Trevor Frost

Trevor is a former photojournalist who produced photo essays for National Geographic Magazine, The Washington Post, and Wired Magazine among other publications. He has received five grant awards from the National Geographic Society for his storytelling work. Two of those grants resulted in feature photograph articles in National Geographic Magazine. In August 2019 he became a Sundance Institute Documentary Fund grantee for a feature documentary he Co-Directed and Produced with his partner, Melissa Lesh. The documentary - titled Wildcat - follows a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, a young female scientist and PhD Student that comes from a troubled past, and an orphaned Ocelot (a type of wildcat) taken from the wild for the illegal pet trade as they all strive to heal from their past trauma deep in the Peruvian Amazon. The film was financed by 30 West, acquired by Amazon Studios, and premiered at the prestigious Telluride Film Festival in September 2022. Wildcat released in theaters across the USA and UK December 21st 2022 and released on Amazon Prime December 30th. Wildcat was named one of the best documentaries of 2022 by Variety and Indiewire included Wildcat in its Best Cinematography of 2022. Wildcat has won 7 awards, including Audience Awards from Orcas Island Film Festival, Santa Fe Film Festival, Heartland Film Festival, and Montclair Film Festival as well as the Jimmy Stewart Legacy Award from Heartland Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature from Twin Cities Film Festival, and Top 5 Documentaries of the Year from the National Board of Review. Trevor is also a senior adviser to Prince Hussain Aga Khan on global conservation issues and an Eddie Bauer Adventure Guide. As a storyteller his main interest are stories that connect people with nature. He lives in Richmond, VA with 3 cats named Gecko, Cobra, and Bug - as well as a ball python named Mana.

Affiliations: Eddie Bauer Adventure Guide, Research Associate of Re:Wild, a US based non-profit.

Awards: 2018 First Prize, Human Nature Category, Big Picture Photo Competition;  2017 Howard Chapnick Award; 2017 Fotoweek DC Photojournalism Prize, 1st place; POYi Science and Nature prize, 3rd place. 

Exhibitions:  2017, Digital Showing, Visa pour I'image: International Festival of Photojournalism 

Clients: National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Society, National Geographic Creative, Wired Magazine, The Washington Post, Eddie Bauer, Virginia Tourism, BMW, Amazon Studios, Age of Union Alliance.

Sundance Institute Documentary Fund Grant

The Washington Post - Damaged Bodies, Healing Hearts - November 2017

Missouri Photo Workshop Story - September 2017

Wired Magazine Crocodile Story - September 2017

Nat Geo Crocodile Hunters Story - September 2017

Nat Geo Magazine Article - April 2017

Nat Geo Channel Mission Critical - Spring 2016

Nat Geo Channel - Animal Selfies

National Geographic Profile

Video from Inside a Crocodile's Mouth 

Nat Geo Magazine Orangutan Behavior Video 

Richmond Times Dispatch Front Page Bio Article

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