Discover Top Documentary DPs in Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines

I am an award-winning Tagalog filmmaker and journalist. I was a Fulbright Scholar who holds a Master’s degree in documentary filmmaking from New York University where I was also a recipient of the NYU GSAS Scholarship. I obtained my Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of the Philippines – Diliman. I directed, wrote and produced two films: Cuchera and Nuwebe, which have been screened in over 60 international film festivals including Toronto, Stockholm, Fribourg, Cleveland, Belgrade, Montreal, Vancouver, Geneva and Goteborg. Aside from my work in film, I also contribute to TV, print and online media. Last November, I produced a documentary for Get Real of Channel News Asia. I have also contributed articles and video work to The New York Times, GMA Network and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. I won as Best Director at the 2015 ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards and Grand Prize at the 2014 UNICEF Child Rights Awards.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Translator
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Project V Media was formed in 2016 with one mission: to solve client problems through creative storytelling. The company's founders have invested their video storytelling experience in the past 15 years into producing captivating visuals and compelling messages for government, non-profits, and corporate partners. The team has worked with CEOs, artists, top-ranking government officials, startup owners, social workers, and marginalized groups. Project V Media has also filmed in various locations from travel destinations to disaster zones, from business districts to evacuation centers, and from the urban jungle to remote areas. With this vast experience, the team can effectively adapt to whatever style and genre the client needs. Moreover, the team's compact composition makes Project V Media more accessible to its partners and ensures that they are given the best value for their investment. The company's founders have also been recognized for their projects by local and international award-giving bodies.

• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Documentary DP
• Translator
• Drone Operator
• Creative Director
• Field Producer
• Production Company
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Music Composer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Transcriber
• Colorist
• Copy Editor
• Executive Producer
• Graphic Designer
• Audio Storyteller
• Storyboard Artist
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Hair and Make-up Artist
• Copywriter
• Art Director
• On-Camera Talent
• Wardrobe Stylist

Veejay started out as a staff photographer for the national news magazine the Philippines Graphic before venturing into freelancing. He also worked with several international news wire agencies before concentrating on his documentary projects in Asia. He is the the recipient of the 2008 Ian Parry Scholarship grant with his project on the lives of former gang members in Manila which also garnered him a residency at the Visa Pour l'image photojournalism festival hosted by Crossing Point residency program on the same year. He was also the first Filipino to be selected in the 2013 Joop Swart Masterclass program. Currently based in Manila, he does editorial assignments apart from working on his long-term projects tackling issues on the changing Filipino culture and religious practices, displacement due to the drastic change climate/weather patterns and his current exploration of Filipino diaspora through different landscapes across the Philippines.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Audio Storyteller

Jonathan Jose Z. Olarte is a freelance filmmaker, visual artist, and human rights activist born and raised in Metro Manila, Philippines. He is currently pursuing further studies at the University of the Philippines, Diliman for Fine Arts. He studied cinematography at the International Academy of Film and Television, and apprenticed under visual artist and cinematographer Napoleon Jamir III. He has shot for several international documentaries such as the Human Rights Watch, BBC Reel, Zinc, TRT World, Rappler, VICE NEWS, and award-winning project of Dutch public broadcasting cooperation VPRO: Metropolis, and several episodes for “180 Seconds” of The Goethe Institute. As of today, Jose has been focusing on the art of moving images and video installations. In his recent works has been dabbling in between white cubes and black boxes.

• Documentary DP
• Production Company
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Production Assistant
• Gaffer
• Grip
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Colorist

A graduate of Ateneo de Manila University with a major in Social Sciences, I worked for many years in Leo Burnett as an advertising creative winning several awards. In 2003 I started directing music videos, behind-the-scenes featurettes and documentaries for major networks and production companies. I still continued to work with advertising agencies in creating novel concepts for commercials and corporate communications. As a skilled musician, I also compose, arrange and perform original music for most of my projects. In 2013, I directed my first full-length feature film entitled "Coming Soon", a comedy-drama starring some of the country's most promising young actors. I am also an avid surfer, and have recently been working on projects with the newly-founded ByTheSea Productions which takes me to some of the most beautiful beaches all over the country.

• Documentary DP

I was born and raised in a little town called Malabon where I first explored street photography and documenting floods. I've been a photographer for most of my relatively young career and am now venturing to the exciting world of multimedia, and of course, videography. My subject interests range from people involved in culture, politics, human rights, environment, education, sports and health to everyday stories in the streets that are just waiting to be found. I recently completed a diploma in Multimedia Journalism at the Asian Center for Journalism, Ateneo de Manila University and I'm currently teaching photography at the School of Design & Arts, College of Saint Benilde, Manila. In my spare time, I also do yoga, explore different cuisines, travel and make some music.

• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer

King Catoy is an independent documentary filmmaker and alternative media practitioner in the Philippines. In 2009, he became Executive Director of Mayday Multimedia, a video collective focusing on workers issues, and in 2012, became Multimedia Director of the non-profit media group PinoyMedia Center Inc. He sits on the Board of Directors of AlterMidya- People’s Alternative Media Center, a national network of independent and grassroots-based media outfits in the Philippines. He has also worked on several video advocacy projects with Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific. He has directed many videos and trained marginalised communities and alternative media practitioners on video production.

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

I'm Mark Bertulfo, a filmmaker and story teller living in the Philippines. For more than 5 years now, I have been documenting unique events and programs for Non Government Organizations and Corporations. I've seen and covered very diverse projects ranging from surgical missions, to outreach programs, and even the occasional corporate ads. Travelling to the outskirts of the city to the far flung provinces of the Philippines. I can do work on my own, arranging everything from logistics to schedules and the actual filming. But I'm also a good team player and capable of contributing my share of results with the rest of the group. I am ready to tell your story.

• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer

My name is Dror Levi. My experience with story telling started with capturing weddings. When most of the wedding videographers edit in this boring traditional way I edited and filmed it as a documentary film with a cinematic touch to it. From the wedding industry I transition to the commercial video industry and produced mini documentry\promo films to different companies. I would love to touch any subject that is a real lifr subject. If I had a movie docmentary that I will would like to produce now, it will be about the souldures that coming back from the war zone and can not fit back to life. As well about how the american sociaty value souldures. --

• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer

Digitank Studios Incorporated is a full-service production studio offering a spectrum of media to a wide variety of clientele. Composed of young and talented bright minds, we produce unconventional high-quality audio-video materials by working with acknowledged filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, video editors, and sound engineers. We deliver upmarket Films, TV Shows, TV Commercials, and Audio-Video Presentations by capably handling all stages of video production, namely, Pre-Production, Production, Post-Production, and Distribution.

• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• Production Company
• Drone Operator
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Sound Mixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant

In Tagalog, “pitik” means a flick of a finger, in the same way, one would use a camera. We create narratives that serve as both a lens and a reflection to audiences that encourages social awareness and change. Pitik Multimedia specializes in projects that focus on visualizing the important issues highlighted by the Development Sector and NGOs that connect humanity in a positive way. This includes producing print and media content such as human interest stories, documentaries, animated explainer videos, graphic design for web and social media cards, and creative workshops.

• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Commercial DP
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Commercial

Hi! I am Shayne, a storyteller. I research, listen, and write stories. *** Shayne is a communications professional with more than a decade of experience in digital media. Highly skilled in producing content for corporate institutions and government/social organizations through field research - which involves international relations, production management, and project coordination. Has a passion for seeking stories that can inspire people, and a thirst to give a voice for the unheard many.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Field Producer
• Copywriter
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

I'm a Production Designer of Creative Communication Management - CCM. A department of Abs-cbn which our work is to produce plugs and promo of the shows, Station id's and our own commercial. I started working at since year 2000 upto the present. But as of moment our Station we're Shotdown by NTC. So at the moment I'm jobless and staying at home due to Enhanced Community Quarantine because of Pandemic.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

I have been a freelance producer for more than 5 years working for different international news organizations here in the Philippines. The bulk of that work was mostly with Al Jazeera English. I have done a lot of work in different fields; whether it be conflict, political, or climate. I would like to foray into becoming a video journalist and deliver the stories myself. Stories I believe should be out there for the world to see.

• Documentary DP
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Saxby Dizon a seasoned cinematographer and licensed drone operator. With a keen eye for composition and a passion for capturing captivating visuals, Saxby specializes in bringing stories to life through stunning cinematography and aerial shots. With his expertise in both traditional and drone-based cinematography, he delivers exceptional results that elevate the visual experience. From film to television and commercial projects, Saxby's dedication to his craft shines through in every frame.

• Event Photographer
• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Senior Editor
• Art Director
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Video Editor - Documentary

Partner | Producer Chris Esguerra Chris Esguerra is a seasoned producer that has worked on both sides of production. He had the privilege of working as an agency producer at TAXI.CA and was able to work on National campaigns for Mc Cain & Canadian Tire to name a few. He is now back in Manila sharing the brand of production he has learned in Canada. Chris treats every job as an opportunity to showcase The Philippines as an amazing shooting destination.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• Production Company
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant

I am a multi-media freelance journalist writing on travel, politics, lifestyle and business for The Guardian, The National, BBC, Vice Magazine, South China Morning Post and others. I am currently based in Manila but work across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. I speak Arabic, French, German and can muster a few sentences in Filipino. When Im not writing, filming or taking photographs youll find me trying to learn Filipino or jumping on a plane/bus/boat/jeepney to explore a new destination.

• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer

Highly Creative and multi-talented TV Producer and Writer with +7 years of experience in creating quality output for the viewers. Adept in handling the team and coordinating production logistics, while having a creative concept for different platforms like TV, radio, and social media. Detail-oriented, decision-maker, and proficient in maintaining professional relationships.

• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Field Producer
• Copywriter
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant
• Series Producer / Show Runner

I'm Bani Logrono, a film writer and director based in the Philippines. I make World War II documentary films that tell the untold stories of my country's heroes during the war. On the side, I also have YouTube channel where I share the people, ideas, places, and experiences that inspire me in my everyday life.

• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Drone Operator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Sound Designer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

I'm one of the co-founders of ManilaMan Visual House, a video and design agency based in Manila. We've been working in advertising since 2012, creating digital content and design work for a wide variety of clients and brands. Aside from advertising jobs, I've worked on short narratives (Cinemalaya), music videos and travel content.

• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Documentary DP