Gina Poole is a photographer and filmmaker based in Ketchum, Idaho, known for her conservation-focused work. She has contributed to major documentaries for National Geographic and PBS, collaborating with her husband, Emmy-winning cinematographer Bob Poole.
Her credits include serving as field producer & additional camera on Man Among Cheetahs for Nat Geo Wild’s Big Cat Week and field producer and associate producer on PBS Nature’s Running with the Beest, a 2022 feature documenting Kenya’s great wildebeest migration. Poole also played a key role in Little Giant, field producing and filming a National Geographic documentary after discovering the newborn elephant calf featured in the story. The film opened the 2016 Sun Valley Film Festival. Gina has also documented wildlife research and conservation efforts in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, one of Africa’s most celebrated ecological recovery stories for the PBS/National Geographic series, Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise.
Poole’s most recent film Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants, for PBS Nature and Blue Ant Media/Love Nature was filmed in Amboseli National Park and Kimana Sanctuary, Kenya. She co-produced, field produced, and did location sound and additional photography for the film that features three male super-tuskers.
Gina’s wildlife photography has appeared in National Geographic and numerous conservation-focused publications. Her work emphasizes intimate, field-based storytelling that highlights the beauty—and vulnerability—of animals in the wild.