Biography

Fábio Nascimento is a documentary photographer and filmmaker who has worked for National Geographic, Greenpeace, Doctors without Borders, The New York Times, and a variety of other venues, producing stories at the intersection between people, environment and science. He is originally from Brazil, where he studied journalism at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, and subsequently film theory at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, in Paris, France, and has a Master degree in documentary film at Paris VIII. Though much of his work is in still photography he is also a documentary film director, cinematographer and editor, as well as an experienced drone pilot. He has a background in music and as a result, he creates the soundtracks behind many of the films he produces. Over the past years, he has split most of his time between projects from tropical rainforests to the poles, documenting stories on all continents and at sea on ships traversing the globe, with the project The Outlaw Ocean, with the award-winning NYTimes investigative reporter Ian Urbina. Fábio latest works are as a cinematographer on BBC’s most acclaimed series, Planet Earth III, across 3 episodes, as well as co-directing with Joe Stevens a documentary on jaguars conservation in Brazil and is currently working as a cinematographer for Malaika Pictures on Richard Ladkani’s recently released "Yanuni" (Tribeca / DiCaprio) and upcoming "Jane Goodall" (2026).
- IMDb mini biography by: Fábio Nascimento