Discover Top Documentary DPs in Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico

Koral Carballo (Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico, 1987) is a Mexican documentary photographer and visual artist based between Veracruz, Puebla and Mexico City. Her work investigates new visual representations of themes that intersect her life/historical context, such as the violence of the drug war and the concept of postcolonial identity. Her photographic style is linked between poetic metaphor and cinematography working from an anti-patriarchal, decolonial and collaborative stance. Her work has received the National Geographic Society Grant, Catchlight Global Fellow, POY LATAM's Nuestra Mirada award in second place, the Woman Photograph and Getty Images Grant, the Open Society Foundations Moving Walls 25 Fellowship, and received first place in the portfolio review of the Latin American Photography Colloquium (2017). Her personal work has been published in the British Journal of Photography, Ph Museum, C&América Latina, Frezze Magazine, Vice Colombia, and Der Grief Magazine. She has been commissioned for Bloomberg News, The New York Times, California Sunday Magazine, Agence France Presse, Ruptly, NPR, Washigton Post, Animal Político among others. She is a member of Foto Féminas, Fotógrafas en México, Frontline Freelance México, Diversify Photo and Women Photograph. She founded together with a group of photojournalists from Veracruz 2014 the International Festival of Journalistic and Documentary Photography Mirar Distinto in Mexico and currently co-produces. Collaborates with Ruda Collective.

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Director, Writer, Producer and Video Journalist. Residing in Mexico City since 2014, has worked in this country as a freelance Video Journalist and writer for several production houses. In The year 2002 he began his career as a News Producer and Writer in the second largest TV station in Venezuela, Televen, covering the political and social situation that afflicted the country during the early years of President Hugo Chavez, including coups, general national strike, protests and elections. After five years of News related work, he left to pursue independent production and dramatic writing for Sitcoms, Soap Operas, Institutional videos and documentaries. He directed and produced video stories for Press TV, Mail Online, Bav Films, Snaps TV, Fox and Nat Geo Latam, NBC News, Ingenio TV, Triana Productions, Mediax and Possible Group. Carlos is also a regular journalist, photographer and videographer for Vice Versa Magazine (New York) and Sala de Espera Magazine (Venezuela).

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Hi, my name is Arturo de la Peña. I am a journalist, multimedia producer and videographer from Mexico City. My current job title is Digital Media Director for H Grupo Editorial, which means I am in charge of producing all the video content for that media group. Since I am the only videojournalist in the group, I have no specific beat. This has made me produce music, sports, fashion, culture, and arts stories. Nevertheless, my major was in international commerce; plus, I have another degree in contemporary music composition. So, I feel very confident to produce news in these two topics mainly, but can cover almost everything. (To see my video CV, please go to this link http://youtu.be/17_d4uP_Oc0) The reason why I started to produce video in the first place was because I saw the Mexican Tiger Fighting for Rain God documentary by a Storyhunter! Since that moment, I knew what my next professional was. Becoming a storyhunter myself.

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Im a freelance multimedia reporter covering Latin Americas rural sector. My work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Seattle Times, the Las Vegas Sun, Dow Jones Newswires, and other publications. Before I became an independent journalist, I covered commodities in Mexico, Central America and the Andean region for nearly three years as a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. I spent time with cocoa growers, opium poppy producers, coffee smugglers, anti-mining activists and more. I like any stories that shed an unusual light on rural supply chains. The forests, mountains and lowland plantations where I do most of my reporting are rich in visual detail, and I always seek out stories that provide depth and context to mainstream ideas about the origins of our food and other products were consume. I look for the sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes uplifting tales behind our chocolate bars and our vanilla lattés, the strange histories that make incomprehensible the knowledge that our golden earrings or corn flakes are valued at a few dollars, rather than being priceless.

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I'm a 34 years old documentary filmmaker born and raised in Mexico City. Currently, I'm a student in the last semester of the master's degree in documentary filmmaking, taught at the University Center of Cinematographic Studies (CUEC) and the National School of Plastic Arts (ENAP), UNAM. I'm working on my thesis, which is a feature length documentary on water conflicts in Mexico City. I have produced documentary short films for the Culture Institute of Mexico City, about cultural development on areas with high levels of marginalization. I have also directed short documentary films that have been selected on national and international Film Festivals. Although I like documentary films based on subject's life stories, I think that when becoming a film, every theme and issue has his own narrative form that has to be found. I like to experiment with different styles, and find the one that better fits to tell a story. The topics that I like to work are related to environment, social development, arts, justice and collective memory; the stories that I like to tell are the ones that allow the audience to connect not only to local important issues, but also with universal emotions.

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I just graduated from university with a degree in audio and visual production. I sold my car to buy some equipment and start my own career as a videomaker here in Mexico city. Now i'm working in the most important documentary film festival in Mexico named "Ambulante" and i've been colaborating with this festival since 2009, working as a production coordinator and recording video for "making off" and interviews with guests from many parts of the world. I've traveled from north to south of my country and i've seen tons of great stories waiting for someone to capture them with a camera and now i want to start telling this stories from my own perspective. Working in Ambulante has been a great chance to familiarize with the lenguage of documentary films, and i have developed a true passion for this kind of films, from political or massive events to very particular characters in society, i think there's always a great way to tell the story. Cheers!

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For the last 20 years I have been working as a photojournalist, photo editor, video journalist, writer, publisher and multimedia editor for wire agencies, newspapers and television channels, with a wide range of topics within Nicaragua, the Central American region and the Caribbean. I am currently working as a photo editor in the Latin America Associated Press photo desk. As a multimedia pioneer I have lead the development of Nicaraguas first and foremost multimedia department. This multimedia department was until recently, the leader in the region. I am fully bilingual and my experience in the field varies from being a single, in-country photojournalist, all the way up to managing multiple teams during intense coverage of news events, to developing, modernizing and creating new departmentsand media platfroms in the newsroom. I cover anything from hard news to feature stories.

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Alo! I'm a cinematographer based in Mexico City. I have shot seven long-feature films, five long documentaries, TV and web documentary series, and several advertising campaigns. - DP on Seasons 1 & 2 of an Amazon Original TV series co-produced by Endemol Shine and Eugenio Derbez, which received 2 nominations for the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (Outstanding Entertainment Program in Spanish & Outstanding Daytime Talent in a Spanish Language Program - Eugenio Derbez). - The last long documentary I worked with, A Six Dollar Cup of Coffee, premiered in the International Film Festival in Guadalajara and La Havana, Cuba. - I have shot several commercials for different brands, such as Sony, Procter & Gamble, Televisa, Banamex, McDonalds, HBO, Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma Beer Company, Burger King, Disney, Telcel, Liverpool, Banco Industrial, etc.

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Filmmaker and photographer with 15 years of experience. My work focuses on social issues, culture and enviroment. I´ve worked on 8 feature films, documentary and fiction. Director, cinematographer, producer and editor of “Yakuaya”, award-winning documentary feature, shown at festivals in Africa, America, Asia and Europe. I´ve directed 14 short films and worked on videos on social issues for organizations such as ACNUR / ONU, UNICEF, Fundación Telefónica Movistar, Plan Internacional, Isla Urbana, among others. I´m compromised in film democratization, so I make video workshops for young people and children in Ecuador and México. Also I explore in expanded cinema, video mapping and 3D animation. Founder and director of the production company Ojo Común. I´ve B.A. in film and video, and a Master degree in visual comunications (UNAM).

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Born in Chile and based in Mexico city since 2001. He studied Film making in Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC). His first work “González, Falsos Profetas” (2014) won the best film award in the Fribourg International Film Festival 2015, best first film in Montreal 2104 and the Ícaro award for the best feature film in Guatemala 2014. Also the Pantalla de Cristal award for Best Screenplay in 2014. In the 11th Morelia FIlm Fest, Carlos Bardem and Harold Torres won the Best Actor award. Also had five nominations for the Ariel awards from the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences: Best First Work, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay and Best Sound. Currently he is post-producing his second feature film, “Sanguinetti”, and writing the screenplay for “Conspiracy”, his third work. He founded the film production company AWKACINE in 2016.

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Studied cinematography in Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico. Has more than ten years of experience in filmmaking. His works have been in different international festivals like the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes, Kustendorff and Raindance. In 2013 he is awarded with the Best Short Film Cinematography award in Ciudad Juarez Film festival for the film "The last veil". He has worked and produced content for brands like National Geographic, Absolut Vodka, P&G and TP Link. In 2014 he shot the documentary short film "Ramos", which won the DocsDF best short film award. Right now he's finishing the postproduction of his first documentary feature film as a cinematographer, "Mi sangre enarbolada", directed by Luis Palomino. He also has worked as creative producer for large mexican digital media companies like Cultura Colectiva & Vice.

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Nací en la Ciudad de México, y actualmente resido en el Estado de México. Curse la licenciatura en Comunicación Social de la UAM (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana) y pasante de la carrera de Biología en la Facultad de Ciencias de la UNAM Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). Tomé cursos extraescolares en Fotoperiodismo, Storytelling, Documental, Preproducción Documental y Cinefotografía. Mi primer colaboración fue como fotógrafo en una revista sobre Cultura Urbana, también colaboré con una agencia independiente llamada Latitudes Press. Un par de años trabajé como Asisitente de Arte para producciones Cinematograficas. En la actualidad soy creador de contenido de manera Freelance y desarrollo mis propios proyectos de cine, a la par de trabajar para una casa de Renta de Equipo de foto vídeo y cine Llamada R7D como operador y encargado de equipo.

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I am Mauricio Talamantes. I am a filmmaker working mostly for TV. In 2012 I produced, codirected, and shot NEGRO CIMARRÓN, a 30 min. documentary about Yanga, an african slave that founded the first free community in America recognized by the Spanish Crown, in the XVI century Veracruz. The work tells the story of this little known character while it reflects the situation of mexican afrodescendants and afromexican historry. NEGRO CIMARRÓN won a 3rd place prize by IMCINE (Mexico´s film institute) and INAH (Mexico´s Anthropology and History Institute). I´ve also directed commercial productions for E! Entertainment TV, ESPN, Sony Entertainment TV, and more, but my greatest passion in filmmaking are documentary movies. I would be very grateful to be part of this community of filmmakers that show the actuality of the world we live in.

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I'm a formed musician but I've decide to take myself closer to film. So I studied photography. Time after collaborate on media advertising agencies and media contet producers. Now a days I'm one of the founders of Central 16. My work has been around documentary and sports. I've developed myself as a Photographer, but always gettinf hand on field, as a result I've learned new skills. I've been collaborating as a producer and director. Recently released my first documentary called Path, shoot at NY and finished in Mexico city. My most relevant work includes: Citibanamex (a branch in mexico for Citigroup), Pepsi, Renault, HSBC group, among other local branches, here in Mexico City. I love my work for many reasons, but maybe the most relevant are: the big opportunities to travel, and be creative in new places, achive new goals, new challenges and connect with people. One of my favorites.

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Hi, I'm Santiago Casillas and i'm a multitask guy! I've been working in video production around 4-5 years. I work with a production company called With a Smile Films that resides in Mexico City. My work experience follows several things: i'm capable of operating some cameras, not all of course but i'm very passionate and i learn very fast, i'm very efficient as a soundman, also a cautious drone operator but very precise. I'm very good at editing, i have experience with sound designing and i know how to do motion graphics with after effects. I get very involve with all the different stages in production, pre-production, creating ideas, production itself and the most important post-production, well for me. Also i had the differents experience roles in each stage and i know them very well. Right now i'm evolving from realisation to direction assitant.

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Meghan Dhaliwal (b. 1990) is a freelance photojournalist, editor, researcher, writer and multimedia producer based in Mexico City, MX--her español es muy malo, pero ella está aprendiendo. Her work has appeared in Foreign Policy, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Global Post and The Huffington Post. She is a two-time Pulitzer Center grantee. She has a special interest in covering public health issues that arise as a consequence of conflict or natural disaster. Prior to her freelance career, Meghan was the Multimedia Projects Coordinator at the Pulitzer Center in Washington, DC. During her 2.5 year run on staff, she designed e-books, curated exhibitions, spoke at schools and universities across the country, worked with youth programs, and worked as a grantee for two projects: one in Haiti and one in Afghanistan. Meghan is available for assignments worldwide.

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I studied Cinema and Television at CENTRO and literature at “Escuela Dinámica de Escritores”. I'm one of the founding members of “Colectivo Detona”, a group of filmmakers dedicated to making documentaries, the diffusion of film culture and educational projects. I was scriptwriter and assistant director at the full length documentaries “Vestiges of paradise) (2012) and “Transit” (2014), which where shown in national and international festivals. As a film programmer I did “¡BOOM!” in Centro Vlady in collaboration of the UACM university. I have published film critics at the magazine “La Tempestad”. My most important project to the moment is the fiction film called “Aimee”, which was completed in the beginning of 2015 and is currently looking for spaces of diffusion. Its a thriller about the dark side of the unconscious.

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Cinematographer and director known for my work in music videos, commercials, short  films and documentaries. My career started as camera assistant and second unit cinematographer on nature documentaries of the Sea of Cortez and Lacandona rain forest for Mexico Desconocido. I have collaborated as Director of Photography in commercials for the courier Mexican company Estafeta, fashion films for InStyle Mexico and in promotional short films for League of Legends. My latest work consists on a series of awarded music videos for the classic rock singer and composer Juan Carlos & Black Hat which I was credited for cinematography, direction and production; and cinematography for the documentary VOCES DE MIXQUIC and the short film DULCE ALARIDO.

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I'm a video maker since 8 years ago, I start to do short films with just one camera and one actor, later I decide to make my own Producer company and since then I still work in it. I have been doing documentaries lately, the last one "Pal nolte" tells the story of thousands of south American people who trips trough Mexico to get into the United States, and on the way they stop in the North of Mexico in Saltillo Coahuila where there's a Shelter that helps them. I like to show stories that are real, and right now here in Mexico there's a story in every corner. I would love to make short documentaries constantly, I realize that it's really exciting for me. Right now I'm finsihing my Documentary Master Degree in Barcelona.

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BRIEF PORTRAIT OF ULTIMEDIOS and Antonio Arango As a Creative Director in Ultimedios (since 1996) I have produced 2 gastronomic serials: En Materia de pescado for Once TV Channel with 2 seasons; here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yuAF2ILDrM&index=12&list=PL490A9E417FE20C84 a pilot about architecture history in Mexico City for TV UNAM channel (you can watch it with another examples in the Ultimedios channel in vimeo); and promotional, clips and motion graphics production Also Antonio Arango have won several arads in video, performance and installation art and exhibited his works in various festivals and exhibitions in the United States, Spain, Canada, Germany, Brazil, France, Japan and Chile.

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