Asia.
• Interviews coordinator, interviewing talent on camera. Offered creative and technical advice. Research on characters, coordinated and scheduled interviews with organizations such as Sea Shepherd, mexican authorities.
• Unit photographer, configured and operated video equipment in different shoots in Mexico, the USA, Asia, Africa. Shoot b-rolls, setting lights, micros, tripods, etc.
• Assistant Editor: tagging, transcripts, translations of various interviews in Spanish and English for WildAid’s Marine Program.
FILM ARCHIVIST, INDIPLEX; SF, CA — 2017-2019
Collected and organized 16 mm archival material from CAAM past film festivals. 16 mm digital film restoration ofhistoric home movies with imagery of JFK in different local campaigns.
DIRECTOR, MONITOREO VAQUITA, USA-MEXICO— 2015-2017
Educational campaign leader. Director of educational campaign in schools in Mexico and the USA about conservation programs for the vaquita marina. Editor of promo videos. Photographer covering events. Fundraiser giving talks at the Wildlife Conservation Network Expo, 2015.
FREELANCE PRODUCER, WILD LENS COLLECTIVE, USA-MEXICO — 2015-2017
Field producer, translator and transcription for Souls of the Vermillion Sea documentary film. Research on characters, coordinated and scheduled interviews with organizations such as Sea Shepherd, or the Mexican Navy. Interviews coordinator, interviewing talent on camera. Offered creative and technical advice. Unit photographer, configured and operated video equipment. Shoot b-rolls,
FREELANCE PRODUCER, DOG’S WATCH; MEXICO — 2015
Field Coordinator for Watching Them Die. The Story About the 43 Missing Students, coordinated and scheduled interviews with talent in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico. Unit photographer, configured and operated video equipment. Shoot b-rolls.
FREELANCE PRODUCER, 43 MISSING STUDENTS STORIES; MEXICO — 2015
Producer coordinator, supported investigations. Fixer for international journalists.
PRODUCER COORDINATOR, ROMPEVIENTO INTERNET TV; MEXICO — 2012- 2014
Producer and talent manager coordinated schedules for interviews, managed daily operations on sets and conducted interviews for a local internet TV station specialized in children, underrepresented audiences and Mexican and international political news.
Set producer, coordinated and scheduled interviews for TV shows on set. Researcher: historical and cultural references fact-check, highlighting information, e-mailing and calling politics experts in Mexico. Responsible for sourcing and licensing appropriate footage from national historical archives. Licensing archive footage from storyblocks, pond5, shutterstock.
ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHER, GABRIEL FIGUEROA FLORES STUDIO; MEXICO — 2008-2011
Assistant photographer, digital film and still restoration, retouching and preparing prints, organizing archives and deliveries. Photo assistant for Gabriel Figueroa Flores, son of Gabriel Figueroa, Mexican cinematographer of the Mexican Cinema Golden Age.
PRODUCER, SALUD TV; MEXICO — 2007-2008
Producer and talent manager coordinated schedules for interviews, managed daily operations on sets and conducted interviews for a local internet TV station specialized in seninor’s health. Editor of promo videos.
FREELANCE STOP MOTION WORKSHOPS TUTOR; MEXICO — 2007-2014
Tutor of varios stop motion workshops for children and adults in diverse institutions in Mexico: French embassy in Mexico, Contemporary Art Museum of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, FICCO Film Festival Mexico City. The Mexico City government cultural program 2008. La Fabrica, Queretaro, Mexico.
Exhibits
• Young photography, Arte Joven, University of Canberrra; Australia — 2014
• Photography, Punto en linea, online magazine; Mexico — 2012
• Photography; A Good Year, Mexico — 2011
• Painting exhibition, Abstractions, Orfeo Catala; mexico — 2003
Education
• REDucation workshop, LA — 2024
• Hand made 16 mm film, Shapeshifters, Oakland — 2022
• “Into the Light: A Mystical and Technical Path to Better Photography & Cinematography” with Dir Jorge Bolado, Nobechi Creative, Mexico, online — 2022
• “Manual for Tourists, the Relevance of Audio in A Script”, Dir Lucrecia Martel, Cienega Films, Argentina, 2021
• Women Cinematography, Hblabs; Mexico — 2020
• Photography Lighting Workshop; Hblabs; Mexico — 2018
• Contemporary Art, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico — 2011-2012