Discover Top Commercial DPs in New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Available as Director of Photography/Camera Operator/Lighting Director. I have an extensive background in shooting film and digital formats, both in fiction and nonfiction genres. I started my career from the ground up in Austria in 1978 and came to live and work in NY in 1997. I am not affiliated with any union, agency or political party. As my first language is German, many of my clients and projects are too. I am a legal permanent resident of the US, with an Austrian passport. I do great hand/shoulder held work, every flavor between shaky and steady, I am prepared to be a subordinate operator in case higher powers are in charge but I am also willing and able to take charge as a DP myself. I love to light spaces and people, cater to their vanities, very often to the delight of clients and subjects alike. I call it ‘gentle realism’. Also, I enjoy working with/helming a crew; I don’t push people around - on the set my motto is, “we’re all responsible and consenting adults.”

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

Pete Chatmon is the guy you want behind the lens. His debut feature, “Premium”, starred Dorian Missick, Zoe Saldana, and Hill Harper and premiered on Showtime. Chatmon also wrote, produced, and directed “761st”, a documentary on the first black tank battalion in WWII, narrated by Andre Braugher. Chatmon received the 2008 Tribeca Film Institute “All Access” Program’s Creative Promise Narrative Award for the screenplay “$FREE.99”, written in collaboration with Candice Sanchez McFarlane. Through Double7 Images, his Digital Studio, he has directed content for ad agencies, Porsche, Proctor & Gamble, Lenovo, Universal Pictures, and other brands. Chatmon’s career began in 2001 with the Sundance selection of his NYU thesis film, “3D”, starring Kerry Washington. His current project, the short film “Black Card”, is traveling the international film festival circuit and will premiere on HBO in 2016.

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

Tânia Cypriano is a Brazilian native living in New York, and working in documentary film and television for over twenty years. Most recently, she has also directed and produced short-format episodes for documentary and travel series on the web. Her own films and videos have won several international awards, and screened around the world in places such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival. Her television credits include working on documentaries for PBS, the History Channel, the Wall Street Journal Television, NHK, GNT in Brazil and Channel 4 in England. Tânia has extended experience in camera, editing, stock footage research, associate and line production. In these capacities she has worked for clients such as Montefiore Medical Center and Portico Research, in documentaries with Bill Moyers, Martin Scorsese, Kent Jones, Heddy Honigmann and Nelson Pereira dos Santos.

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

I am a documentary Director/Producer based out of New Orleans and New York City. I work as a dp/camera operator and as a field producer for hire. I have made 2 feature length documentaries and several short form docs. My first film SHELL SHOCKED, which looks at gun violence in New Orleans from the perspective of the youth aired nationally on PBS’ America Reframed series in February of 2015. The film continues to be used as a training tool for law enforcement, teachers, and organizations that work with teens. My latest film 91% examines the national gun debate through our laws surrounding the background check system and was released through The Cinema Guild. I have worked on projects with Bravo, Comedy Central, Viacom, Sierra Club, City of New Orleans, and The Louisiana Endowment for The Humanities. I am known for bringing honesty in the telling of difficult stories while maintaining the integrity of the people and the truth.

• Commercial DP
• Fixer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Production Company
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Field Producer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Production Assistant

Christine Giraud is a videographer based in Boston, MA. She is a 2000 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin Radio-TV-Film Masters program. She has worked with film/video in various capacities: production, post production, film festival curation, and teaching. Since moving to Boston in 2006, she has produced various short docs and narratives as director, cameraperson, gaffer and editor. Companies she has worked for include: Girls Rock Campaign Boston, Counterfeit Cow Productions, producer Rachel Koteen, Dream a Little Dream Productions, Subaltern Games, Groupmuse, and more. From 2000-2002, she worked at the Ford Foundation in the Media Arts and Culture unit and helped grant money to film and radio producers. She also co-organized film festivals the Environmental Film Festival of Accra (2004-5) and the Boston Palestine Film Festival (2007-2010). While a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana, she taught documentary film at the National Film and Television Institute (2003-2005).

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

I'm a producer, writer and director for broadcast television for major networks, for theatrically released film and for high profile web sites including series, specials and pilots. I apply timeless storytelling devices to innovative filmmaking to create unpredictable, exceptionally compelling shows. Most recently I Co- Executive produced a documentary series about fallen soldiers from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Just previous I produced a Bafta winning documentary called 'Rebuilding of the World Trade Center' for Channel Four in conjunction with the artist and photographer Marcus Robinson. I have diverse industry experience in documentary and fiction spanning 17 years including supervising series, producing, story producing, script writing, narration writing, directing, shooting, casting, post-production directing/producing and editing. My work has been broadcast nationally and internationally on numerous networks including Channel 4, National Geographic, Bravo, and MTV.

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

Kendall Rodriguez is an Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker and photographer He regularly freelances for Newsday, were he creates day-of-air news packages. Kendall earned his masters degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Clients include: Newsday Nom Media Town of Babylon Feed Forward Minority Millennials Truist Bank Innovocer CrossFit Flushing Cameras: RED Raven 4.5k Canon C70 Sony FS7 Sony A7SIII Sound: SOUND DEVICES MIX PRE 6 II SONY MDR 7506 HEADPONES SENHEISSER G3/G4 WIRELESS LAVALIER SYSTEM SENHEISSER K-Tek KE79CCR BOOM POLE TENTACLE SYNC E TIMECODE GENERATOR APUTURE DIETY SHOTGUN MICROPHONE ELECTROVOICE RE50 MIC LIGHTING: APUTURE 120D LIGHT APUTURE 300X LIGHT APUTURE 600D LIGHT APUTURE LS-1 LIGHT WESCOTT 4X4 SCRIM MATTHEWS BLACK FLAGS LENSES: Rokinon 14mm t 3.1 Wide angle lens Canon EF 24-105 f/4 Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8 Sigma EF 18-35 f/ 1.8 Canon 24mm f/1.4 Canon Ef 50mm f/1.2 SONY 35MM 1.4 SONY 24MM 1.4

• Documentary DP
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Corporate Videographer
• Commercial DP
• Production Company
• Non-Fiction Film Director

I'm a multi-faceted technician who is well-versed in all aspects of video production. My expertise in live streaming, camera, lighting, sound, editing, compression and visual effects has allowed me to produce over 600 videos for the Web and TV. I believe that documentaries are the last bastion of journalism. Having worked for network news at MSNBC for almost four years as an editor helped lead me to this conclusion. Documentaries can help change the world in which we live. Currently I am working on a feature documentary about a self taught artist who is entrenched in the noise scene, comics, zines, and performance art. I like to hunt for documentary stories about artists, social movements, historical events, human & animal rights, science, technology, and environmental issues. I believe a can-do attitude and team-player mentality makes a great video producer. My goal is to be the best of the best and create content that connects to audiences worldwide.

• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Drone Operator
• Video Editor - News
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

HI, my name is Emily Harrold. I am a documentary filmmaker based in New York. I was born and raised in Orangeburg, South Carolina. My films have screened at such festivals as The Tribeca Film Festival, The Telluride Film Festival, and The Melbourne International Film Festival. Recently, my short documentary film "Reporting on The Times: The New York Times and The Holocaust" received a Student Directors Guild of America Award and was a Documentary Finalist in the 2012 Student Academy Awards. The film also received a Special Jury Mention from the Tribeca Film Festival in 2013. I have worked with companies such as BBC2, Gigantic Pictures, The Futuro Media Group, and Insignia Films. I am a graduate of New York University, where she earned honors majoring in Film Production and US History. I am interested in stories that challenge our perceptions and stereotypes. I am also interested in content that encourages audiences to re-evaluate our shared past and history.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• TV News Producer
• Production Company
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Producer, Director, D.P. with over a decade of experience bringing impactful stories to life across film, TV, and digital media. I specialize in managing end-to-end production, from initial concept to final cut, with a focus on narrative-driven projects. My work includes producing the *PBS American Masters* YouTube series "Renegades," where I oversaw budgeting, logistics, and creative direction for high-profile premieres, and directing *Royalty Free: The Music of Kevin MacLeod*, a feature-length documentary with a successful international release.Known for my strong organizational skills and collaborative approach, I thrive in fast-paced environments where adaptability and communication are key. Whether coordinating logistics, managing crews, or refining scripts, I approach every project with a commitment to excellence and an eye for detail. Let's work together to bring your vision to life, with strategic insights and hands-on support that will elevate your project from start to finish

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Field Producer
• Production Company
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Executive Producer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Post-Production Manager

Small Giraffes is a full-service production company based in Brooklyn, NY founded by Sam Graff in 2016. With over ten years in the industry, Sam has produced and directed brand films, digital content, short narratives, music videos, and artist profiles. In his role as hands-on executive producer, he has managed end-to-end production on projects spanning creative development, budgeting, hiring crew, booking talent, location scouting, securing equipment, directing shoots, and guiding the post-production and editing. Sam graduated with a BA in Film and Television Production from Sarah Lawrence College. He is highly proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud applications, Final Cut Pro, and operating cinema cameras. Sam thrives in leadership roles managing teams and collaborating closely with creative partners and clients. His passion for impactful storytelling shines through on every type of project he takes on.

• Production Company
• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Executive Producer
• Field Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Creative Director
• Art Director
• Colorist
• Post-Production Manager

I am the owner and creative director at ReelSmart Productions. Over the past decade, I have singlehandedly built a full-service video production and marketing business from the ground up, in the highly competitive NYC digital media market. My video products have consistently delivered the marketing results my clients have sought – from helping startups raise millions in capital to helping books reach New York Times Best Seller status. As an agency owner, I’ve amassed expertise in both the business and creative sides of production. Creatively I can work as a one-man-band, or assemble and direct production crews and other teams of creatives to execute the perfect product for my clients. My skill set spans the full production gamut: developing the strategies and creative concepts, scripting, locations and talent, directing, shooting, editing, animation, and promotion. But this is only part of what I do. At bottom, I’m not only a video producer but a marketer. I create digital marketing assets and show my clients how to use them strategically across their websites and social media to build audience, boost traffic and dwell time, and increase conversions. I have extensive experience creating content for every stage of the sales funnel including brand videos, social content, explainers, testimonials, Q&A, and product videos and more.

• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant
• Gaffer
• Grip
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Colorist
• Copywriter
• Digital Content Creator
• Senior Editor
• Graphic Designer

My name is Sonja Stark of PilotGirl Productions. I’m a female DP, videographer, editor and streaming tech. I’ve shot productions all over the world. Since 1995, at least 70 countries (I’m also a travel writer on the side). I have decades of experience shooting and editing ENG, broadcast, documentary, web, commercial, industrial, educational and non-profit. I’ve earned several New York State Emmy Awards and a National Broadcaster Award while working for CBS-TV. Certifications include New York State Women in Business Enterprise, FAA Part 107 UAS and PADI open water SCUBA certification license. I own the Sony FX9 6K as well as the Sony FS7. I can live stream using 4 cellular bonded services with my LIVEU 200 encoder for ENG work or the AJA encoder for local streaming. I also own the Sony alpha A7sIII DSLR camera and DJI Ronin-S for b-roll requiring a gimbal. I rely on the the 18-110mm ENG lens alongside other Sony e-mounts & primes. I also own Sachtler and Miller tripods, the DJI Mavic 3 Pro, multiple GoPro kits, DJI Osmo, 9-foot Dana Dolly slider, HMI Joker 400, green screens, 1×1 LED lighting, 15″ teleprompter, wired/wireless/shotgun audio kits and more.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• Corporate Videographer
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - News
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial

Joe Zeitouny is a filmmaker and documentarian interested in exploring the vast world of culture and musical expression through narrative, observational documentary, and formal documentary work. He is currently a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a path to graduate in 2024 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film. Within the past eight years, he has worked alongside the Boston Celtics to rebirth the Waltham High School TV broadcasting program to document the high school's basketball team, made promotional films for the Waltham Parks department to help with community engagement, and was a marketing intern for Alira Health to inform the actions the company was taking to become more environmentally friendly. He has worked on numerous documentaries independently and with a team of other like-minded creatives. During the summer of 2023, he went to Dublin, Ireland, to film a feature documentary with the Cuala Foundation to capture asylum seekers' hardships and the road to getting citizenship. He had also worked on short documentary films about the Black Lives Matter movement in Waltham, MA, and Minneapolis, MN. He has been working with UW-Milwaukee's doc/UWM to produce, direct, film, and edit shorts for companies about UW-Milwaukee alumni. Some companies that he worked with are Trek, The Brady Street Improvement District, and American Scores MKE. He is also a narrative cinematographer and gaffer who worked in many corporate and student films. Currently, he is working on a short documentary about local jazz in Milwaukee.

• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Production Assistant
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Landscape Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Event Photographer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Social Media Producer
• Digital Content Creator
• Reporter / Journalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Field Producer
• Content Strategist
• Creative Director
• Gaffer
• Grip

Jeff is a documentary filmmaker and journalist based in New York City. In recent years, he has collaborated on feature-length documentaries for HBO and PBS Frontline, and contributed reporting to the New York Times. Jeff learned to shoot and produce working alongside renowned documentarians Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill at DCTV, New York’s most honored community media center. In 2008, through a KWD Project for Peace Grant, Jeff received funds to equip a media lab on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Southern Mexico with video and audio equipment and train a small indigenous youth group to make short films. The youth group and their work is featured at the end of his award-winning undergraduate thesis film, which received the Betty and Harry S. Shapiro Endowed Award in Anthropology at Brandeis University and is distributed internationally by DER. Jeff’s work continues to be informed by a strong background in community media and non-fiction story-telling. He lives in Hamilton Heights with his wife, Laís and his son, Martin.

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

Chris started El Raven Productions in 2013 after years of perfecting his craft as a production freelancer throughout the northeast United States. With vast experience in everything from television to commercial production to internal corporate communications, his visual style can be described as organic and balanced, with a keen sense of storytelling that brings out the highest level of authenticity in his work. A seasoned cinematographer and artist with over 10 years of professional experience in film, video, and still photography, Chris now lives with his wife MaKenzie in Brooklyn, where he likes to write and work on fine art photography in his spare time. You may have seen his work at one of his gallery shows or run into him out and about while polishing his still photography skills. Either way, he was probably carrying a camera because he loves what he does and feels extremely lucky to be doing it for a living.

• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP

Gordon T. Skinner is the Executive Producer of [Re]-Frame Media, LLC. His films include: Save Out Seaport; Cornelia Street Café; The Kunas of San Blas; Sitting in the Fire; Strategic Omissions; Lost Innocents. Skinner is a UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program 2017 Associate, and has held fellowships which include: Tribeca Film Institute, Film Independent, & Lincoln Center Institute. Skinner was filmmaker-in-residence with the South Street Seaport Museum/the New York Harbor School where he taught media literacy and documentary filmmaking. Some of his commissioned works: His Holiness The Dali Lama; Echoing Green’s Purpose 360º conference; Border Crossers; Dance for pole 3D @MoMA/PS1; and Occupy Wall Street: Evolution of a Revolution. Commercial credits include: Westin Hotel, Jersey City/Starwood; Latin-American Culture Week/teleSUR; Text4Baby; Olatunji: Drums of Passion/Symphony Space. Skinner commemorated JS Bach’s 330th birthday filming Bach In The Subways with a 200-person flash-mob in New York’s Grand Central Station. Skinner has produced projects for MTV, TV-Japan, NHK, ESPN and Sony Music’s Automatic Films.

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

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Jason Stefaniak received a Master of Fine Arts in Film and Television Production at New York University, where he was awarded an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scholarship and a Graduate Craft Award for Producing. Jason’s work has been recognized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and has been featured on 20/20, MSNBC, The Huffington Post, The Progressive, MoveOn.org, Upworthy, and has screened at the United Nations. His films have been viewed at festivals across the United States and nearly 1,000,000 times online. He is the producer of the award-winning short film, A Warm Spell (World Premiere, Clermont-Ferrand), and the Brooklyn Film Festival Audience Choice Award-winning feature film, But Not For Me, which co-stars Roger Guenveur Smith (Do The Right Thing). In 2015, he co-founded the collaborative production company, Impolite Company. He is currently developing his first feature as a writer/director.

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

I am director/producer of documentary and animated film born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Graduate of Sofia University, Central European University, Budapest and New York Film Academy’s Documentary Filmmaking program. Based in Brooklyn, NY, I divide my time between freelance video production and working on my own film projects. Production portfolio includes BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY (documentary short, 25’, 2012) and FATHER (animated-documentary, 16’, 2012), awarded 28 times, including the Golden Dove for Animated Film at DOK Leipzig Festival 2012 and 1st Prize for Animated Documentary Film at Chicago International Children’s Film Festival 2013. Currently working on my first feature documentary project, My main focus of interest are social issue documentaries and experimenting with mixed genres. Please get in touch if you need a short doc or animation. I have over 30 commissioned shorts in my portfolio.

• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Hi. I am an Emmy Award-winning writer/producer/director with over fifteen years' experience. I was a senior producer at ABC News, where I oversaw the network's slate of original digital video programming, where I was responsible for the content and creative direction of these series, as well as the development of new series. I also spent eleven years with Comedy Central, heading up the network's award-winning digital video initiatives and overseeing a team of writers, producers and editors. I've also produced mobile live-streaming video for the New York Post and Page Six. Additionally, and independently, I produced "Containment: Life After Three Mile Island," an hour-long documentary on the 1979 nuclear accident, and a mockumentary starring Ed Helms, "Zombie-American." I'm interested in a broad range of topics, including (but not limited to) history, travel, the environment, warfare, baseball, comedy, books and literature, and culture.

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