Discover Top Documentary DPs in Killeen, Texas, USA

Lauren Santucci is a documentary film director, cinematographer, and photographer living in Austin, Texas. Her work explores the connection between individual stories and wider contemporary social issues through authentic and intimate visual storytelling. Her current documentary in production was awarded a short film grant from the Austin Film Society and will be released in 2025. Lauren’s clients include Frontline PBS, Al Jazeera, BBC, The Texas Tribune, and Education Week. She has contributed cinematography to documentary films that have been screened by the Video Consortium and at festivals like Telluride, SXSW, and DOC NYC. With a background in photojournalism, her images have been published by NPR and The Guardian and exhibited at Photoville and the Detroit Institute of Arts.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• Field Producer

David is an Austin based filmmaker with a passion for cinematography and documentary film. David was cinematographer on several documentary features for PBS, including Better This World, Richard Linklater: dream is destiny, By the River of Babylon, What Was Ours, and Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film. He has photographed numerous political ads, including an award-winning national spot for the Democratic National Committee and several ads for Presidential candidate Barack Obama. He was the Director of Photography for all six season of the documentary series, Small Business Revolution, on Hulu and Amazon Prime. He has directed two feature-length documentaries — The Hot Shoe and The Newspaperman, currently in post-production.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Corporate Videographer
• Production Company

After a career of over 35 years working as a tax accountant, the inner drive of photography & videography has overcome my desires of ticking and tying numbers on a daily basis. I have been passionate photographer all of my life and have leveraged that passion by using film to tell the stories of others. One of the most important early works I have achieved is capturing the story of Sergeant Major James Williams, the last known living Buffalo Soldier. His story has lead me to understand that there are others with passionate life stories that will go unknown unless someone tells that story. My works will continue to grow as I capture stories of others who have shaped our American society. An avid fisherman, I enjoy the outdoors, helping kids and capturing outdoor moments of natural beauty.

• Drone Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Documentary DP
• Fixer

Jordan Gass-Pooré is a senior English and mass communication double major at Texas State University. The moment she laid hands on a newspaper and her fingers were stained with black ink that she could smear on her older cousin’s white clothes, she was hooked. Since then, Jordan has been on a mighty crusade to prove that the pen is mightier than the sword, sharpening her writing skills through internships with the Los Angeles News Group, Austin American-Statesman and San Antonio Express-News, among others, and working with high school students as an English tutor and mentor. Jordan lived in Canterbury, England, for six months in 2010 and looks forward to returning, hopefully as a reporter with The Guardian in London.

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

Bex Rodriguez is a filmmaker based in Austin, Texas. As a full-time freelancer since 2013, Bex has worked on countless docs, commercials and music videos. Recently, Bex worked as a DP for Hulu, NPR, AT&T, The Daily Show, and most recently HBO. Bex’s goals are shooting and directing documentaries with a focus on women and minorities. She has traveled to Morocco to DP the disappearing culture of the nomadic people in the Sahara. Bex not only DPs but has recently discovered directing. From Sol to Seoul, a rock climbing doc following a young woman’s journey from her farm in Colorado to the granite mountains of South Korea, is her latest film in post production.

• Documentary DP
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• Drone Operator
• Non-Fiction Film Director

Wladimir L. Moquete Award-winning news photojournalist with over 15 years of experience in television, multimedia, and digital content production. I specialize in capturing compelling stories, whether through breaking news coverage, special reports, or innovative visual storytelling. Proficient in industry-leading tools like Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Suite, and advanced ENG and drone technology. Fluent in English and Spanish, I’m available for freelance projects in news, documentary, commercial, or creative content production. Let’s collaborate to bring your vision to life with stunning visuals and expert-level storytelling.

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

My name is Marc Newsome. I am a Houston based filmmaker whose specialty is short form documentaries for the web. I have earned producer credits on documentaries. The most notable is 'Electric Purgatory, Fate of the Black Rocker' which chronicles the peaks and hardships of black musicians who play rock music. I would like to hunt for the compelling human stories. The most interesting people I have encountered have existed off camera regardless of ethnicity. I'm pretty open since I exist in different genres of life. My main focus would be those stories which are off the usual path of societal acceptance. I prefer to show people things they wouldn't expect.

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

We at Cinema King Productions pride ourselves in producing high-quality content. We have created video content for over 10 years and have worked with corporations like Samsung Electronics America, Intuit, Revital U International, Bayyinah Institute, as well as numerous, multi-million dollar non-profit organizations and small businesses. Our goal is to take your vision and turn it into a reality using our professional-grade equipment and unique experience. Our experiences range from commercials to weddings to corporate events. We are highly-trained, highly-qualified, and frankly, the best at what we do! We look forward to working with you.

• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator
• Full-Service Live Production
• Digital Content Creator
• Documentary DP

Howdy there, I'm a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer based in North Texas. Over the past 15+ years, I've worn pretty much every hat in the non-fiction genre. From documentary, ads, behind-the-scenes, and arts & entertainment. I've directed and shot documentaries for Cisco, filmed docs for nonprofits in eleven countries, worked on behind-the-scenes films sponsored by Warner Brothers, and, sure, one time I edited a short film for GoFundMe that was watched by millions of people. But who's counting, right? Okay, enough with the bragging. I love films, making them, and more than anything, I've got vision and heart. So, if that resonates with you, let's collaborate. - Matthew Q. Nelson

• Documentary DP
• Colorist

We are not just a video production company. We are a team of passionate storytellers. Whether we are creating a captivating brand story, showcasing a product or educating a wide audience, we live and breathe video production. Our mission is to bring your story to life and connect with your audience through the powerful medium of video. At our core, we are creators. We love to create beautiful things, hilarious things, and things that might just make you cry. We're a group of individuals, but collectively we're a team. A team that can do just about anything. Seriously, tell us we can't do something - you'll see.

• Production Company
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• Gaffer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Creative Director
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Multi-media journalist. One man band. I started off as a part-time PA, mainly working in Computer Graphics / Audio Technician / Camera Operator roles in news production for three daily newscasts for KLDO/KXOF in Laredo, Texas. After a few months, I was promoted to full-time multimedia journalist covering international border issues such as the shooting of a Department of Homeland Security helicopter near the Rio Grande River. Afterwards, I joined the team at KGNS, also from Laredo, Texas, as a multimedia journalist. I was part of a team of reporters and producers that covered the fatal bus accident off US-83 in the Spring of 2016. I'm currently a freelancer in the Austin area.

• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant

Andy Costa is a world-renowned filmmaker who, for the past 10 years of his 25-year career has specialized in creating cinematic images on real world budget. Andy currently owns and is available for hire with a Sony FS7, Sony A7sII, Sony a6500 and many others. He has experience with almost all Canon and Sony Stills and Video cameras. One of Andy's most successful independent projects was te philosophy of Zig Ziglar told by icons. “Zig: You Were Born To Win” is now available at www.zigdocumentary.com

• Creative Director
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• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Assistant
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Corporate Videographer
• Copy Editor
• Full-Service Live Production

Being a part of the human connection that media can bridge has been an endless quest of my career. Richard Leacock has suggested, "We are really only successful in finding out anything when we are filming somebody who is more concerned with what he is doing that with the fact that we care filming him." I absolutely agree with this idea, and I became obsessed with capturing moments of genuine authenticity that rarely brush the viewfinder. After 20 years behind the lens all I know is, I love my job; I like meeting new people, and I enjoy going to new places.

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Sanya Mansoor is currently an education reporting intern at The Dallas Morning News. She recently co-directed a documentary on youth and politics in her hometown, Kashmir, India that was published on The Atlantic. Sanya has lived in India, England, Singapore and Chicago and has written more than 100 stories for a diverse array of outlets including The Times, a national daily newspaper in South Africa, and The Christian Science Monitor in Boston. She is interested in enterprise and investigative reporting, especially on social justice issues.

• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

22 years as TV news correspondent, documentary film producer, New York Times best-selling author, CNN commissioned op-ed writer, regional Emmy winner, occasional on-air political analyst for cable networks, author of six books. Experience reporting breaking news, politics, features, and issues. Topics range from major hurricanes (Andrew, Hugo, Fran), disasters, presidential campaigns, environment, energy, business, comfortable delivering insight and expertise on most topics on the air or as a writer/reporter.

• Reporter / Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary

Storytelling is about more than creating beautiful images or fancy editing, it's about connecting with your target audience, the ROI, creating a story that resonates and motivates viewers. That's what I try to do with every project be it a wedding, a non-profit or event promo, or a commercial. With 2+ years experience working as a freelance as well as DP on a feature film, I have the experience and the connections to make projects happen.

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• Video Editor - Commercial
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Grip
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Corporate Videographer
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Colorist
• Sound Mixer
• Gaffer

Bradley Lanphear is an independent cinematographer and film-maker. He has filmed and produced documentaries & commercials for small business, corporations, and non-profits. With the eye of a creative artist and the technical skills of a professional, he produces beautiful cinematic imagery in any environment. A problem solver and team player, Bradley is ready to become a valuable asset to your project.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - Documentary

Beatt Productions is a small, boutique video production and photography studio servicing Austin, TX as well as our clients all over the country. We specialize in creating visually stunning content to help you or your company tell your story. Beatt Productions has created content for MasterCard, JetBlue, Emirates, Dunkin Donuts, the Red Sox, LakerNation, Reebok, UPS, GMC, Hulu, Weight Watchers, and many more.

• Documentary DP
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• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Drone Operator
• Production Assistant
• Grip
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• HD Live Operator
• Full-Service Live Production
• Fixer

Mike Thomas is a creative director and filmmaker from Texas who specializes in design, film and creative strategy. With over 10 years of experience, he has worked with many brands in film, thought leadership, brand development, creative direction, and marketing. His client consists of Kroger, Ruby Tuesday, Rainbird, Texas A&M University, University of Texas, University of Minnesota, and many more.

• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Documentary DP
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Art Director

Hi Hi. My name is Dee and I am a Cinematographer/DoP based out of Austin, TX. In the past I have been a Gaffer, 1st AC, and 1 Person Crew, all of which built me up to where I am today. With an intimate understanding of lighting and camera, my goal is to bring harmony to each production and breathing life into the vision. The constant learning and growing is what keeps me here, and hopefully will never stop. Looking forward to creating with you!

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP