Kamal S. Prasad
Born in the Fiji Islands, Kamal grew up speaking Hindi and English. Growing up, he often spent school holidays on relatives’ farms where he developed an appreciation for nature.
Kamal became interested in filmmaking in 2009. At the same time, he became a vegan for environmental reasons. Seeing a lack of media about how breeding animals for humans negatively affects the environment, he decided to use what he was learning about videography and editing to create short videos on the relationship between animal agriculture and the environment.
This led to him partnering with co-directors Kip Anderson and Keegan Kuhn to do some videography for the groundbreaking documentary, Cowspiracy.
In addition to his own videos, he’s done short films for Factory Farming Awareness Coalition, United Poultry Concerns, and Compassionate Living.
Kamal is also the creator of Angry Vegan Sock Puppet, a tongue-in-cheek take on the passionate and intense vegan activist that most people imagine when they think of an animal rights activist.
A strong proponent of the power of films, he founded Vegan Filmmakers, to help vegans find each other for collaborative, pro-animal film projects.
Kamal believes the time is ripe for a documentary like A Day in the Life… People are waking up to the facts about the destruction animal agriculture causes to the planet, new plant-based foods products are on the rise, and many people are already cutting animal products from their diet. He thinks this film could help tip someone on the fence about going 100% plant-based and will add to the critical mass we need to save the planet, animals, and humans.
Kamal loves learning about diverse cultures and places, and loves traveling having visited Australia, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, among others. He currently resides in northern California.