Discover Top Creative Directors in Paterson, New Jersey, USA

I am a managing producer who creates compelling content that engages and informs audiences. I am known as a creative with a strong business sense. I think through projects front to back, and create solutions that artfully execute concepts, make clients happy, and hit business objectives. In my recent role as U.S. Head of Production for global agency TVC Group, I develop content that amplifies brand for top clients like Microsoft, Prudential, Ralph Lauren, and United Technologies. From owning a small production company, I know how to create a quality production with budgets of all sizes. I’m used to juggling high-volume output with competing priorities, ensuring it’s channel/platform appropriate. I’ve worked in more than 30 countries and 125 cities around the world, inspiring and managing creatives to uncover the stories in all projects.

• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

My enthusiasm for story is contagious. My passion for story is for those who need a voice, where the message alone could captivate and give them a completely different outlook on life. I pursue to connect meaning, heart, and thought to my lifestyle. I believe great energy and philosophy will carry forward. It's patience. It's sweat. It's heart. I'm a vibrant, driven creative, shooting for the best of myself and others. When you tell a remarkable story, the world opens up. It suspends you, takes you somewhere you've never been. Story is within all of us, and it comes from the unique way we each see the world. A camera will never see as clear as you and I. The light will never outshine our ideas. A lens will never replace our perspective. It is an opportunity to share life and the remarkable. That's what Storytelling With Heart is all about.

• Production Company
• Creative Director

Shawn Baldwin is a documentary filmmaker, photographer and multimedia journalist based in Berkeley, California. His work is published in The New York Times, Stern, Newsweek, Time Magazine, Vanity Fair, Bloomberg Businessweek and The New York Times Magazine. Shawn lived in the Middle East for more than a decade covering war in Iraq, revolutions in Egypt and Libya, and the growing influence of hardline Islam across the Arab world. He has worked throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe on stories. He is the recipient of the 2016 Dorothea Lange Fellowship and has won several awards including Magazine Portrait & Personality in the Best of Photojournalism competition for his work in Afghanistan. Shawn studied documentary filmmaking at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. His first documentary film "After the Revolution" will premiere this year.

• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Production Company
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Sound Mixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant

JAY GUNNING grew up in rural Australia. The driving purpose for all of his work has been to demonstrate the similarities of all cultures and ethnicities with the intention of breaking down social preconceptions. After working internally for international NGO's fighting to alleviate poverty he has a deep understanding of politics and implications relating to story telling. As a result, Jay has worked with numerous NGO's as a creative in house and in the field to help achieve their visual needs. Jay has had several inclusions and three solo exhibitions plus awarded success within the advertising industry. Inspired to explore and gain a greater understanding of communities around the globe is part of his pursuit of positive social change and these values are reflected in his urban works. He currently lives in New York City.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Creative Director
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

Jennifer Kachler is a dedicated film enthusiast with a B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts and an M.A. from the esteemed David Lynch Masters in Film. Infused with a passion for cinematic storytelling, Jennifer shines in leadership, delegation, and budget management. Her expertise extends from directing to line producing, successfully managing budgets for 6-to-7-figure projects across the globe, including the USA, Asia and Europe. Jennifer's collaborative spirit has positioned her alongside distinguished celebrities Adam Driver, Matt Damon and Kevin Bacon, as well as with notable brands such as Amazon Web Services, TikTok and Budweiser. In the dynamic realm of film and video production, Jennifer's creative alchemy turns visions into cinematic masterpieces in the dynamic realm of film and video production.

• Field Producer
• Creative Director
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Executive Producer

I am an award-winning filmmaker & entrepreneur, recognized as a pioneering force in the New Brazilian Popular Cinema movement. With a career spanning over a decade, I have made my mark through guerrilla filmmaking, directing, and producing films across 50 countries. In 2012, I founded the International House of Cinema (IHC), a production company known for its innovative approach to filmmaking, which later expanded to the United States. My feature debut, Neon Heart (2023), received critical acclaim, establishing me as a leading voice in contemporary Brazilian cinema. I’m particularly proud of the extensive campaign I created for my feature film Neon Heart. My unique approach to storytelling is rooted in my early experiences traveling the globe, capturing stories with limited resources, which culminated in my project Independent Roads (2012).

• Creative Director
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Post-Production Manager
• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Executive Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Colorist
• Production Company
• Music Composer
• On-Camera Talent

Award winning director, Julie was born in a French-speaking town in southern Belgium. After graduating from ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles) with a Master degree in Journalism, she moved to New York to study filmmaking at The New School for public engagement. Her personal work was screened at Cinequest, The Big Apple Film Festival, The Prague International Film Festival and the Bowery Film Festival among other places. She won several Awards both as a director and producer, including Best Picture at the Los Angeles Film Awards. She recently was an associate producer for the movie The Drummer starring Danny Glover and the Emmy Awards winning show After Forever as well as a freelance editor for companies such as Sony, Google and Vice Media. She is an adjunct professor at New York Film Academy and lives in Brooklyn New York.

• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Corporate Videographer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Commercial DP
• Field Producer
• Executive Producer
• Senior Editor

Hello there! My name is Katie Simbala. I’m a New York City Native living in Baltimore city. I am a queer Latina creative with 10+ years experience in the visual art field and have specifically been operating as a Director of Photography for the last 5 years. I own two lifestyle studios in the Baltimore city area to use for interviews and any other projects you are interested in. We pride ourselves in the visuals we are able to provide our clients. We believe our imagery is deep and captivating and we would love to be of service. We believe in working toward the advancement of people of color in this industry, with a special focus on women. Women directors of Photography make up only 6% of the entire film industry. We believe we can forge a way forward to make way for others to follow behind us.

• Documentary DP
• Event Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Production Company
• Corporate Videographer
• Digital Content Creator

Simon Mendes is a New York-based director, producer, and editor, and a member of the PGA. He was an Associate Producer of both the Netflix Original documentaries BECOMING, the story of the former First Lady Michelle Obama, and DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, won the Special Jury Award for Innovation in Non-fiction Storytelling, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Academy Awards® - Best Documentary Feature. Simon was also Associate Producer of CHARM CITY, which premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival and was shortlisted for the 2019 Academy Awards® - Best Documentary Feature. Simon’s original film, DATING IN PLACE, about virtual dating at the outset of COVID-19, was featured in The New Yorker and #1 on their most recommended list during the week it premiered. He is currently Co-Producing RABBI, directed by Sandi DuBowski.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Production Company
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Fixer

Michel Raschkovsky Stolnicki is a director, producer, writer and cinematographer based in New York City. His debut feature film as a writer-producer, "American Thief", is now playing at select theaters in North America. Stolnicki executed one of Netflix's first original productions from France, "Solidarité (We Are One)", and was part of multiple major Hollywood productions including upcoming American horror thriller "Things Heard and Seen". While capping his masters at Columbia University, as a co-producer, Stolnicki won the Jury Award at Urbanworld and the DGA Student Latino Award with "Standing8". His thesis film,  "Alex, Listen To Your Heart", was acquired by HBO and as director, Michel Raschkovsky Stolnicki received the Silver Palm Award at the Mexico International Film Festival with "Stranded Fish". 

• Commercial DP
• Production Company
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Production Assistant
• Drone Operator

In addition to being the COO of JYC Llc, an immersive journalism production company, Carole serves as the Executive Producer and Director of VR at the Global Editors Network. Her freelance work has been featured internationally in publications such as the Washington Post, Discovery's VR brand Seeker and AJ+. Chainon is a French and American digital entrepreneur, photographer, writer, journalist and filmmaker. She's worked as a photojournalist and now specializes in virtual reality and 360 video immersive journalism. She has directed and produced a number of 360 news documentaries (including co-productions with Immersiv.ly) in North America, Europe and Latin America. Since 2015, She has been leading training workshops with news organizations on the subject of Virtual Reality, 360 Video and Immersive Journalism.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Drone Operator
• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• VR / AR

I am an award-winning Belarusian-American journalist, filmmaker and cinematographer exploring the topics of environmental justice, climate displacement and human rights. Currently, I am a producer and reporter on an audio documentary about the first federally funded climate change-driven community resettlement in the US. I am also in postproduction on my documentary about the deforestation of medicinal trees in Brazil. Some of my films have been published by VICENews, Eurasianet, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. My work has also appeared on The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Center for Public Integrity and others. I am a recipient of the 2023 Amnesty International Media Award, and I was one of the Judges in the broadcast feature category earlier this year. I am an experienced, HEFAT-trained producer/shooter, and I will be happy to help you bring your stories to life.

• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Podcast Producer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Born in Valencia, Spain, Akira Veintidos began his artistic journey in drawing and painting, moving into graphic and fashion design. His path led him to fashion photography and eventually cinematography, where he found his true calling. Proficient in using Arri, Sony, RED, Canon, and Panasonic cinema cameras, Akira ensures top-tier visual quality in all projects. Skilled in post-production techniques with DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, and Final Cut, he excels in lighting, color grading, and sound. Akira collaborates seamlessly with directors, producers, and crew to achieve specific aesthetics and moods, showcasing versatility across short films, commercials, and fashion. With dual nationality, Akira is ready for global adventures, creating compelling visual narratives that resonate worldwide.

• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Fashion Photographer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Art Director
• Creative Director

I'm Lydia, an experienced and creative video producer, shooter, and editor. Currently, I work as a video producer and editor with NowThis, the most-watched news brand on social media. I pitch, write, and edit engaging documentary-style videos on tight deadlines that reach millions. Since 2016, I've been a freelance videographer and editor, producing dozens of projects including commercials for private businesses, mini-documentaries, music videos, event showcases, weddings, and more. I can record on-site video and audio with industry-standard equipment and work on the fly to capture the most compelling moments. Finally, I can deliver polished edits with music, sound effects, color treatment, and motion graphics. I would love to work together, whether editing a video, shooting in the field, or taking on a project from start to finish.

• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Sound Designer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Commercial DP

I have directed 34 documentaries worldwide in 90 countries, including Ukraine, Afghanistan, Mauritania, Turkey, Asia, Latin America. I also make television pieces broadcast on CNN, the BBC and France 24, as well as corporate videos for the United Nations, UNICEF, UNDP and other NGOs. In addition to directing, I am a skilled DP and Apple certified pro editor. I can travel worldwide on short notice and edit via remote with fiber optics internet. I have the experience and enthusiasm to make your project great! Here are some comments about my work from major publications: "Powerfully direct." - The New York Times "Urgent, deeply painful yet lovely in its aesthetics." The Village Voice "Gorgeous visual quality, thanks to the stark black-and-white cinematography that recalls the Depression-era photographs of Dorothea Lange." The Hollywood Reporter

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Creative Director
• Executive Producer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager

I am a Pilipina-American, New York-based content creator originally from Vallejo, California (she/they). My experience and capabilities boast photography, videography, film, scriptwriting, colorgrading, producing, motion graphics/animation, blogging, and poetry. I shoot with my Sony a7 and use Adobe programs such as Lightroom, Premiere Pro, and After Effects. I graduated from the University of San Francisco in December 2019 with a B.A. in Communication Studies and double minors in Philippine Studies and Media Studies. I have worked with a wide range of companies such as financial tech startups, cultural non-profits, the largest Asian-American film festival, a venture capitalist company, a winery, and more. I take the time to understand my clients' visions and goals to craft the best possible product for them.

• Motion Graphics Designer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Colorist
• Event Photographer
• Production Assistant
• Creative Director
• Executive Producer
• Sound Designer
• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Art Director

Nataliya Rostova is a Russian media scholar and journalist based in America, was a staff writer covering the media life for Republic.ru/ Slon.ru, Novaya Gazeta, Gazeta.ru. She is a creator and author of two online projects on the history of mass media and journalism in years of groundbreaking changes in Russia: The Birth of the Russia Media. Gorbachev Epoch (1985-1991), gorbymedia.com, and The Heyday of the Russian Media. Yeltsin Era (1992-1999), yeltsinmedia.com. Earned MA degree at Philip Merrill School of Journalism in UMD (2023) and School of Journalism at Moscow State University (2000). Was awarded the Knight-Wallace Fellowship (Ann Arbor, MI, 2009), Galina Starovoitova Fellowship on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (Kennan Institute, Washington DC, 2011-2). Was a visiting scholar at the School of Journalism at the University of California Berkeley (Berkeley, 2015).

• Reporter / Journalist
• Transcriber
• Translator
• Creative Director
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Copywriter
• Senior Editor
• Art Director

Tim has been working as a Producer & Director for over 15 years, focused on unscripted film, television, digital and branded projects. He has developed and produced for brands and publishers, including A&E, Facebook, ESPN, KitchenAid, Yummly, Puma, Campbell’s, Sur La Table, theSkimm, Comcast, Alibaba, Eurosport, Getty Images, Scripps Network and others. He was the co-creator, Executive Producer and Showrunner of the award-winning TV series Scraps: Parts Uneaten on A&E, directing 20 x 30min episodes, a 60min Thanksgiving special and hundreds of pieces of short-form content across 2 seasons. He has also produced and directed a number of digital docu-series, including: Red Fields, Green Fields, a series that examined the repurposing and revitalization of blighted commercial properties in urban centers following the 2008 financial crisis.

• Creative Director
• Podcast Producer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Executive Producer
• Field Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Content Strategist
• Non-Fiction Film Director

Based in New York's Hudson Valley, Lights & Years is a film production company dedicated to grassroots storytelling that showcases the diversity and complexity of the human experience. We believe in the power of film to inspire and connect people, and strive to create work that resonates with audiences across the globe. We are committed to bringing fresh, original perspectives to every project and believe in the importance of collaboration, striving to create an inclusive and supportive environment on set. From feature films to documentaries and beyond, we are constantly pushing the boundaries of traditional storytelling and exploring new ways to engage and captivate our viewers. Whether we're working on a small indie production or a major studio blockbuster, we approach every project with the same level of dedication and care. We can't wait to bring your story to life.

• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer
• Drone Operator
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Sound Designer
• Colorist

Allison Shelley is an independent documentary photographer based in Washington D.C., focused primarily on health and social justice issues as they relate to women worldwide. She is co-founder and co-director of the non-profit Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW), and has worked as director of photography for Education Week newspaper and staff photographer for The Washington Times. Allison collaborates with organizations such as the United Nations Foundation, NPR and the Hewlett Foundation to create dynamic, image-forward corporate campaigns. Her recent projects from D.R. Congo, Senegal, Nigeria, Haiti, India, Nepal and the U.S. have been featured in publications like National Geographic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, NPR, Al Jazeera America, The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian, among others.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Portrait Photographer
• Event Photographer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Field Producer
• Creative Director
• Post-Production Manager
• Content Strategist