Discover Top Production Companies in Hayward, California, USA

I'm a documentary filmmaker with 9 years of experience in producing, filming, and editing for media organizations and businesses. My career started in a newsroom in Sacramento as part of their special projects unit. I now own a production company and have worked to create docs, and other forms of video content for nationally recognized brands and TV networks like Footlocker, Nike, Adidas, VICE, AJ+, Bloomberg, Weather Channel, ATTN, MSNBC, and HEARST. My documentaries range in focus from massive fire issues in California, to water rights all over the U.S. I've earned 9x regional Emmy awards, a Cronkite, an Edward R Murrow award, and my cinematography is featured in Ron Howard’s latest film with National Geographic, “Re-building Paradise".

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Hello! I've been a filmmaker for 7 years, running a small production company in the SF Bay Area. I've had the honor to film projects all over the world (South Sudan, Laos, Honduras, just to name a few). I am passionate about telling compelling stories in a way to really connects with the audience. Currently my largest finished project is a short documentary about micro-lot coffee farmers in Honduras. It has been shown around the world and has garnered three film festival awards. This film was a personal project that I used to learn all the aspects of filmmaking, so I did all aspects of the film and it was a great learning experience! My favorite projects are ones where I get to be involved in the strategy and development phase and when I get to travel.

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Emily Fraser is an Oakland based documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. Her work has screened at Doc NYC, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, LUNAFEST, the International Wildlife Film Festival, and the Pacific Film Archive, among others. She also teaches film production and eco cinema classes at Santa Clara University and California College of the Arts. In a previous life, she worked as an environmental consultant, focusing on projects in conservation, resource management, and alternative energy. Emily holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental policy and art/architecture from the College of William and Mary and an M.F.A in Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University. She shoots primarily on a C300mii.

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Emmy Award winning Bay Area / Sac based DP, camera operator, FAA certified drone operator and sound recordist with over 20 years experience. Owner of a Sony FX9, FX3, Canon C300 Mark II, Blackmagic Pocket 6K, Phantom 4 drone, 1080 HD Sony PMW-500 XDcam, Sound Devices 664 audio mixer / recorder with Lectrosonics 411a Series lavs. News, corporate, documentaries are his specialties with clients such as The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Late Show with David Letterman, CNN, MSNBC, ESPN, MLBtv, Bloomberg TV, The History Channel, PBS etc. Based out of Sacramento and serving the Bay Area and Los Angeles, Felix has full audio and video gear available on request: (c-stands, HMI's, LED's, silk scrims, light kits, Dana Dolly, booms)

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For over 10 years I have learned the ins and outs of both large and small scale video production through hard work and hands-on experience. I have built a television studio from scratch, created an entire video department from the ground up, acted as company-wide video quality control, and have seen through the creation of shows from start to finish. I have worked for startups, large corporations and for myself as a freelancer. I know what it takes to get a video production completed with the highest standards while not going overboard with budget and concept. Most importantly, I know how to delegate and use an individual’s strengths to the group’s advantage.

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Hello, I am a documentary filmmaker, sound recordist, and video producer based in the Bay Area. In a former life I was a Multimedia Producer with KQED/PBS Digital Studios of the Emmy Award winning series ART SCHOOL. Since then, I have formed my own production company MIND•SPACE•TIME that has created short-form video stories in partnership with NY Times, PBS NewsHour, AJ+, Southern Documentary Fund, to name a few. My own documentary films have won awards and screened at many prestigious film festivals around the world including DocLisboa, BFI London Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, European Media Art Festival, and many more.

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A graduate of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a focus in Directing and Producing, Robert Wagner has been making films since the age of eleven. He's had the privilege of working under some of the most successful creators in feature films and commercials on high-profile projects such as Horrible Bosses (New Line Cinema), Tower Heist (NBC Universal) in addition to numerous national commercial campaigns (GEICO, Nike, Quickbooks, Nissan). Obsessed with the truth in narrative, he believes that everyone has a story to tell. At the core of his work is an intense motivation to tell stories that remind us all of the humanity we share.

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Since 2009, James Hall has shot and edited deeply human short films for clients such as National Geographic, TIME, VICE News, People & Power, Al Jazeera America, AJ+, 60 Second Docs and others. Along with being reliable and skilled with the camera, sound, directing and producing, and editing, his greatest strengths lie in his interpersonal skills, always making real connections with both subjects and crew, and his knack at improvising creative solutions on the fly. He began his career in 2003 as a photojournalist, and is based in the Bay Area, CA and frequently takes on international projects.

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San Jose, California native Mario Glaviano graduated with honors from the Television, Film, and New Media program at San Diego State University in 2010, where he focused on directing and cinematography. He currently lives in Oakland working as a cinematographer, video editor, and sound recordist who specializes in documentary storytelling, brand films, corporate videos, and event videography. He is the founder and lead cinematographer of his video production company The Documentarists. He is a Canon C70 and C200 owner/operator.

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Jake Willers is a DP and Producer. He has traveled to 38 countries and filmed in some of the most inhospitable places on earth. Jake has made 30 wildlife shows, which have enjoyed success in 147 countries and been translated into 25 languages, working with channels including National Geographic Channel International, Nat Geo Wild, Animal Planet, and Channel FIVE, UK. In 2007 Jake moved to the US and formed NineCaribou Productions, LLC which caters for a range of clients including BBC, VICE News, Gold Rush, Discovery, Nat Geo, Animal Planet, NBC Sports, A&E, CNN, CBS, ABC and many others.

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Jes Gallegos is a cinematographer, producer, director, editor and documentary filmmaker based in San Francisco, California. They specializes in cinéma vérité with large camera set ups big and small and complex interview lighting. They have collaborated across media platforms for many of the world's leading brands such as Google, Dropbox, Salesforce, Shopify, Airbnb, Dow Jones among many others. In their free time, they organize Rock Paper Film Society, a Bay Area women/non-binary folks in film with over 2,000+ members.

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full-video services which mean I have all the elements in-house and all the right people on the team to handle the project from start to finish. The Creative: We figure out exactly how to convey the value of your VIDEO so your audience can understand it, a plan for what resources we’ll need to achieve it. Production: crew up with talented and amazing people in our vast network of filmmakers, scout the best places to set your story, and then we shoot, using the professional gear to fit your standards

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I am a Mexican-American filmmaker and photographer from Eagle River, Alaska. I'm currently based in San Francisco. I started my career working on major motion pictures for Marvel, Warner Brothers, HBO, and numerous other studios. From there, I turned his attention to the commercial world where he worked as a commercial producer for many of the world's largest brands. More recently, I've shifted my focus towards work that aligns with his values, including socially conscious films and photography projects all around the world.

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Mineko Brand has a background in Journalism and Anthropology, and has been working in various facets of video production since 2011. She has worked with public media entities such as SF Public Press and Amnesty International, reporting and taking photos, but specializes in creative short-form video, documentary and interviews. She is currently on the final stages of working on a feature length documentary about avant-garde choreographer and artist, Ed Mock. Unstoppable Feat; the dances of Ed Mock will be screening at Frameline, San Francisco's international LGBTQ film festival.

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I own a production company in Sacramento, California called The Film Squad. It has been successful since 2014, but once COVID hit, everything went dark. I can both film individually or I can bring a team. I own a RED Scarlet-W, multiple Canon C100s, a Sony A7iii, and several other cameras. I'm a writer, director, and producer of feature films. I made an award-winning feature film called, Ru, in 2013, and I produced an award-winning documentary called, Becoming Incurable, in 2020. My film website is www.jeffthehapa.com

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I'm a Director/Producer based in Los Angeles. I've worked with incredible clients including: Netflix, Google, the United Nations, Uber, Stanford, NIO, and VICE. I believe in the power of storytelling and am passionate that documentaries can inspire empathy. I love producing content for people who are passionate about their work / about the idea they are trying to convey. Let's create something beautiful together.

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All The Way Around is a full service insured film and video production company creating award winning stories and content. Working on narrative and documentary features, branded content, and video media for the political space we pride ourselves on being able to tell the types of stories for the screen that move audiences across multiple formats.

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I'm a documentary and commercial film director, DP, and editor based out of Northern California. Projects I've directed have been Emmy nominated, Oscar shortlisted and have won awards at SXSW and other festivals. I create doc-style content for brands, nonprofits, political PACS, and organizations with stories to tell.

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I'm an independent producer/ director/ editor and writer. My background is in journalism and documentary film but I have many years of experience working as a TV producer and shooter. I also produce, shoot and edit videos for corporate and nonprofit clients. I also have a food blog (delicioustings.com) for which I write and produce original video content.

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I am a cinematographer. I studied journalism at Seattle University and cinematography at Brooks Institute of Film & Photography in Santa Barbara. Since then, I’ve worked on documentaries, commercial productions and short films. I currently work as a freelance cinematographer and as an associate producer with Filmless. You can find me on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Or send me an email.

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