Discover Top Freelancers in Japan

Irene Herrera, PhD(c) is a roving Cuban-Venezuelan documentary filmmaker. Among her non-fiction works are Kodo wa Awaseba (Gran Prix Expo Aichi Film Fest); Gaijin no Honne (2004); You Can Call Me Nikkie (2008); Women in Refugee: Stories from a Border (2009); Crossing Hispaniola (2010); Spirits to Enlightenment (2012-HotDocs) and Cracked Foundations a 28-min. documentary broadcasted on NHK World. Irene has also been an active producer and director for the Lebanon and Japan chapters of the Global Lives Project. In 2008 she was a fellow at the Flaherty Film Seminar and in 2009 a Resident Professional at the Knight Center for International Media. Her journalistic work has been published by The Japan Times, AFP, Al Jazeera Plus, CNNE, Globovision, MSNBC.com, Discovery Digital, NHK World, LinkTV, Center for Investigative Reporting and PBS Newshour. She has traveled to over 60 countries and gets by in 5 languages. For published content: https://ireneherrera.contently.com

• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Production Company
• Audio Storyteller
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator

I am documentary film camerawomen based in Germany and Japan. I work as freelancer on documentary films for television and cinema since about 19 years. I`v been working for tv channels like: ARTE, 3Sat, WDR, ZDF, ARD, MDR and production companies like: Prounen Film -filming in Europe, US and Asia about architecture, design and artists biographies. Büchner Filmproduktion for "Family Business", Michelberger Filmproduktion for his author films about toured, voodoo healing and Probsteigasse in Cologne. 2Pilots on "Remote-area" and "Warschau-Frankestein", Strandfilm - filming in Slovakia "Gypsies", Focusfilm a film about german artist Vera Lossau, Schneegans and Gemini Film for "199 little heroes". In 2020 me and my partner we set up a video production company with the name: Double Circle Tokyo. We are producing and shooting short documentaries. Since 2020 we work for remote productions which can not come to Japan to shoot.

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

I'm a freelance self-shooting producer based in Kyoto, Japan. I have been very lucky involved with various projects including commercial, journalistic, and factual content both internationally and domestically. I usually work as a one-man band for much of my career and have experience as an editorial assistant at a Newspaper in Japan. As such gave me opportunities to explore various aspects of filmmaking, I am able to act any roles when it comes to production. I am fundamentally interested in and passionate about factual content. If you have any projects along with this line, or even if it is commercial projects, feel free to let me know. Let's make it happen.

• Creative Director
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Transcriber
• Translator

Hello there! I'm a seasoned producer with a knack for crafting compelling visual experiences. With over 500 TV programs under my belt, I bring a wealth of expertise to the table. Beyond producing, I specialize in creative editing and motion graphics animation. Whether it's crafting captivating short video advertisements or creating top-notch explainer videos for companies, I excel at delivering creative and engaging content. If you're looking for someone who can bring your ideas to life and leave a lasting impression, look no further. Let's collaborate and create something truly remarkable!

• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Graphic Designer
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Social Media Producer
• Corporate Videographer
• Copy Editor

Journalist in Japan. I'm able to provide live news hits on topics related to breaking news in Japan and frequently have done so for the BBC, ABC, NHK, and other major international outlets. With a background of experience working with international media outlets such as VICE News and Japan's public broadcaster, NHK, I have the technical skill and networks here in Japan to produce documentary video packages from anywhere in Japan and the surrounding area. I speak fluent Japanese and am ready to work whenever the news breaks.

• Field Producer
• Production Company
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Drone Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

Michael Penn is a freelance video and print journalist, president of the Shingetsu News Agency in Tokyo, Japan, and author of the academic book "Japan and the War on Terror" from I. B. Tauris publishers in the UK. Penn is a native Californian who has lived in Japan since 1997.

• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

Our Tokyo based team is comprised of European and American partners servicing internationally-minded companies. Our team members span multiple continents enabling us to create content from all around the world. We have the infrastructure to support Japanese companies including translators and cultural specialists. Our team has produced thousands of online videos in various genres including gaming, documentary, lifestyle, comedy. Our experience stems from growing our own online presence in the form of YouTube channels and social media profiles, spanning a fan-base of over 1,400,000 people. We provided videos for some of the biggest brands such as Coca-Cola, Panasonic, HP, Sony, and Orange. Our experience with online video production means we are always at the cutting edge of video trends. We incorporate these into our work to new and fresh ideas to our client work. We handle all stages of planning, video production, budget allocation, and talent search. We provide the client with a finished product suited to their needs.

• Music Composer
• Sound Mixer
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• Production Company
• Post-Production Manager
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Translator

My name is Yann Moreau, i work in Japan since 15 years as professional Director / video cameraman / editor and photographer for many high end clients - Japanese or International : CNN, Mini Cooper, ESPN, Dell, Esquire, ELLE, Condenast/Vogue company; NHK world, Arte Tv Channel (France - Germany), Tv 9 (spain), JapanToday, GaijinPot, musicians, documentaries, ... Since 8 months, i am also able to shoot with my 4K camera (and Full HD of course). As video cameraman or editor: For example, i was the Japanese cameraman/DP for the Kyoto part of this documentary, in HITACHI laboratory (for Arte TV) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FswaVKoSKB8 You can see also my editing for NHK World there : Nhk World - J Design show, for exemple : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzcr00yMEjM I also worked for Vogue Italy (Behind the Scene video for Ellen Von Unwerth Shooting) and Vogue Japan (shooting of the official Vogue Ceremony "Women of the Year").

• Creative Director
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Full-Service Live Production
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

As a filmmaker, he is of the hybrid generation, having studied both today's digital cinema, which began with the release of the Canon 5DMKII in the late 2000s, and earlier film cinema. At least in the hierarchy of individual filmmakers, which is different from the studio scale, the digital cinema generation is characterized by major changes and technological innovations in cinematography, lighting, editing, sound, and mise-en-scène, and they are the generation that has glimpsed, experienced, and learned from these changes. It goes without saying that digital technology has made it possible for a small number of people to produce images with lighter equipment, higher specifications, and lower production costs, and he himself has adapted his skills to these production styles. For example, in the area of cinematography, he has experienced the flexibility of adjusting the "look" of color and contrast with the advancement of digital technology, higher resolution, slow motion, time lapse, and the diversification of camerawork with the evolution of supporting equipment such as gimbals, drones, and action cameras. In the digitalization of editing, he has been familiar with non-linear editing from the initial stages of acquiring the technology, and has mastered the technique of telling a unified meaning through a montage of short, consecutive shots, as seen in The Kikuichi Story trilogy. Unlike the film era, when much of the work of recording and processing was left to specialists, the digitization of sound has made it possible for filmmakers to perform all the processes themselves, except for composing music. The recent prosperity of royalty-free sound source sites has made it possible to create new background music and sound effects through mixing. In mise-en-scène, various visual effects can now be applied, and things can be added that were not there originally, and things can be removed that were there previously. He has experience and knowledge in all of these areas, and the comprehensive filmmaking skills he has developed over a career spanning more than a decade are reflected throughout his body of work today.

• Sound Mixer
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Makiko Segawa Producer/Fixer Japan Fixers & Journalists Network(www.jfjn.jp) Founder and director 07/2012 -Today ● Fixing media's requests and oversea companies' clients’ needs ●News producing work as a local producer, fixer, crew matching for TVs, Radio and magazines ●Researching work for domestic and oversea media clients. ● Managing a network of videographers, journalists and fixers in Japan for oversea and domestic clients. ●Making an in depth investigation for clients' needs ●Writing and editing articles in Japanese The Wall Street Journal Japan News Room Editorial Assistant 10/2009-06/2012 ●Research on the subject of breaking news ●Arranging appointments and managing schedule for correspondents ●Translating/interpreting for correspondents ●Film a short story Sankei Newspaper (産経新聞) News Reporter 04/2006-08/2008 ●Reporting news story on a daily basis about criminal cases, cultural events, social problems at Maebashi City Bureau Office in Gunma Prefecture ●Writing a series of featured stories of classic musicians at a music magazine titled with “Mostly Classic” published by Sankei Newspaper Education Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan 04/2002-03/2006 Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature, Liberal Art Achievements/Media Relation ●Press Tour Senior Specialist for Tokyo Metropolitan Government targeted on oversea media-Olympic Hosting City Story in June 2014 ●Press Event Coordinator for Boris Johnson, a then mayor of London in Oct 2015 at UK Embassy ●JNTO & JTB Foreign Media Press Tour Coordinator in Shikoku in 2017 With a guest of An Olympic Gold Medal Winner, Mireia Belmonte Garcia (Spain) ●Oversea Media Press Tour Organizer, for Ishikawa Prefecture in September 2019 ● BBC World Question-Event Coordinator at Keio University, Tokyo in September 2019 Achievements/Media Production ●Books: 『3.11 噂と真実—誰も書かなかった１年　東日本大震災』（2012年辰巳出版）（” 3.11 Rumors and Truth:Stories Noboday Wrote-East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami” a book published by Tatsumi company in 2012-Writer） 『日本が“世界一”を守り抜く戦略』 Strategies for keeping Japan No.1-Japan 2030 Future Map published in Nov 2019 (Translator and edit)

• Field Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Production Company
• Production Coordinator / Crewing

With over 10 years of experience in the creative industry, Shabbir Ahmed founded Tokyo Ame Productions in 2017. Our aim is to provide quality video production and photography for the ever growing great foreigner community in Japan as well as native Japanese customers. Tokyo Ame Productions likes to see itself as a bridge between many foreign creative communities, that have been blooming in Japan and help foreigners overcome difficulties in logistics or cultural barriers that exist while trying to produce content in Japan. Our mission is to make video production in Japan go as smoothly as possible without losing any creative flare due to translation or cultural misunderstandings. Furthermore, we aim to expose Japanese clients to a broader multicultural team that can bring more creative and international ideas and infuse them in a way that fits the Japan' s unique media landscape.

• Creative Director
• Colorist
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Event Photographer
• Fashion Photographer
• Production Company
• Audio Storyteller
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator

Hello! I’m a video producer a videographer and video editor based in Barcelona, Spain. I can produce a video end-to-end or deliver raw footage. I am specialised in shootings in non-studio environment, when you cannot repeat a shot twice, yoy are dealing with real people and adaptation to external conditions is a must (natural light, different weather conditions, non- actors characters) I love stories with passion, whether for a cause, a technology or a taste, it doesn’t matter to me... as long as the camera can capture that gut feeling that keep the audience engaged. My experience range from video journalism, commercial, corporate and institutional videos, as well as documentary and art films. I’m looking forward to know about your project and add value to it.

• Creative Director
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Colorist
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Translator

Luis Patron is a Japan-based TV and video producer, director, director of photography and editor. Luis and his team at Patron Productions GK work for clients like Discovery, Olympic Channel, CNN Digital, NHK (Japan), Canal+, Television Francaise 1, Paris Metropol TV, VPRO (The Netherlands), Swiss TV, Wall Street Journal Live, and Al Jazeera. He also works on branded content, commercial and corporate productions for ANA, Nissan, Honda, Japanese Football League, and Nike. He can work in English, Spanish, French and Japanese languages.

• Sound Mixer
• Creative Director
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Colorist
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Fixer
• Production Company
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Copywriter
• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator

I'm a dedicated, motivated and reactive videographer based in Japan. This means I can work all over the country, or eventually in neighborhood countries. I can work as a "one man band" or as part of a team. Lately I've been shooting mostly corporate, documentary and news. I can deliver B-ROLL, Interviews and even edit and/or post-produce your video, depending of your budget/needs. Footage will be filmed using a Sony FX6. I speak fluent English, French and enough Japanese to work in total autonomy. Feel free to contact me.

• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Fashion Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Field Producer
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Podcast Producer
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Born in Kyoto, Japan. The experience of living in the U.S.A. as a young child has always kept me from dreaming of another culture and world outside of Japan. Studied Spanish as a major at the University of Kansai Gaidai, lived in Barcelona and travelled to Mexico and Brazil. Lived in Sao Paulo Brazil since 2009, and also in Salvador. Starting my career as a photographer in Sao Paulo with the collective group company CIA DE FOTO. Since then growing my work with the field in photography and videography with advertising, commercial, short documentaries and art expression.

• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Portrait Photographer
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Translator

Born in 1989, Miwaza is a bilingual Japanese award-winning photographer, videographer, designer, published painter, entrepreneur, and developer with +17yrs experience in Japan and +30 countries. Her mission in life is to pursue creativity in which to share with the world. She started her career first as a freelance photographer/entrepreneur when she was 14 years old and has been expanding her business ever since. She finds joy in connecting with humans through storytelling and the creation of creative content.

• Sound Designer
• Sound Mixer
• Creative Director
• Colorist
• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Field Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Fixer
• Post-Production Manager
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Content Strategist
• Podcast Producer
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Translator

Translator. Interpreter. Transcriber. Coordinator. Interviewer. Performance Artist. Translated, Interpreted, Transcribed, Interviewed and Coordinated TV shootings for media outlets including Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland), CNN (U.S.), Public Radio International (U.S.), NHK (Japan), Prounen Film (Germany) and Comberry (Germany). New York University, Tisch School of the Arts Master of Arts Degree in Arts Politics, May 2013. Swarthmore College Bachelor of Arts Degree, June 1999. Major in Sociology and Anthropology.

• Audio Storyteller
• Transcriber
• Translator

Tsuyoshi Ishihara, born in 1978 in Kyoto, Japan. He majored in economics at Konan University, graduating with a BA. In 2006, he received a diploma in Film Production from the Vancouver Film School, Canada. Since graduating, he began his career as a videographer and currently works for art and culture documentary as well as a corporate video as a Director of Photography. He also exerts for documentary making in the video production department of Mikumo Co., Ltd.

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

I am a documentary filmmaker based in Tokyo, Japan. Born and raised in Japan, I earned a master's degree in documentary filmmaking at Emerson College in Boston, United States. I tell stories about the Asian community and create cultural issues documentaries worldwide. I do one-person operations; directing, shooting, and editing. Here is my website : https://www.miymas.org/

• Creative Director
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

I am a lecturer at a foreign language university and I have been a resident of Osaka, Japan for 16 years. I have been livestreaming for the past 2 1/2 years and I am currently working on several 360 videos for a promotional campaign with Andy Rubin, the creator of Android, for his new smartphone, the Essential.

• Fixer
• Documentary DP
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist