Discover Top Documentary DPs in Bangkok, Thailand

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CHANANUN CHOTRUNGROJ is an award-winning filmmaker and artist based in New York City and Bangkok. Chananun recently shot the feature film “Karaoke Girl,” as co-director of photography with Sandi Sissel which premiered at the 2012 Rotterdam Film Festival. She was an Artist-in-Residence at the Korean National Contemporary Art Museum in Seoul and her photography and installations have been exhibited in Bangkok, Seoul, and Beijing. She received “Best Cinematography” for her first short film, “Sink,” at the 2010 Singapore Short Film Awards, “Best Director” forshort film “ Home Coming” at the 2011 Fusion Film Festival “Best Cinematography” for “Karaoke Girl”at Bangkok Critics Assembly Awards 2014 and “Best Cinematography” from Starpics Thai Film Awards 2014. Her latest works include the feature film “Yosemite,” featuring James Franco and Henry Hopper premiere at Slamdance Film festival 2015. The same year, other of her work "Lerato" got selected in competition at SXSW 2015. She is currently

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Ratchada Chitrada is a senior producer with AsiaWorks Television based in Bangkok. She started her journalism career with the BBC’s IndoChina Bureau in 1997 and joined AsiaWorks Television as a producer two years later. She has produced segments and programs for international broadcasters including CNBC Asia, BBC, Ch4 UK, ABC, ABC Australia, Al Jazeera English, CNN, CBS News, and many others. In 2007, she produced a half hour documentary on human trafficking in Asia Pacific region for MTV EXIT Foundation. She also co-produced a four part documentary series for National Geographic Channel about wildlife trafficking in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. She produced a six part documentary series in Burma, The New Myanmar series aired in March 2013 on Channel News Asia. She recently, produced a short documentary, A Killing fever, a story about dengue and its devastating impact families in Thailand and USAID: Counting Carbon: From Mangroves to Mountain Tops video in 2015.

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As a two-time Emmy Award-nominated content creator for my work with Alchemy Immersive on Micro Monsters with David Attenborough and Kingdom of Plants along with his multiple 3D Awards, Al Caudullo has utilized his 39-plus years of video production experience as a foundation for immersive image capture and storytelling. Ian G. Saunders, Creative Director, The Gates Notes, said, "...His vast experience at every level of execution, from concept to post-delivery, makes Al the ideal partner for anyone seeking to enter the 360° or VR space. I'm pleased that I got to work with him to see the magic in action. Even beyond all the tools and the know-how, I would most of all recommend Al because he is a pleasure to work with." - Immersive Storyteller, Teacher, Tech Journalist Al is a triple threat of talent and innovation. His in-demand creative production adventures have taken him around the world to the farthest reaches. The Gobi Desert, Mongolia, China, Europe, Australia, and the USA are some places he has been called on to design innovative immersive productions. Here are a few of the references from his over 1000 clients over the years. "Al is one of the pioneers in the 3D production space. I have had the pleasure of working with him on many 3D documentaries as a distributor. The success that his films have had and continue to have with content buyers from all over the world shows that Al's work is of high quality, both on a storytelling and a technical level. We look forward to working with him in the future on more 3D projects." - Torsten Hoffman, CEO, 3D Content Hub "Al is one of the most technical savvy guys in 3D that I know. His knowledge is undoubted, and one of the first guys in Asia to be able to build his own 3D rig, successfully edit and grade. As this is such a young technology at this point, Al's understanding of the format and his ability to translate that to functioning equipment is second to none." - Ric Lawes, Owner, Location Thailand Ltd. "Al is a 3D evangelist. His passion and unsurpassed drive contribute immensely to the entire 3D community." - Sandy Climan, CEO, 3ality Digital Studios "3doo is very excited to collaborate with one of the true visionaries of 3-D entertainment, with global reach. Al Caudullo combines a vast body of technical knowledge, peerless experience, and pure passion for 3D to attract countless viewers from every corner of the globe."- Ingo Nadler, President, 3doo, Inc. "On set and in post-production, Al's expansive knowledge and professionalism contributed greatly to the ultimate success of this project. I would highly recommend Al Caudullo and Explore 360 for any video production that you have and most certainly for any 360 video shoot." - Jordan Gross, Channel Lead, Livewire Communications, Inc.

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Based in Asia for over 20 years, he specialises in Portraits, documentary work and short films. Cedric has photographed royals, actors and politicians in the studio and on location. He has over 15 years experience organising shoots in the region, with his vast network of highly professional, lighting crews, sound crews, logistics, talents, producers… He is equally at ease working alone in remote areas or with a team of creatives and a lighting crew, and is a Fluent French, English and a Thai speaker. His short films and personal work are regularly on show in museums. Commercial clients : Samsung, Canon, Random House, Toyota, Penguin Books, Rotary International, The United Nations, L’Oreal, Sofitel, McCann Erickson, Lafarge, Cartier, Thai Airways, National Geographic Channel, McAfee. Editorial Clients : Sunday Times Magazine, Le Monde, Time Magazine, Geo, Newsweek, Washington Post, Monocle, Travel & Leisure, Conde Nast Traveller, GQ, Marie Claire, Bon Appetit, , Wall Street Journal,

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Mailee Osten-Tan is a Malaysian-German and British multimedia journalist based in Bangkok, Thailand. Mailee’s work often focuses on long form, human-led storytelling that intersects with gender and minority issues. Her reporting has been commissioned by the likes of CNN, Longreads, South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera, and VICE World News. As a stringer for Getty Images and freelance photojournalist, her work has appeared in The New York Times, Der Spiegel, NBC News, and elsewhere. She is a producer for Human Pictures and Ruom Collective, a member of both Women Photograph and Diversify Photo “Up Next”, and participated in the Eddie Adams Workshop and Missouri Photo Workshop in 2022. Mailee also directs multimedia projects for third sector organisations in the Southeast Asia region. Clients have included the UN Development Programme, UNFPA, Asian Development Bank, World Health Organisation, UN Women, FHI 360, UN ESCAP, World Vision, and Pratthanadee Foundation.

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Freelance journalist, documentary producer, and director, founder at Fat Stone Films, a Bangkok-based creative film house. I am a Bangkok-based documentary filmmaker with a focus on investigation, female stories, and the drivers of social change in Southeast Asia. My work is characterized by human connection and empathy, with a focus on outliers and the marginalized in Southeast Asia, and is carried out with meticulous research, teamwork, and a creative reflex. My films have aired on Canal+France, MyCanal, Vice America, Vice Asia, Al-Jazeera 101 East, and Channel News Asia's 'Undercover Asia. She has also worked on a travel show with Veronica TV and a documentary for Arte France. I have also served as a juror for the International Bangkok Documentary Award 2020-2022 and the One World Media Award 2021 UK. 2022-2023 Berlinale-EFM program- Toolbox Aluni 2022 Dok Leipzig Germany - EFM program-international delegations. My documentaries are for example... An investigation into human trafficking and labor abuses inside Thailand’s notorious fishing industry broadcasted on Canal+France, MyCanal, Vice America, Vice Asia, Exclusive access to one of the world’s most notorious passport forgers, as he speaks to us from inside the prison walls in Thailand Al-Jazeera 101 East, and Channel News Asia's 'Undercover Asia. Thailand’s notorious sex industry - from Bangkok to the world’s biggest sex resort of Pattaya- to see how the pandemic and technology have irrevocably changed the oldest business in the world, co-produced with the GO3 Latvian OTT platform.

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Chin is a native Bangkoker from Thailand. After he got a bachelor's degree in the Performing Arts. He started his film career as an actor and also worked as a cable guy on set until he became a Commercial film director. After living as a backpacker and filmmaker, he moved to New York and started bartending to connect himself with New Yorkers in 2006. He was awarded a full scholarship from the graduate film at Tisch, New York University and a scholarship from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Now He is currently working as a film professor and film director in Bangkok, Thailand. He also works as a Bangkok playground manager for shnit international short film festival (A global film festival from Switzerland)

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EDUCATION B.A. Communication Art & Design (1998-2001) King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang,Bangkok MPS. Fashion Photography (2008-2010) School of visual arts,New York. Continues Education Directing (2008-2009) School of visual arts ,New York. WORK EXPERIENCE Director (2015-Present) DYLAN Films. Director (2012-2014) MU-AN JA-I production house. Director (20011-2012) Freelance in THAILAND. Director (2008-2010) Freelance in New York. Assistance Director (2005-2007) Goodboy’z House production. Assistance Director(2003-2005) Oomba Oomba production house. Art Director(2001-2002) Single mild Advertising agency. Clients: Samsung,Oppo,Sony,Panasonic,Canon,Toyota,Sharp,Olay,Nivea,Maybelline New york,Biore,Smirnoff,Vogue.

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I am a Director, Director of Photography, and Editor with 16-plus years of experience producing branded content, corporate videos, news, and documentaries. My wide range of skills allows me to help my clients focus their message and communicate effectively to their target audience, all the way from initial concept to end credits, and everything in between. I have worked with some of the biggest NGOs, brands, and broadcasters in the world, including Rolls Royce, Visa, Netflix, Alibaba, JD.com, WHO, UNAIDS, A21, BBC, Bloomberg, CNN and more. Having worked in Asia for nearly 10-years, I am able to help clients navigate the local cultural and production environments throughout the region I am currently based out of Bangkok, Thailand.

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Gigi is an Italian born documentary Producer/Director from Milan now based in Bangkok. In recent years he has produced several short form documentaries, which have been screened at over a hundred festivals globally and won over 25 awards. Gigi is specialized in character driven observational documentaries. His work normally features very intimate access to the lead characters and very gentle camera work. Having produced films in Burma, Vietnam and Thailand, he is a specialist of the Southeast Asian region. His most recent work has taken him to Ecuador and to Burkina Faso where he produced “Rachel’s HIV Revolution” for Al-Jazeera Witness. He is currently finalising a feature documentary about the creation of a health system by the ethic minorities in the remote Burma.

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I have extensive experience in all aspects of video production including camera work, video editing, directing, producing, interviewing, live sound capture and drone piloting. I have supplied video content ranging from corporate function, documentary, wedding, advertising, social media content, travel and more. These days I tend to focus mainly on cinematography. My clients include Vice.com, Biotherm, Singh Corp, Jet Li, Maggi Sauce, The Marriott and Renaissance Hotels just mention a few. My profession has been learnt on the job with minimal formal education. I studied business, art and design and photography at college and have since switched over to video production. I am a highly skilled time lapse and hyper lapse photographer.

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Mark Dobbin ACS is an award-winning freelance Director of Photography with more than 20 years’ experience filming around the world. Currently based in Thailand, Mark’s craft as a cameraman has seen him based in Australia, the United Kingdom, London, and China. He has wide experience in all genres of television but shines with long form documentaries. He has earned accolades for his work in the cut-and-thrust world of breaking news and is also renowned as an editor. The highlights of his experience include filming the Beijing Olympics, Chengdu Earthquake, the Japanese Tsunami and the 2008 Obama Presidential elections. In recent years he has travelled on assignment to Easter Island, Madagascar , East Timor , Mongolia , Japan and North Korea.

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KC Ortiz is an award winning photojournalist who focuses on under reported stories and is based in Bangkok, Thailand. His work has appeared in Al Jazeera, The Diplomat, Global Post, The Guardian, Newsweek, Time, New York Times, The Times, Vice, and others. His photography has been exhibited across the globe, showing at The Frontline Club (UK), Known Gallery (USA), The Newseum (USA), National Museum of Mexican Arts (USA), The Station Museum for Contemporary Arts (USA), and others. In 2010 KC was awarded first place by Pictures of the Year International in the Feature category for his work on the Hmong living on the run in Laos. In 2014 KC also began work as a presenter for Vice News on the political crisis in Thailand.

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Josh Kim is a Korean-American filmmaker whose debut feature, How to Win at Checkers (Every Time), premiered in the Berlinale Panorama in 2015. It was selected as the Thai entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. Born in Texas, Kim started production as an intern at NPR in Washington DC and later moved to CNN in Hong Kong. In 2010, he worked as an Associate Producer on the Korean remake of John Woo's A Better Tomorrow and has since directed videos for Google, The Wall Street Journal and Elite Models. Recently, he founded a micro-documentary web-series project called Google Glass Diaries which documents the lives of people around the world through their own POV.

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An open minded but focused, passionate and creative person. Excellent observation power to visualize the concept. Good knowledge in all technical and production work of a media productions. Starting from 2008, I have been working for more than 13 years without an employment gap. As an experienced director, video camera man, video editor my tenacious and proactive approach resulted in the balance of project budget as minimal as possible when the project successfully ended. My skills of making creative TVC, documentary, news or film become faster and better in quality in time.

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A multi-talented Bangkok based filmmaker available either as DP, Aerial DP, drone pilot, MoVI operator, focus puller, camera mechanic and head technician. Andrii dedicated to the camera department, it's his roots and he actively sharing experience with a close-knit community of local camera assistants, operators, and DPs. He specializing in high-end industry-standard cameras, lenses, and support equipment provided by the best rental houses in Thailand at the most competitive prices . Andrii's portfolio range includes feature films, music videos, commercials, short films and documentary making .

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Jorge is a graduate of Barcelona’s prestigious School of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts of Catalonia (ESCAC). During his years as filmmaking student he worked on international projects as Buried, Red Lights, Grand Piano or Gunman, starring international movie icons such as Robert de Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Reynolds, John Cusack, Elijah Wood, Sean Penn, Javier Bardem and Idris Elba. He later moved to Bangkok where he is based as a prolific as a freelance filmmaker, working for international non-profit organizations, ONGs, media and corporate companies such as UNDP, UN Woman, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Global Health Asia, Pepsico, or Lazada.

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I was born and raised in Westford, Massachusetts, however, my range stretches well beyond the edges of the map. As a teenager, with camera in hand, I set out to explore the globe – with a determination to follow my passion and master the art of filmmaking. Today, I work in just about any locale and take on projects worldwide. I've worked on a diversity of projects, each one capturing the essence of people and of places. My filming and editing skills are evident in my promotional videos for tourism groups, hotels and restaurants. I have also produced video content for political campaigns, magazines, small & large businesses, and non-profit organizations.

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Paul Driscoll founded Mandolin Media in 2014 and has led film, video and photo projects in the UK, SE Asia, Africa, India and the Middle East. His work has aired on national TV, screened in cinemas and featured at major events. He's won several awards for his short films and feature length documentary Nanny Culture. His main areas of interest lie in social, environmental and human-interest stories. Paul graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a BA in International Journalism. After graduating, he worked as a journalist for magazines and a broadsheet newspaper, but with an increasing interest in visual storytelling, became a full-time filmmaker and photographer in 2011.

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