Maia Wikler (Director) is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Ecology at the University of Victoria, as well as a writer and filmmaker. Her reporting appears in Teen Vogue, VICE, Vogue, Atmos, High Country News, and Canada’s National Observer, among many others. In 2020, she was selected as a National Geographic Explorer. Maia’s directorial debut, the short documentary Walking Two Worlds, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2022. Maia was recently selected for the 2024 Woodstock Filmmakers Residency to work on Wild East.
