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

Getting Senators’ Attention : The Startup Visa Case Study

“The Startup Visa videos that Micro-Documentaries did for our GeeksOnaPlane trip to Washington DC were brilliant — and they were game-changers for innovation and job creation in America.  In less than 48 hours, we were able to shoot, produce, and deliver a high-quality video documentaries on how citizen-led, grassroots legislation can empower startup entrepreneurs to change […]


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Quick Video Marketing Tip: Start your YouTube description with a link to your website

YouTube is continually modifying its look and formatting protocol for both viewers and those posting videos. With the most recent update, it’s all the more important that you place your links (to your website, donation page, twitter page) as the first item in the video’s description. This ensures that the link will appear below the […]


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Stories of Solutions: A Year Since Haiti

A year has passed since the 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti.  During this time, many organizations have been on the ground working to bring aid to the Haitians.  We’ve been lucky to work with some of those on the front lines of the effort.  In the next few blog posts, read about how Inveneo, NetHope and Samasource used micro-documentaries to showcase their […]


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Case Study: Inveneo

CGI Progress Report: Empowering Haitians Through Connected Cities “Micro-Documentaries delivered a piece that captures the true essence of Inveneo’s story and our work in Haiti in just 60 seconds, not only a requirement for our presentation at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, but also a necessity in engaging today’s busy audiences.  Since debuting our micro-documentary […]


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