Adrienne Ciuffo, producer and writer of Waking the Baby Mammoth, is an award-winning filmmaker who has been creating nature and adventure films for decades. She launched her career in film at National Geographic Television, heading up research and development for the weekly magazine Explorer. Since going independent in 1990, she has travelled from the jungles of Chiapas to the tundra of Siberia, producing high-profile films for clients such as National Geographic, Discovery Channel, France Television and NHK, among others. In 2000, Ciuffo created the San Francisco-based production company Woollyworks.