Franco Elgueta R. is a wildlife guide, photographer, and conservation filmmaker whose work bridges field science, visual storytelling, and community-based conservation.
With a background in Social Sciences and early experience working alongside Indigenous communities in southern Chile, he developed a lifelong passion for exploring how different cultures relate to the natural world. He has contributed to several publications on Chile’s wildlife.
Franco has guided wildlife experiences across some of the most remote ecosystems in the American continent, from Puma research safaris in Patagonia to Grizzly Bear expeditions in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest.
As a filmmaker and camera operator, Franco has contributed to projects with BBC, APTN, CBC, and several conservation NGOs, filming species from marine otters on Chile’s coast to Australasian bitterns in New Zealand wetlands. His cinematography has been featured in award-winning documentaries and international conservation campaigns.
