Discover Top Freelancers in Maryland, USA

Baltimore native Brandon Woody was referred to as an artist on the rise in the region by the Baltimore Sun in 2015 at the age of 17. Since then, Woody has gone on to become an international artist, performing with his band, Upendo, curating projects for major museums, collaborating with international brands and performing at major venues and institutions around the globe. Woody uses music as a tool for healing, genuine connection and celebrating community. Woody started his own band, UPENDO in 2015. Since then, the group has gone on to perform internationally with regular concerts across the east coast. Notable performances from the band include their 2019 performance at the Harlem Stage, 2021 performance at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore’s 2022 Vegan SoulFest, the 2022 closing of Baltimore’s Lexington Market, and their 2022 residency at the University of Maryland. Upendo’s concert experiences are comprised of original music composed by Woody and fellow Upendo collaborator, Troy Long. Woody has also had the privilege of performing alongside artists such as Stefon Harris, Tarus Mateen, Tim Green, Theljon Allen, Sean Jones, Robert Glasper, Derrick Hodge, Solange, Craig Alston, Terri-Lyne Carrington, Quincy Phillips, Benny Maupin, Jon Faddis and Danilo Perez, who have all greatly influenced his artistry and musical taste. Woody’s career as a composer and recording artist has granted him the opportunity to score films such as Unwavering: The Power of Black innovation, The Unveiling of God, Keep What You Sow, Aliferous, Paint it Black Baltimore and Three Blind Mice. Woody has also produced and arranged horns for Emma Vie, Sudan Archives, Tye Tribet, Miranda Curtis, Kevin Sinatra and Klein. This work garnered the attention of international brands which lead to his collaborations with Calvin Klein (One Future), Saucony, Vogue Italy, Nike, Reebok X Eames, Union Los Angeles, High Snobiety X Newport Jazz Festival, Somewhere DC. Brandon has also curated projects with the Baltimore Museum of Art, Walters Art Museum, Reginald F Lewis Museum, August Wilson Center, MOMA PS1. Woody also had the opportunity of casting musicians and acting as a band leader in an upcoming Apple TV series, Lady in the Lake to be released in the fall of 2023. In 2021, Woody was named a Bach/Conn endorsed Artist and was named the Best musician to watch by the Baltimore Magazine in 2022. Brandon’s other accolades include the 2021 Best Musician of the Year Award by the Baltimore Crown Awards, 2020 Emerging Voice Award by the Festival of New Trumpet and articles by the Baltimore Banner, Baltimore Sun, True Laurels, BmoreArt, Makers of the USA, Paper Magazine and Schone Magazine. Woody also works to share his knowledge and love for music with those who want to learn. In his spare time, Woody private lessons and masterclass and has taught for institutions such as the Peabody Preparatory, University of Maryland, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Accent Pontiac and public schools such as Cecil Elementary, A Philip Randolph High School, Temple X Schools, and Highlandtown Elementary #215.

• Music Composer
• Audio Storyteller
• Influencer
• Sound Designer
• Digital Content Creator

oel Bervell is a Ghanaian-American medical student at Washington State University, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. In 2017, Joel graduated from Yale University, where he earned a BA in Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology. There, Joel served as an elected member of Yale student government, and director of a longitudinal mentorship program based in low-income neighborhoods. After graduating, he completed a Masters in Medical Science at Boston University and spent a year working as a clinical research assistant at Providence Hospital, researching best treatment modalities for appendicitis. At Washington State University, Joel served as Medical Student Council President and the co-founder and president of a chapter of the Student National Medical Association. He is also the founder and director of the Coug Health Academic Mentoring Program (CHAMP), a mentoring program dedicated to increasing the number of underrepresented students interested in medicine. Online, Joel is better known as the '‘Medical Mythbuster.” He is committed to fighting health disparities in medicine through education and regularly shares topics about racial disparities, the hidden history of medicine, and biases in healthcare and other industries on his TikTok and Instagram (@joelbervell) where his platforms have over 500,000+ combined followers and 100 million+ impressions. He has been invited to speak at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Google, Meta, on behalf of the Congressional Black Congress and Congresswoman Barbara Lee, the Clinton Foundation, Barclays Bank, Morgan Stanley, Network of the National Library of Medicine, Verizon, Open Society Foundations, Bank of America, General Electric and more. His brand collaborations include Google, Neutrogena, Samsung, Listerine, Gushers, the American Medical Association, American Lung Association and BET. He has also spoken on well-known local and national media outlets including Good Morning America, NPR, YahooNews and WebMd, has produced digital media content featured on Vox, Aljazeera and Brut Media, and has published work in prestigious academic journals such as the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. He currently is a participant in the White House Office of Public Engagement’s Healthcare Leaders in Social Media Roundtable, serving as the American Medical Association’s Medical Student Digital Fellow, working with the World Health Organization’s Digital Communications Team to combat the spread of misinformation on social media about COVID-19, and working on a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion project with the VA Hospital systems. Joel was been named by TikTok as the top 2021 “Voice for Change,” featured by TikTok as one of 10 “Changemakers” on their inaugural Discover List, named as one of ten recipients of the 50K MACRO x TikTok Black Creatives Grant, a part of Meta’s 2022 We The Culture Class, and was a nominee for the AdColor Awards. The Smithsonian Channel chose him as a 2022 “Cyclebreaker” and Mashable called him “your next must-follow creator.” He was further selected by the National Minority Quality Forum as a 2022 40 Under 40 Leader in Minority Health and is the recipient of the National Medical Association’s Emerging Scholar Award, the highest academic honor presented to a student by the National Medical Association. Joel is also the co-founder of Hugs for, a non-profit that is dedicated to empowering the next generation of high school global leaders. Today, Hugs has mobilized hundreds of youth volunteers and fundraised over $500,000 worth of material gifts and monetary donations and successfully planned trips to Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Joel has served in an advisory role on the boards of multiple non-profits including the National Student Response Network, Hope in A Box, and the Ron Brown Leaders Network Council.

• Digital Content Creator
• Social Media Producer

Ashleigh Joplin is an award-winning videographer formerly for The Washington Post. She is currently freelancing in the DMV area. As of October 2021, Ashleigh worked on a team specializing in live political coverage and breaking news events, Joplin has spent years carving out ways to cover style and entertainment. She has been recognized for her visual storytelling by the Society for Features Journalism, the White House News Photographers Association, the Edward R. Murrow Awards and the National Association of Black Journalists. Her feature on model and restaurateur Barbara Smith and how her family coped with her Alzheimer’s disease sparked a national conversation about the role and expectations of caregivers. Joplin joined The Post in 2014 as a general assignment editor and has covered stories as diverse as covered celebrity trials, natural disasters, and Capitol Hill. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

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

Steve Ellner is a retired professor of the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela and currently an Associate Managing Editor of Latin American Perspectives. He is the author and editor of over a dozen books on Latin American politics and history. His latest are his edited Latin America’s Pink Tide: Breakthroughs and Shortcomings (2020), Latin American Extractivism: Dependency, Resource Nationalism and Resistance in Broad Perspective (2021), and Latin American Social Movements and Progressive Governments: Creative Tensions between Resistance and Convergence (2023). He has published on the op-ed page of the New York Times and Los Angeles Times. Ellner has been a visiting professor at Georgetown University (2004), Duke University (2005), University of Buenos Aires (2010), Australian National University (2013), Tulane University (2015) and elsewhere.

• Reporter / Journalist

Caitlin Faw is a multimedia journalist currently based in Baltimore, Maryland. Her photo work has appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Baltimore Sun, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. She has exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Anacostia Arts Center in Washington, D.C., as well as the Brooklyn Fire Proof in New York City, and the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, Israel. Her short documentary film, "Inseparable," was featured at the Maryland International Film Festival. Caitlin received a Master of Arts in New Media Photojournalism from the Corcoran College of Art + Design (now the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University) in 2014. She has interned with The Washington Post, NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune, and The Baltimore Sun.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Sound Mixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Deborah Lynn Blumberg is a freelance writer and content marketer specializing in business, finance and health and wellness. She got her start at The Wall Street Journal, reporting on financial markets during the height of the credit crisis. From there, she took a role in marketing and communications at J.P. Morgan. Now, she tells the stories of the people and companies that are changing our world for the better. Clients and publications include: The Washington Post, The Houston Chronicle, J.P. Morgan, Keller Williams, Mastercard, Stanford University, AAA, Barron’s, MarketWatch, and Wellesley magazine.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Copywriter
• Copy Editor
• Digital Content Creator
• Senior Editor
• Content Strategist

My name is Calvin and I am a camera operator, video producer doing business under the name Chosen Media, Inc. I've worked just about everything that has been produced for the screen. Movies, documentaries, marketing videos, testimonial videos and event and news video. I have all the gear required to produce just about anything including a Panasonic DVX-200 4K camera, Lectrosonic wireless system, Sony Lavs, TRAM Lav, LED and Tungsten lighting and Vinten tripod. I just added a Stedicam Solo stabilizer soon to add the vest and arm.

• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Assistant
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Reporter / Journalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer

I have 15+ years experience as a location sound recordist, sound designer, and composer. These days I work frequently on podcasts, documentaries, indie films, and digital branded promos. Longtime clients include New York City Ballet and A+E Networks. I’ve also worked for past clients such as Refinery29, Google, Viceland, AllianceBerstein, Hyatt, and many others.

• Sound Designer
• Audio Storyteller
• Music Composer
• Sound Mixer
• Production Assistant

Emily Thomas is documentary filmmaker and journalist based in the Baltimore, MD area. She seeks out stories around the world and in her own backyard that connect cultures, bridge divides and spark curiosity with the mission of amplifying often unheard voices. She received her master's in documentary filmmaking at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Field Producer
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Corporate Videographer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• TV News Producer

Award winning photographer, artist, and filmmaker who works in landscape, documentary and experimental methods to ask questions about american identity, history and memory. Producer and director of feature and short films including All Light, Everywhere (Sundance 2021, Hulu) and Margie's Salt & Pepper Shakers (Sundance 2023, The New Yorker).

• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Documentary DP
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer

With over 5 years of professional film/TV experience, Kenny's crew credits include Sundance Selection Strawberry Mansion, DGA Award Receipt Dogperson, HBO’s We Own This City and the new Paramount+ series Special Ops: Lioness starring Zoe Saldana and Nicole Kidman.

• Production Assistant

Professor Ziyad Motala Ziyad Motala is a Professor of law at Howard University School of Law. He served as an Honorary Professor of Law at the University Of Western Cape School Of Law in South Africa. Prior to his teaching at Howard, he also taught at Northwestern Law School as an adjunct law professor and a visiting professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. Motala is a native of Durban, South Africa, and was active in the struggle for liberation in South Africa. He received his B.A. and LL.B. degrees from the University of Natal (South Africa). He has an LL.M. and an SJ.D degree from Northwestern University in Chicago. He is an authority on international law, constitutional law, and comparative law. He served for eight years as the Director of the Graduate Studies Program at Howard University School of Law and currently serves as the Director of the Howard South Africa Summer Abroad Program, which he initiated. He has delivered papers and keynote speeches at numerous conferences all over the world. He served as the coordinator of a one week seminar on the Protection of Human Rights in Africa conducted by the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences Conference in Conjunction with the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Bureau, and the United Nations Center for Human Rights. He has written extensively in his areas of interest. Motala is the co-author of Constitutional Law Analysis and Cases with Cyril Ramaphosa the current President of the Republic of South Africa and former Chairman of the Constitutional Assembly of South Africa. He has also authored Constitutional Options For a Democratic South Africa: a Comparative Perspective. He has co-edited, The Protection of Human Rights in African Criminal Proceedings with M.C. Bassiouni. He also produced the following casebooks Constitutional Law Cases: The Structure of Government and more recently Constitutional Law Cases: Equal Protection and Fundamental Rights. He is the author of over seventy law review/journal, op-ed pieces or books. He is actively involved in projects pertaining to legal reform and administration of justice in various parts of the world.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

Located in Annapolis, Md., Alexander Glass is the founder of Cottage Creative. His’s goal is to capture raw emotion on camera and use it to produce captivating stories. After earning a degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College, he has gone on to produce award-winning work with Early Light Media, Endemol Shine Australia, and Cottage Creative. When away from the camera and edit bay, Alex can be found near the water with a book in hand.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Commercial DP

Throughout my years of employment, I have always been recognized as a person who could get the job done. Over the last 15 years, my experience has been varied roles in the Department of Defense. At the same time, I have been juggling The Carlwell Group work as a Director of Photography/Videography and drive creative excellence through brand consistency, including visual, tonal, and content creation.

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP

Gabe Dinsmoor is a freelance documentary cinematographer and video journalist based in Baltimore, Maryland. He has been documenting the Black Lives Matter movement in Baltimore since Mike Brown's death producing video stories for The Guardian, The New York Times, TIME, and The Baltimore Sun. Dinsmoor is currently working as a Director of Photography 2nd Unit and Associate Producer on a feature documentary about Baltimore after Freddie Gray.

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

Livestream and video producer, TEDxBaltimore, TEDxJHU, Johns Hopkins Race in America Forum, Baltimore Museum of Art Live Events

• Production Company
• Creative Director
• Field Producer
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• HD Live Operator
• Full-Service Live Production
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

Comedian, Actor and Filmmaker based in Baltimore, MD. Spent 4 years living abroad in SE Asia, the Middle East & Eastern Europe.

• Production Assistant
• Art Director
• On-Camera Talent

Richard is a photographer and visual artist based in Baltimore, Maryland. His work focuses on expression and identity with an emphasis on portraiture and street photography.

• Portrait Photographer

I graduate in spring 2024 with a bachelors in theater performance. I prefer to be called Nekko not because it’s a stage name, it’s something that I’m more comfortable with.

• On-Camera Talent

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer who has worked on 6 continents on a range of media projects from feature docs to narratives to ad photography. Based between Baltimore, Paris, Tonga and Liberia.

• Documentary DP
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Field Producer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator
• Production Company
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director
• Fixer
• Portrait Photographer
• Fashion Photographer