Brigitte Kornetzky

Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky (born 1959), is a German–Swiss Indie filmmaker. She directed multiple award winning feature documentaries like ''God No Say So'', ''Imagine, the Sky''.,''Where the Elephants Sleeps'' , ''Elephants From Zero to Hero'' (2023) and ''The Fall and Rise of Elephants`Paradise'', as well as numerous short films like ''Cheetal Walk'', ''Sugarcane Village'', ''Elephant Kitchen'' and ''Behind Bars''.

Apart from being an independent filmmaker, Kornetzky is also an artist, singer, journalist and writer.

Kornetzky is the Founder and President of "Elefanten in not" a Swiss charity as well as the Swiss Ambassador for Captive Elephants at the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Orgganisation" (FIAPO), and Program Manager of the Europe-India Chamber of Commerce & Industry (EUICCI)

Kornetzky has dedicated her life to protect elephants in both, captivity and the wild. She has been conducting master classes in environmental film making in leading science film festivals like The International Science Film Festival Kolkata, India, and is known as an inspirational speaker on elephants, wildlife and nature protection to many universities and colleges in India. Her documentaries have been screened on leading world film festivals and have been broadcast on tv internationally. Through her organization ELEFANTEN IN NOT, she conducts elephant awareness programs with her films like ''Foot Treatment For Elephants'' mahout training programs and support for several Indian organisations and individuals. Provided by Wikipedia