Discover Top Production Assistants in Lakewood, New Jersey, USA

David Helfer Wells is a film-maker and photographer who divides his time between Providence, Rhode Island and Bangalore, India. One day you can find him creating still and moving images for clients, such as Edible Rhody and the Providence Preservation Society on the unique local culture of America’s smallest state. Other days he may be working on personal/grant funded projects on the beautiful Narragansett Bay with the support of Rhode Island’s Council for Humanities and State Council on the Arts. In India’s “Silicon City” Bangalore, he is busy creating visual narratives for clients such as Bryn Mawr College and Aramco World or working on personal/grant funded projects supported by the Fulbright and Alicia Patterson Foundations. He has worked on assignment for such magazines as Fortune, Life, National Geographic, Newsweek, The Sunday New York Times, and Time, among others. One editor described him as a “…specialist in intercultural communication and visual narratives that excel in their creative mastery of light, shadow and sound, stills and video.” His project on the pesticide poisoning of California farm workers was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize by the Philadelphia Inquirer. He has also worked for corporations such as Consolidated Natural Gas and DuPont as well as for non-profits such as the Ford Foundation and the New Israel Fund.

• Documentary DP
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Corporate Videographer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Production Assistant

As an entertainment news journalist and on-air personality, my self-starter work ethic coupled with an unyielding commitment to journalistic integrity, breaking-news timeliness, camera-readiness, high-performing digital content, and positive audience engagement will be welcomed additions to any team as I positively promote the renown publication in each task I am granted. Boasting 10 years of digital reporting experience, with 5 years of management experience—including a high-level position— I am currently the Editor-in-Chief, On-Air Personality, and Social Media Administrator of entertainment news website Cheekywiki.com. With a unique and fun way of captivating audiences, coupled with a quick wit, I get to the heart of each story. As a digital content creator, I thrive in a fast-paced and detailed oriented environment. Singlehandedly growing Cheekywiki.com’s social media following to over 250K worldwide subscribers, I am proficient in social media management, devising SEO content promotion strategies, and producing interactive viral content. I am also an accomplished unscripted television producer and program creator, developing Hip-Hop talk/game show “Lyrically, I” and Hip-Hop sex/relationship podcast “Raw SECS!” With great passion and journalistic professionalism, I’ve worked as a live correspondent at the 2019 Black Girls Rock! Awards, the 2019 Millennium Tour, 2018 Soul Train Awards, 2018 BET Hip-Hop Awards, ComiCon, ‪Jay-Z‬'s Made In America Festival, and many others. ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ In addition to my extensive background in entertainment news production, I’m proficient in news reporting, writing, and producing across all genres. I strive to maintain a diplomatic demeanor, even in the face of technical challenges or group debates. I am respected and well-liked by my peers and my opinion is often sought after because of my dedication to digital media excellence and willingness to listen fairly to others. I promise to work tirelessly to exceed your highest expectations and to purposefully fulfill your organizational goals.

• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Reporter / Journalist

Rachael is an award winning journalist and producer, based out of New York City, whose career has spanned over 10 years, with stories broadcast on multiple national and international networks, live newscasts, long format factual programming and documentaries. As an Australian who holds a Canadian Citizenship as well as a U.S. Green card, she has been fortunate enough to travel the world to cover a variety of social, economic and political content, whilst living abroad in various geopolitical climates. Rachael was granted the Rory Peck Scholarship to complete her Hostile Environment and First Aid Training, enabling her to travel deeper into disaster zones, military and political events with internationally recognized certification. Rachael has been highly recognized across the industry for her work, awarded the 59th Annual Southern California's Journalist Award for Best International Feature and Best Social Media Coverage by an Individual as well as the Clio Entertainment Grand Winning Entry for her work on ‘The Greatest Showman Live' - the world's first live commercial for a theatrical release. Rachael also owns her own production company Post Road Pictures, a full service production company specializing in the creation and delivery of unique film, television, digital, broadcast, commercial and branded content worldwide.

• Field Producer
• Creative Director
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• TV News Producer
• Production Company
• Non-Fiction Film Director

Preet is a producer and editor, with credits for Documentary Film, Food and Travel TV (Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations | PBS Kimchi Chronicles) plus TV News. Comfortable in a live TV environment, she offers strong digital technology skills in production, editing and web-design. A Post-production guru, fully conversant with the editing process for both TV and web video, using Avid, FCP or Premiere Pro. She is versed in writing copy for news (radio) and the web. Self taught with web design. She recently launched an e-commerce safari website using Wix and has 3 years experience creating social media content and managing a YouTube Channel. Skills Editing: Premiere Pro | Final Cut Pro | Avid | Protools Graphics: Adobe Creative Cloud, Pixlr HD Videography Still Photography Lighting Sound Design Web Design Story Producing Production in the field and studio including East African urban and wilderness locations and subjects Productions Travel Channel "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations" PBS "Kimchi Chronicles" Discovery "Cash Cab" Carol Friedman "The Music Is the Magic" Jazz Documentary on Abbey Lincoln NODAPL "A Teach-In: For Standing Rock" KTN NTV "Lotto Joto News" South Asian TV Programming "American Desi TV" News Broadcasts and Presenting on Capital FM and East FM (Nairobi)

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Post-Production Manager
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer

I am a filmmaker and producer with a passion for creative non-fiction storytelling. I have eight years of experience directing, producing and shooting videos for Vevo, MTV, and various corporations/universities. I bring a journalistic sensibility to every project I work on. Most recently, I traveled to Amman, Jordan to direct an independent documentary about the national women’s soccer team and their quest to reach the World Cup. A passion project of mine, this documentary is being produced on a shoestring budget with a crowdfunding campaign. I previously worked as a Senior Producer at Vevo where I developed and created an election campaign called 'Why I Vote'. This included a 10-part documentary series where artists spoke about important social and political issues. Others describe me as creative, smart, hardworking and passionate. My goal as a filmmaker and journalist is to tell stories that inspire, enlighten and connect us all as human beings.

• Documentary DP
• Field Producer
• Creative Director
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Production Assistant

I have worked in television and digital media since 2009, including producing and anchoring a primetime television show which aired internationally for three years, twice a week, totaling 331 episodes, 7,944 minutes of programming, and 1,410 interviews. I worked on each episode from start to finish while functioning in various roles, including conceptualization, writing, planning, translation, videography, editing, interviewing, pre- and post-production, and leading teams. I have also worn these hats while working on freelance projects with corporate, charity, educational and community organizations and national campaigns. My recent media projects have included work with Barclay Card, Barnes and Noble, Vogue Arabia, the Girl Scouts of the USA, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Greater Than AIDS campaign, contributing as a panelist on the Pulitzer Center Journalists Panel: "The Way We Tell Stories," and teaching a “Storytelling and your Perspective” workshop at the William and Mary Global Film Fest. My professional background also includes charitable causes, management, event coordination, and writing of proposals, contracts and marketing material. I would be happy to share professional details and reel upon request. I look forward to collaborating with you! Skills Snapshot: Field producing Managing talent/stringers/and crew in the field Leading teams Videography Social media Voiceovers Translations Conducting interviews Location scouting Research Booking interviews Coordinating shoots Conceptualization Writing Planning Video editing Line producing Anchoring On-Camera Hosting Acting Copy Editing

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Production Assistant
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Production Company
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Reporter / Journalist
• Copy Editor
• Fixer
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Video Editor - Commercial

I am a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City and a multi-award-winning creative and live-action director. I am passionate about the moving image, filmmaking, design, and typography. I direct and brand Film Titles, Image Spots, Brand Ids, Promos, and Commercials for brands and corporations, including Comedy Central, Bloomberg, HBO, MTV, Showtime, CNBC, NBCUniversal and Apple news. I have directed visual identities and music videos for musicians at Def Jam and GOOD Music. I have directed and produced commercials, documentaries, and promotional content for Kanye West, Big Sean, John Oliver, Cyndi Lauper. Also, I have worked on numerous personal projects, among them, a series of scripted and unscripted short films, documentaries and television pilots. My work has been featured in numerous international and national publications and has won awards from the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Broadcast Design Association, the Type Directors Club, the New York Festival and Graphis Magazine.

• Production Company
• Creative Director
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist

A Multimedia Consultant and Documentary filmmaker, with a background in Computer Graphics Design and Systems Engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. My works span the areas of branding, product design, Content strategy, Multimedia Consulting, and Documentary Filmmaking. My short film, “A Will Of Iron,” was selected by the Sundance Institute and screened at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, as one of 5 winning films in the Sundance Institute short film challenge in collaboration with Gates Foundation. I have also worked on various corporate documentaries for the Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company (NMRC), World Bank Group, Ministry of Finance, Nigeria, Dunn Loren Merrifield, Access Bank, GBCHealth, Total Group, Sahara Group, and DFID. Am inspired to continue creating unique and compelling stories that drive social change and reflect the positivity in the world.

• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Sound Designer
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

I'm an avid cineaste and globetrotter who combines my creative skills in media production with my passion for storytelling, film, food and travel. With a multicultural background and a global perspective developed throughout years of traveling across borders, I hope to use film as a medium to bridge cultural gaps and make the world more connected. A big believer in taking initiative, I’m no stranger to trailblazing where there’s no established path. Despite studying at a college where film isn’t offered as a major, I’ve continuously pursued this passion by customizing my college curriculum, founding the first and only film centered organization on campus, completed semesters abroad to broaden my knowledge in film across cultures. I've also taken on multiple film internships with media departments and documentary production companies to develop and hone my production skills, earning the opportunity to work with Academy Award winning and Academy Award nominated directors.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary

“Tim, you are the most determined and unflappable person I have ever met.” -Gov. Tom Ridge, former Secretary of Homeland Security, United States of America. Tim Gray is a national award-winning documentary film director, producer and writer based in Rhode Island. Tim has produced and directed 17 documentary films to date on the personal stories of the World War II generation. All of Tim’s films air nationally on American Public Television and also globally in such countries as China, Australia, France and England. Tim’s film travels have taken him to: Guadalcanal, Corregidor, Bataan, Manila, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, the Russell Islands, Banika, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, France (eleven times), Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg (twice), Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany (twice). Tim has won 5 Regional Emmy Awards for his films, 2 International Indie Film Fest Awards and a National Programming Excellence Award from American Public Television.

• Field Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Assistant

I'm a film director and editor for social documentary and narrative projects worldwide. I freelance for several television production companies in Haiti, Colombia and Guatemala. I am the creative director of Gabriel Films, documentary production company in New York, where I reside. I work since 2010 in Haiti, where I trained a local team of audio-visual production. With his team, I have produced over 65 short documentaries for the work of NGOs in the country and now I'm carrying the first season of a television series called "A FOREST GROWTH IN HAITI". Some of my most recent work includes a cooking show in Guatemala called DESAFIO CULINARIO, broadcasted in Guatemala’s prime time. I was the editor for the Australian documentary FRACKMAN in 2014. I directed and edited the documentary CAST THE FIRST STONE, winner of the "Bahamas Film Festival Spirit Of Freedom & Documentary Audience Award for Best Documentary" in 2013.

• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - News
• Commercial DP
• Field Producer
• Production Company
• Reporter / Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant

Crystal Kayiza grew-up in Oklahoma and is now a Brooklyn-based documentary filmmaker and 2018 Sundance Ignite Fellow. Her work focuses on pursuing more nuanced and diverse storytelling about Black communities. She is a recipient of the 2017 Jacob Burns Film Center Woman Filmmaker Fellowship. As a Woman Filmmaker Fellow she directed and produced, Edgecombe, a short documentary examining the ways trauma repeats and reinvents itself in a rural Black community in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. After graduating from Ithaca College in 2015 with a degree in Documentary Studies and Production, Crystal spent two years at the ACLU working on racial justice and criminal justice issues. Her documentary work and writing has been featured in The Nation, Scalawag Magazine and OkayAfrica. She received a Heartland Emmy Award in 2012 for her film All That Remains, which profiles Boley, Oklahoma, one of the nation's last all-Black towns.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Field Producer
• Creative Director
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Fixer
• Commercial DP

Raymond has a Master’s degree in International Relations from National ChengChi University in Taipei, Taiwan and has been working as a producer, cameraman and editor for over 15 years. He is also FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot certification Raymond started his career while working and studying in Beijing China. In 2004, he moved back to the United States to work on his first film called God's Open Hand. The film charts the course of Afghanistan’s first presidential elections in Afghanistan. Since then he have worked on everything from news, documentaries, police reality shows, corporate videos, sports and live music. He has have worked all over the world from Africa, Central Asian, Southeast Asia and North America. Before the COVID pandemic, Raymond lived and worked in Thailand, covering the Burma/Myanmars internal civil conflicts and ceasefire talks for various publications. In 2017, he moved to Taipei to study for a Masters in International Relations. Raymond currently based in New York City and continues to work as a producer, cameraman and editor. Contact directly for list of IMDB credits, resume and current projects Raymond is involved with.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Drone Operator
• Commercial DP
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Production Assistant

Born and raised in Venezuela where he began his career as a visual journalist, documenting mainly social issues and violent protests. He has successfully directed, shot and produced over 50 short pieces about the Venezuelan crisis amassing millions of views. Since then he has furthered his studies in documentary filmmaking in New York City. Subsequently, he directed, produced and shot the documentary short about the 2017 Venezuelan protests titled "Where Chaos Reigns" (co-directed with Anaïs Michel), which has received HBO’s Honorable mention at the Miami International Festival, won the Golden Gate Award for best documentary short at the San Francisco International Film festival as well as the Soapbox Award in Denmark’s Odense Film Festival. ​ Braulio since then has documented the massive exodus of Venezuelan migrants through the Colombian border and is currently in production of a feature documentary titled "Cúcuta" ,also with co-director Anaïs Michel, that was recently chosen for the Only In New York development program from Doc NYC.

• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

David is a Brooklyn-based director (and sometimes DP and editor) from Melbourne, Australia. He has directed content for brands including Mercedes Benz, Nike, Ernst & Young, Midas, Jeep, and Select Health, as well as for organizations such as Global Citizen, Make Poverty History, Global Poverty Project, Amnesty International, and the New York City Bar Justice Center. David has directed two award-winning documentary features: "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," about an Afghani family who became “boat people,” won Best Documentary at the European Independent Film Festival. A short film he made about 80,000 displaced Somali refugees in Raaso, Ethiopia, raised enough money to build a hospital outpost and employ four nurses in the area. David's agency clients include Madwell, The Martin Agency, BarkerNYC, Organic, The Bloc, Merge, Leo Burnett, BBDO, Y&R, and Cummins & Partners to name a few.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

Warner Hanson Television (WHTV) is a Washington DC based production company dedicated to creating high quality work in film, television and digital media. Our award-winning productions are artful and engaging as well as smart and genuine. WHTV was founded in 1999. WHTV is a creative team of visionaries and artists who are exceptional storytellers, screenwriters, directors, photographers, editors, graphic designers, and developers. WHTV creates and produces film & television programs on the subjects of natural history, culinary arts, travel, sports, and the environment for major television networks and independent collectives. WE HAVE FILMED in some of world's most remote regions and apply a variety of visual techniques from aerial cinematography and underwater exploration to POV cameras and film-style production values. OUR WORK INCLUDES documentary, lifestyle, sports, news, and reality programming that airs on PBS, BBC, A&E, Discovery, and ESPN. Footage from the WHTV film library appears on CSI, The West Wing, Grey’s Anatomy, and other theatrical releases. National Geographic and the Discovery Networks integrate WHTV’s documentary footage as well. WHTV PRODUCES television programs for non-broadcast clients that include: The Nature Conservancy, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Cancer Institute, Children’s National Medical Center, NIH, Iceland Naturally, Salmon de Chile, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and others.

• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Production Assistant

Director, Photographer, DP/CameraOperator Content creator My mother was gifted a brownie camera by her brother prior to my having been born. It was then she began documenting every waking moment of life, and I was soon to follow. One of my earliest memories is of a light so bright it seemed like the sun shining straight into my eyes causing a bright start into this world. I now know that was the ‘movie light’ for her 8mm film camera. In High school, I thought taking photos and movies of everything was normal, and was often made fun of for it, until my classmates saw the prints then all wanted copies for themselves. I was an aspiring musician, taking my lunchtime to practice on a piano I didn’t have at home, and stayed after school everyday to do the same. To avoid advanced Algebra (I hated school) I was offered to join the Television department for our township in South Jersey/suburban Philadelphia, since it was based out of our high school. I became a broadcast camera operator and newscaster for a semester, and have held a camera ever since. It started out of high school with shooting weddings and events for a local photographer and photo lab I worked with while going to school for music. Then was hired to shoot for the school. Afterwards,, I spent some years as a photo assistant and digital tech to some of the top image makers in the business, all while shooting on my own. Since then, I’ve incorporated more motion/video to my image making, going out as aCamera Operator/DP. I have shot all over the USA, and have expanded this via my travel blog www.BrownPassport.com to include the far reaches of SE Asia on land and in the sea. I’ve been based out of New York city, though have lived and worked in Chicago, New Orleans, Miami, Philadelphia, and spent a few months living and shooting in Hawai’i, and Indonesia. Have passport, do travel. Current personal work may be viewed via www.BrownPassport.com and www.YouTube.com/BrownPassport

• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

Smoke & Apple Films is an all-female filmmaking team who produce feature-length documentaries as well as short form non-fiction content that parlay powerful storytelling into action. Our directorial debut was "The (Dead Mothers) Club" (a personal film about women who lost their mothers during childhood and the long term impacts of that loss). The film was acquired by HBO in 2014. Our second feature, "The Family I Had" told the story of intra-family violence and juvenile incarceration through a mother's unwavering love for her son who killed her daughter. It was acquired by FilmRise and broadcast on Discovery I.D. after premiering at Tribeca Film Festival in April 2017, won the Special Jury Mention for Best Documentary at Raindance International Film Festival and The Gracie Award for Best Documentary in 2018. Our most recent film, "1275 Days" followed 4 teenagers charged with Felony Murder after an unarmed botched home invasion- it was an official selection at DOCNYC2019. In addition to our feature film work, we have made short films for Intel, the BBC, Innocence Project, and Amazon Originals. Our work has been supported by Tribeca Film Institute, Camden Film Institute, Dogwoof and The Jerome Foundation.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Documentary DP
• Field Producer
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Production Assistant

I am a graduate of the University of Southern California with a Masters Degree in Film and Video production. After graduation I worked as a screenwriter, penning original screenplays and rewriting existing material for most of the Hollywood Studios. I authored the feature film No Escape, directed by Martin Campbell and starring Ray Liotta. In the year 2000, I founded Aurora Video, a full service video production and post production company. I function as a writer, producer, director, videographer, and editor. Since 2000, I have produced, directed, photographed and edited over a hundred video projects, including corporate videos, public service announcements, music videos, training films, promotional videos, book trailers, multi-camera live performance shoots and award-winning narrative shorts. Some of my recent clients include the band Blondie and Dweezil Zappa, MasterCard, The United Way, The YMCA and The New York Institute of Photography.

• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Corporate Videographer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

Hi, I'm an experienced full stack Video Editor. I'm also a native English speaker and live in India. If you're looking for a freelancer who combines an excellent eye for design, excellent communications skills, and the ability to get you what you want, when you want it, I'd like to offer my services to you. Through formal video education and years of experience, I gained advanced skills In animation and video production - specializing in editing, color correction, and motion graphics. My video production work includes a variety of different formats, including live product demo videos, 2D animations, and editorial subjects. I'll help you produce the video you're looking for, with expert assistance in scripting, voice over, editing, and final production. My professional work is done on state-of-the-art Adobe platforms, including Premiere Pro and After Effects. If any of that sounds like what you need, then please contact me, and we'll talk. Thanks!

• Post-Production Manager
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Production Assistant