Natasha Deganello Giraudie, Creative Director

CEO & Founder
Natasha founded Micro-Documentaries with a vision to make compelling cinematic filmmaking accessible to all social innovators. The resulting short films, solution trailers of sorts, have helped nonprofits and purposeful businesses in more than 30 countries advance their missions, raise funds, advance legislation and increase though leadership. Natasha regularly writes and teaches on topics related to storytelling, social innovation, and short documentary film production, and distribution for purposeful businesses and nonprofits.

Prior to Micro-Documentaries, she was CEO of Papilia, where she helped nonprofits raise millions of dollars with an innovative stewardship software that showed donors the difference their gifts make. She started her career in her native Venezuela filming adventure and nature documentaries distributed through the Discovery Channel. She went to film school at the University of Texas at Austin and received her Master’s degree in Journalism from Stanford, where she was awarded a Stanford Haas Center for Public Service fellowship to pursue documentary work in Nepal.

Natasha combines her passion for film with a lifelong commitment to the nonprofit sector. She has worked as a field and board volunteer with nonprofits in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the U.S. since she was a teenager. She co-chairs the Advisory Board of the Dalai Lama Fellows and serves on the Advisory Boards of Tools for Peace and the Biomimicry Institute. Natasha lives in the Bay Area with her husband and daughter, where she enjoys paddleboarding with sea lions and discovering the joys of the violin.

All posts by Natasha Deganello Giraudie, Creative Director

Work that Energizes: It’s time you take your surf trip

Overworking is a problem.  Not only is it unhealthy (increased stress, lack of sleep, fatigue, unhealthy coping behaviors), it can decrease your effectiveness and lead to burn out.At Micro-Documentaries, we’re creating a work environment that affords us time off to explore other passions and hobbies – whether it’s a surf trip, meditation retreat, or time off to […]


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Educating the heart

Eight thousand high school and college students are treated to a talk with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In it, he stresses the importance of interconnectedness, compassion, and empathy. Educating the mind is important, but so to is educating the heart so that we can use our skills and wisdom in a constructive way for […]


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