Documentary filmmaker Luis Patron (Mexico, 1972), directs, shoots and edits documentaries for the United Nation’s since 2005, including the award-winning Voices of the Chichinautzin on deforestation issues in Mexico, and a variety of stories on climate change, biodiversity and energy security for the series Our World 2.0.

Luis has produced documentaries on location in Mexico, Japan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Morocco, and Bangladesh. Films he has worked on have screened at festivals in Mexico, South Africa, Russia, Australia, Japan and the US and by broadcasters including VPRO (Holland), Community Channel (UK), LinkTV (US), Canal 22 (Mexico) and distributed by UNTV. Download CV.

Kamakura, Japan - luis@luispatron.com

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Our World 2.0 documentary series trailer
Credits: Director, producer, cameraman and/or editor of most episodes featured.





Geothermal Iceland
Credits: Director, producer, editor





Voices of the Chichinautzin trailer
Credits: Producer, co-director // 45 minutes documentary





Bangladesh: Fisherman Cope With Rough Seas (UNTV)
Credits: Director, producer, cameraman




Innovative crops of the Alai Valley
Credits: Director, producer, cameraman, editor





Book of Seasons - A year in Kanazawa
Credits: Editor, co-writer





Energy for the Pamir Mountains (UNTV)
Credits: Director, producer, cameraman




Nature's bounty and inheriting wisdom - India
Credits: Editor, co-writer





Kemari, the traditional football of Japan
Credits: Director, cameraman, editor





Promotional video for the 2010 Convention on Biodiversity in Japan
Credits: Director, writer





The forbidden forest of the Dayak - Borneo, Indonesia
Credits: Co-director, cameraman, editor





Local solutions on a sinking paradise - Carterets Islands, Papua New Guinea
Credits: Co-director, cameraman, editor





Any ice floating on the sea? - Hokkaido, Japan
Credits: Director, cameraman, editor





The electric sunflower - Tokyo, Japan
Credits: Director, editor




Let's make electricity by walking - Tokyo, Japan
Credits: Director, cameraman, editor