Discover Top Freelancers in Brussels, Belgium

Passionate about global issues such as climate change, access to education and humanitarian intervention, Thomas combines his skills in filmmaking with academic knowledge and journalism training to tell stories that matter in an engaging yet nuanced fashion. His masters in international development is the breeding ground for his focus on the non-for-profit and public institutional sector. More than an agile filmmaker, his analytical mind is a great tool to convey complex issues onto the screen. Besides his work as a producer, director and DOP, he continues to work as a documentary photographer and expedition leader in remote places.

• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Production Company
• Production Assistant
• Fixer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Portrait Photographer
• Event Photographer
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Corporate Videographer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Colorist
• Fashion Photographer

I'm an independent journalist from India currently based in Brussels, covering migration, human rights and foreign affairs. My work can be seen in Al Jazeera English, Deutsche Welle, The South China Morning Post, BBC Travel, Lighthouse Reports, and others. Outside a newsroom, you will find me rambling along mountains or scuba diving. Dance, music and exploring different forms of street art are other passions.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Senior Editor

Hello! I'm an awarded filmmaker with +10 years of experience in the film industry, creative documentary, social media content, and advertising. I have important experience as director of photography, documentary filmmaker, and film director. I am skilled at working alone with my own equipment, as well as directin a film crew. My passion for traveling and my career has taken me to study, live and work in different countries in Latin America and Europe, which allowed me to learn from different cultures, languages, and methods of creating stories, therefore I became a creative filmmaker able to adapt to diverse situations and stories, skilled in teamworking, image design, and storytelling. My most recent work experience involved creating a micro-documentary channel for the digital platform so.fa.dog, as well as working on social impact video and communication, coupled with producing audiovisual content for European projects and organizations focused on social/digital impact.

• Production Company
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Creative Director
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Executive Producer
• Commercial DP
• Copywriter
• Production Assistant
• Colorist
• Digital Content Creator
• Series Producer / Show Runner

A Short Bio Ambassador Andebrhan Welde Giorgis is President of Eri-Platform (EP), an international civil society association working to promote rule of law, human rights, and democracy via inclusive dialogue in the Diaspora communities and via online channels and discreet communication in Eritrea. Andebrhan served as President of the University of Asmera, Governor of the Bank of Eritrea, Member of the Eritrean National Assembly, Eritrea’s Ambassador to the EU and several EU Member States (including Spain), Permanent Representative to UNESCO and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Special Envoy to the African Great Lakes Region, and Commissioner for Coordination with the UN Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia. He has extensive experience as a freedom fighter, diplomat, academic, international negotiator, mediator and senior consultant. He is a founding Board member of the European Centre for Electoral Support, Senior Expert in the Global Governance Institute and Brand Ambassador of Wallonia, Belgium. He is also a senior research fellow in the Department of International and European Law at the Free University of Brussels. Andebrhan has taught management, economics, African politics, diplomacy and international negotiations; worked as Senior Advisor for the International Crisis Group’s (ICG) Africa Programme; and advised the European Commission in the Preparation of the EU Strategy for the Horn of Africa. Educated at the University of Colorado and Harvard University, he has published numerous articles and a widely acclaimed book, Eritrea at a Crossroads: A Narrative of Triumph, Betrayal and Hope, whose theme is self-determination, nation building, state construction, democratic governance and sustainable development in Africa and Eritrea.

• Field Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Executive Producer

Roxi Pop is a Romanian photographer currently based in Antwerp, Belgium. She is available for assignments anywhere in Belgium and the neighbouring countries: Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Germany. She studied photojournalism with a Fulbright Scholarship in United States and graduated with an MA in Journalism from the University of Missouri. Her master project is about the first life-style gated community in United States. In 2015, Roxi moved back to Romania, launching her career as freelance photographer. She founded the first documentary photo festival, a photo collective and annual photographers gathering. Because she had different visions about the future of documentary photography and team work, she felt forced to leave the organisation. Since then she works as a full-time freelancer and started B Pop Media, a multimedia company, together with her partner Tomas Bachot. Her work was published in: U.S: Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, Contrast VR - AJ, The New Yorker, AARP, NPR, Al Jazeera America, PDN, Foto Room, The Virginian-Pilot Romania: DoR, Vice Romania, Dilema Veche, Scena 9 Commercial clients: The Embassy of Belgian in Romania, Dove, Getty, Airbnb, Cluj Design Days, Flux Project, The Paintbrush Factory, Somes Delivery, Cluj Cultural Center, Cinema Arta

• Documentary DP
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Audio Storyteller
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Company
• Portrait Photographer

Annick Donkers is a photographer and visual artist from Antwerp, Belgium. She has experience in photojournalism, documentary and portrait photography. She has a Masters’ degree in Psychology, but decided to specialize in photography, her real passion. She has received a grant from the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2008 and was selected to participate in the 2008 Seminar on Contemporary Photography at the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City. Her work has been published and exhibited internationally. She has won several awards including at the Sony Awards, IPA awards and Px3 Prix de la Photo. She is publishing her first photobook “Un-identified”, result of the “Incubadora de fotolibros” workshop in collaboration with HYDRA in Mexico City. She currently lives between Antwerp and Mexico City.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Portrait Photographer
• Event Photographer
• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist

As I child, I couldn't do otherwise than live my life like a movie, create my own world. Now, I got the ability to translate my feelings through motion picture. I love every project I work on, light is such a beautiful thing to contemplate and to work with, it creates the right atmosphere for the right content. I am lucky enough to live my passion. I always want to aim higher, to take risks to get the right picture. I have been following my dream since 2011, butI started my own company in 2015. My experience is wild, as my clients. Porsche, IKEA, NESTLE, Moet & Chandon, these are a few examples of many of my cliens. I own a lot of gear, professional stuff, from the camera to the cinema lens, from the stand to the HMI light. Please check my website to see my work.

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

Niki is a multimedia journalist based in Brussels. She worked for Voice of America in Washington, D.C. where shot, produced and edited TV packages, web videos and written feature stories. Her stories include features and news reports on DC movements related the immigration and refugees, among other subjects. Niki has also reported international feature stories from Valencia, Spain and local news stories from Virginia.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Production Assistant
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer

I'm a freelance video producer and journalist based in Brussels, Belgium. I’ve produced video, multimedia and written content from South Sudan, Sierra Leone and Bosnia & Herzegovina on behalf of Doctors Without Borders. I’m also a former producer for original content (covering Europe and sub-Saharan Africa) for Al Jazeera's AJ+, where I helped craft stories on everything from education among nomadic Russian reindeer herders to desperate hunger in far north Cameroon.

• Documentary DP
• Reporter / Journalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Post-Production Manager
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Field Producer
• Social Media Producer
• Content Strategist
• Executive Producer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Copywriter

Skilled documentary, news, and corporate cameraman and video editor with extensive experience. Dedicated years of service to a prominent public broadcaster. Captured diverse independent projects across Myanmar, India, Rwanda, Congo, and Israel/Palestine. Proficient in editing using Adobe Premiere and Avid Media Composer. Fluent in English and Dutch, with a strong comprehension of German and French.

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Drone Operator
• Corporate Videographer

Award-winning filmmaker and producer, with a vast experience in TV and Advertising. I have produced/directed shows for Eurosport, UEFA, FIFA, Netflix, Channel 4, BBC and TV5, amongst others. I own IN Visuals BV/SRL, a boutique production company specialised in creative and production services for international clients. We're based in Belgium, but work all over Europe.

• Line Producer / On-Location
• Production Company
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer
• Drone Operator
• Translator
• Field Producer
• Production Coordinator / Crewing

Essentially nomad, I have been working as a photographer in 20+ countries where I have travelled or lived in since my studies in journalism and international relations. More recently, I have shifted to video shooting/editing and news production. My knowledge of 6 languages allows me to work as a translator and interpreter on field.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Social Media Producer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - News
• Digital Content Creator
• Translator
• Reporter / Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Field Producer
• Drone Operator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Assistant
• Fixer

I have a long experience in the audiovisual as an editor, director, field producer and cinematographer. I can easily manage the production, shooting and editing of documentary or journalistic videos. For my complete filmography, the equipment supplied and access to my works on vimeo, consult my website. www.mattiapetulla.com

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Colorist
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Fashion Photographer

Yousef has been working in the Gaza film, television and media industry since 1999. As an in-house employee of Ramattan Studios he produced and shot documentaries and short films for BBC, CNN, Aljazeera, MBC and NHK. He produced such award winning films as “To my father” (45 min), first prize winner in the Yamagata film festival, Japan, 2007; the docudrama/historical episode “Passengers over Gaza Skin,” 2006, and the short fiction film “Mashoo Matok” (35 min), directed by Khalil Elmozayen, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival, 2010. Yousef is a professional in all aspects of filmmaking – directing, editing, cinematography, sound and lighting – and is currently the in-house producer, director and cameraman for Kanaan Productions. Yousef has an excellent sense of storytelling, a great eye for the aesthetics, and the expertise to work out all logistical elements in producing the feature film “Gaza Airport.”

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• Fixer
• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• TV News Producer

Berber Verpoest is a journalist and documentary filmmaker with over 10 years of experience. His work has appeared on VRT, VICE, De Correspondent, De Standaard, AJ+, MO, Apache, NPO1, and Al Arabiya, among others. He combines in-depth investigative work with powerful human stories. Berber has collected stories in Europe, Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. He delves into various political and socio-economic themes, from climate and education to human rights. Berber films, edits, writes and researches. He realizes solo productions from A to Z but also enjoys working in teams. From 2015 to 2019 he was a lecturer in (video) journalism and storytelling at the Artevelde College University in Ghent. Today he concentrates entirely on his own work. In 2010 he won the prestigious De Loep, for young investigative journalists. For the documentary Home he received the Emerging Director Award of the Al Ard Film Festival in 2017. His documentary Beyond The Wall was a finalist at the Dig Awards Film Festival in 2016. He lives in Ghent, Belgium.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Better known as Brusselsgeek, Jennifer has been a journalist in print, radio and television for 20 years, the last 10+ specialising in EU policy. Regularly listed as one of the top influencers in the EU bubble, Jennifer was awarded #1 Tech Influencer 2019 by ZN, was listed by Politico as one of the Top 20 Women Shaping Brussels in 2017, and was named by Onalytica as one of the world's Top 100 Influencers on Data Security 2016. She is also a GLG expert Council Member providing advice on EU Policy, and was an original member of the Expert Council of the Good Technology Collective. She regularly features as an EU expert on BBC radio, Euronews, SkyNews and others, and hosts Brussels’ must-watch weekly roundup show TOTW for Euractiv. From editing a national daily paper in Malta, to reporting on European affairs for Middle Eastern television, she has worked across a wide range of media, and has a wealth of experience in navigating the political quagmire of the EU. As well as an address book packed with insider sources and contacts in Brussels, Jennifer is skilled at translating EU policy-speak into understandable English. She has written for some of the biggest names in media, including ArsTechnica, NBC, TheNextWeb, and The Irish Times. For more information please see: linkedin.com/in/brusselsgeek wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Baker_(journalist)

• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Influencer

Thibault was born in 1991 in Italy. He lived in Rome, in The Netherlands and in Belgium. Over the years he became passionate about images, photography, cinema, people, adventures, contacts, places. His sensitivity expresses itself in the pictures he takes and in the movies he makes. Inspired from important Masters such as Jacques Tati, his sense of humor appears as “light touches” in all his works.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Sound Mixer
• Colorist
• Sound Designer
• Post-Production Manager
• Fixer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Drone Operator
• Field Producer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture

Wouter Elsen studied journalism and international cooperation north-south in Belgium. He lived and worked in Senegal and moved to Burkina Faso in 2015. He has been working as a freelance video creator for UNHCR Burkina Faso, Vlaamse Radio & Televisie and as a photographer for European Pressphoto Agency. He is available for both journalistic as creative assignments.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer
• Sound Mixer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Commercial DP
• Production Assistant

Freelance journalist with 10 years experience - Focus in international politics and conflicts, human rights (racism, women’s rights), Brazilian and Spanish (particularly Basque/Catalan) politics, minority issues, and the intersection of tech and politics/human rights. I also write about culture (particularly Latin culture), music, environmental issues, literature and economy/finance.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist

TV journalist with more than 10 years of experience covering international politics, economics, and culture news. Always keen to explore new fields, while producing factual, ethical, and insightful pieces.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist