Roshini dinakaran biography of christopher
Roshini Thinakaran
Roshini Thinakaran is a National Geographic Emerging Explorer (named in 2007), TED Global Fellow, Journalist, Photographer, Researcher, Humanitarian, and Anthropologist (Cultural).[1] She also is a documentary filmmaker from Sri Lanka and the United States.[2] Her fields of study include: women, filmmakers, and war.
Biography
Thinakaran was born in Sri Lanka and moved to the United States at age seven.[2] Her family was fleeing the civil war going on at the time.[3] Thinakaran attended George Mason University[3] where she received a bachelor's degree in communication studies and a minor in journalism. In 2005, she lived in Beirut, Lebanon for about six months.[4]
Work
Thinakaran's first short film was made about Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia.[3] The film was very short, but it "gained the attention of National Geographic."[3] She became part of t Roshini dinakaran biography of christopher jackson.