Discover Top Documentary DPs in Paris, Ãle-de-france, France

Gratuated from the theoretical department of a french university and from the Image Department of a Belgian practical film school, I've been working for 15 years as a camera assistant, including 10 as a 1st AC/Focus puller and began working as a camera operator 2 years ago. I've worked on feature films and television series in Paris and Marseille (south-east of France), the two cities where I live, but also on documentary projects that led me to travel worldwide, for example "Oceans", directed by Jacques Perrin.

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Stefania Rousselle is a French-American, award-winning freelance video journalist based in Paris, France. She covers Europe for the video desk of The New York Times and also works for Time.com and the Global Post. Her work has appeared on PBS/Frontline, Le Monde, Le Figaro, Elle, France 2, France 3 and France 5. She was a Visiting Scholar at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and holds a MA in history from the Université Paris-Sorbonne. She is particularly interested in social issues.

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

I am a freelance cinematographer and filmmaker based in Paris. I have been shooting since 2008. I lived and studied in NY. I work on short and feature documentaries, and on various commercial, corporate, fashion, music & dance videos, as well as fiction films. I shot several feature documentaries, in France, Iceland and Hawaii, on themes varying from education, dance and music, to volcanoes and bees. I love traveling with my work.

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• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
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• Corporate Videographer
• Gaffer

Larry Rochefort is a cinematographer and photographer from Québec City, Canada. He spends his time between Québec City and Paris. Larry dedicated himself to photography and cinematography with the purpose of sharing with others a more delicate part of our world. It is through the power of images that he tells stories, whether fictional or real.

• Commercial DP
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• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Fixer
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Production Assistant

New York born, Paris based director, cinematographer, and sound recordist. I've directed and shot several short films and commercials, recorded sound on feature length documentaries, and worked in various capacities in the commercial and feature film world.

• Sound Mixer
• Drone Operator
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Event Photographer
• Fashion Photographer
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Colorist
• Sound Designer

I am a freelance video journalist. I am a doc-style shooter and capable of handling an extensive interview. Half french, half italian, I am based in Paris but I often work in Rome. My work has been published on msnbc, The New York Times, France 2, Canal +.

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

Journaliste Reporter d’Images / OPV depuis plus de 12 ans. 8 ans dans le news et plus de 4 ans en magazine. Tournage aux grands capteurs (FS-5 / FS-7 / C-300 / A7S, etc. Équipé avec kit complet de tournage. Maitrise de l’éclairage 3 points pour les interview.

• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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• Drone Operator
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer

I’m a French-Algerian filmmaker focusing on documentaries, ads for social media and motion-design projects. I’m also the co-founder of the french studio Disruptive. For the past 5 years, I have been focusing my work on cinematic corporate films developing multi-skills and managing dozen of video projects from start to finish for brands, companies and charities. I like to tell meaningful, entertaining and engaging stories without boundaries: China, Somalia, Jordan, U.S., Senegal, Cameroon, Algeria… are some of the places I caught on camera for my documentary work. In 2018, I directed #AUTISM a web-campaign documentary shot in Morocco featuring awarded French actor Reda Kateb, about autism in Northern Africa (Morocco) which helped to raise 800.000€+ in less than a month. The film is now close to 1 million views on social medias. At Disruptive, we get involved in many embedded content projects to enhanced social campaigns for our clients. We have a team dedicated to each project that ensures each project is in good hands from start to finish.

• Video Editor - Commercial
• Motion Graphics Designer
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• Video Editor - Documentary
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• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

An awarded Iranian documentary filmmaker and creative producer Mina Keshavarz was born in 1984. Her films are about social issues with a personal narrative which have premiered in IDFA, Thessaloniki, Busan International Film Festival, Sheffield, Tribeca, London Film Festival including “Unwelcome in Tehran”, “Profession: Documentaries”, “Braving the Waves” and “The Art of Living in Danger”. Her films have been supported by IDFA Bertha Fund, Sorfond, Fritt Ord, Arte/ ZDF, NRW Cinema Fund and HotDocs International CrossCurrent Theatrical Fund. Besides her films as director, Mina produced “Fish Eye” directed by Amin Behroozzadeh which has been premiered in Visions du Reel 2020. This film won best film in progress award in Sarajevo Film Festival 2019 and nominated for best International Documentary film in DOCPOINT Film Festival Finland and has been screened in more than 20 film festivals around the world and broadcasted widely in Europe.

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• Field Producer
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Sound Designer
• Music Composer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Graphic Designer

Olivier Lambert, 31, is a journalist, writer, director, educational lecturer and a producer as the cofounder of the creative narrative lab Lumento. Interested in what is unseen, untold or unexpected, Olivier has been elaborating new ways of writing, producing and distributing stories since july 2009, when he met Thomas Salva. As co-directors they won several awards for their interactive documentaries (ie Webby Award for best online documentary series in 2011 for Brèves de trottoirs Sidewalk Shorts ; Grand Jury Prize at WebTV Festival for La Nuit Oubliée). With Lumento he produces interactive stories such as The Mystery of Grimouville with Radio France and film series for media and institutions like the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain. Olivier has graduated with honors in journalism in 2009 from the French Institute of Press in Paris and worked as an anchorman and reporter for French TV and radio, especially Radio France Internationale.

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• Fixer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Sound Mixer
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Solafa Sallam is a Multimedia Reporter and Mobile Journalism Instructor based in Cairo, Egypt. In 2020, she won the prestigious Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF). On April 27, 2020, the Washington Post Press Freedom Partnership spotlighted Sallam, She facing murder threats, detention and lifetime prison sentences simply for doing her jobs-reporting the truth and holding the powerful to account. ​ She graduated from Ain Shams University in 2009 in Cairo, Egypt with a degree in law. Since then she has been working for many national and international outlets. Her area of expertise is TV and online TV, as she focuses on shooting/producing her own mobile based reports for the web. Her work has appeared in Deutsche Welle, TRT World, MadaMasr, Alroeya (UAE) Newspaper, Al-Araby TV, and BBC Egypt. Her news reports and features have covered the political transition and social unrest in Egypt, sexual harassment in Egyptian society, minority rights, women's rights, education, human rights, and refugees. ​ She has been to The United Nations, and other esteemed entities both in Egypt & the U.S. Belgium, London and Lebanon, to address local, regional and global challenges and discuss potential proposals and initiatives, building strong relations and cooperation between youth and community initiatives between these countries. At the United Nations, Solafa is keen to follow discussions of human rights – particularly, freedom of speech and protections for journalists – as well as initiatives to eradicate poverty and reduce plastic waste. She managed and supervised her own newsroom with other journalists and cameramen. Preparing pitches, digging up for stories and shooting/producing. She can leading TV crew for international media, and supervise production teams on the ground as well as do her own production. In addition to the qualifications of writing short stories and producing TV documentaries. ​ She has launched a press initiative focusing on the use of social media tools in creating small press platforms to be alternative verification media channel, and covering through direct broadcast technology on Facebook. ​ She has founded of Everyday Footage ''Non-Profit’’, a school that trains young women journalists and researchers in mobile reporting, in order to be able to work as one woman/man crew. In September 2019 she was selected among 15 journalists around the world to participate in a UN fellowship and to cover the UN General Assembly, she was the only fellow from the Arab World in 2019 Additionally she have got a grant from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to participate in the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Germany

• Reporter / Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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• Field Producer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
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• Video Editor - Documentary
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• Production Assistant
• Translator
• Copywriter

French, Algerian and Polish (yeah, it happens) multimedia journalist, currently based in Paris. I have graduated from Sciences Po Paris (France) with a Master of Journalism and a Bachelor in Political Science. I've studied law as well, and am passionate about international affairs. I also fancy, in no particular order : economy, energy, religion, science, technology, drama, Marseille's football team, politics, cybersecurity, animal rights, German industrial metal bands, counter-terrorism, beer, philosophy and regional languages. I'm currently working for D8, BFMTV, France 24 (English), TF1, and a bunch of other companies. My work has also appeared on BBC World News, Bloomberg, France 2, France 5, ARTE, AJ+ (Al Jazeera), Slate, RTL, Radio France, Streetpress ... I write articles, produce/shoot TV stories and documentaries, and create multimedia projects for various media outlets.

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

During the last eight years I hold many positions in the audiovisual industry, working as a video editor, assistant director, cinematographer, assistant producer, photographer and journalist for the press, tv and radio. Born in Rio de Janeiro, I am living in Paris, where I have done a post-graduation in Audiovisual Production at INA (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel) and a Master in Interactive Multimedia at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Still in Paris, I now work for companies and projects in an international context. I love to make videos and documentaries about unique stories. I have a greater interest in environmental and human rights issues.

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• Sound Mixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
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• Translator
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• Drone Operator
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• Reporter / Journalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

*Video Journalist (AJ+, France télévisions, Stratégies, BBC, Al Qarra TV)* I am a French-Iraqi video journalist who worked for multiple TV broadcasts and online newspapers ( France télévisions, France TVinfo, BBC, Al Qarra TV, Nouvel Obs, Rue 89, ...). I have my own equipment (DSLR - CANON 5D MARK III, Zoom H5). I lived in Brussels for 3 years where I worked for the Parliament and NGOs, I also lived in the UK (London) for 2 years. I frequently travel to the Middle East and I speak 5 languages ( French, English, Arabic - I am of Iraqi origins - Spanish and Italian).

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
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• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Translator
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• Drone Operator

Born and raised in Paris area, storyteller with a camera. Journalist and filmmaker, I shoot film in various formats including current affairs, news, documentaries and branded. I have worked for France Télévisions, the French public national television broadcaster, in France and in the United States. Now I'm a freelance video journalist. Co-filmmaker of the independent documentary "Evry, l'autre CAN", a story of football and brotherhood in a Parisian suburb town. In my gear bag : Sony A7SII, various lenses, microphones, tripods and drone.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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• Drone Operator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant
• Corporate Videographer

International relation graduate from La Sorbonne University in Paris. While studying News Reporting at New York University, I have been trained by Stephen Sheppard from CBS News. I worked as a programmer in several film festivals as the International Human Rights Film Festival (Buenos Aires), the Latin Arab Festival (Buenos Aires), the transmedia festival (Paris). I now work as a freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker. I also have had the chance to live in New York, Paris, Buenos Aires and Jerusalem.

• Reporter / Journalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
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Documentary filmmaker and reporter. Co-founder of Amok Films, a documentary production company based in Paris. Master from Columbia School of Journalism in NYC / BA from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Documentary filmmaker / documentary and commercial DP. I previously freelanced as a reporter for the Center for Investigative Reporting, Cash Investigation, the Miami Herald, Frontline, Arte, the Marshall Project, Al-Jazeera, France 24 and Fusion. https://www.amokfilms.fr

• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• TV News Producer
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• Drone Operator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant
• Reporter / Journalist
• Audio Storyteller
• Production Coordinator / Crewing

Hey ! I am a director based in France. Since 2013, i have been working on very diversified projects such as corporate videos, documentaries, animation films, advertisements, with very different clients from very big corporate companies and NGO's to smaller startups in all parts of the world (France, Belgium, Australia, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Bosnia, Mali, Mexico, China, Portugal, ect). Feel free to present me your project and i would be happy to share my experience and reliability !

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• Corporate Videographer
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• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Post-Production Manager
• Video Editor - Commercial
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• Full-Service Live Production
• Reporter / Journalist
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My studies in Journalism and History put me on the path of film through documentary filmmaking. I started working as a camera operator and editor in various production companies. In 2016, I directed my first feature-length documentary on the creation of a cabaret in Paris. In the meantime, I developed my craft and took a liking into other forms of visual storytelling including fiction and advertising. In 2018 I produced a number of brand content videos for the language app Babbel.

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• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
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• Production Company
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Non-Fiction Film Director

More than 15 years of experience in the movie & audiovisual industry, as well on set, production & post-production. It led me to work in the United States, Belgium & France. I am creative, I have a positive energy, an open mind, and I love to work with others. As a videographer, I have all the gear necessary to work effectively (GH4, Crane, Tripod, ZoomH5, Rode...) As an editor, I work with Premiere Pro, FCPX, After Effect & Photoshop.

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