Gopi is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and journalist whose work lies at the intersection of politics, culture, and climate. Her recent projects include a National Geographic You Tube series on Indigenous ocean stewardship with Iranian-American underwater storyteller Shireen Rahimi.
She’s also produced for CNN Originals celebrating New Orleans twenty years after Katrina, and Electable, a feature documentary off the heels of Zohran Mamdani’s historic NYC mayoral win - tracing the rise of South Asian Americans in U.S. politics.
Gopi has filmed with Lakota leaders in the Black Hills for CNN’s United Shades of America, investigated Sinaloa cartel’s trafficking networks for National Geographic’s Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller, followed women journalists on the campaign trail for HBO Max, and explored Indigenous foodways for Hulu’s Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi.
Gopi has directed for National Geographic’s flagship Explorer series, uncovering environmental crimes in Cambodia, ancient geoglyphs in Peru, and unconventional conservation stories in Australia with saltwater crocodiles. She has also produced segments with Ava DuVernay, Aziz Ansari, and Lupita Nyong’o, filmed with former warlords in Nigeria and profiled the healing aspects of Burning Man. She’s reported on the refugee crisis, police brutality, the frontlines of climate change.
An avid adventurer, Gopi has dived among Cuba’s coral reefs, trekked the Himalayas, and explored the ancient worlds of Machu Picchu, Angkor Wat, and Easter Island. She holds a Master’s in Documentary Film from the University of London, Goldsmiths, and a Bachelor’s in Islamic and Hindu Studies from George Washington University.
