Discover Top Documentary DPs in Paterson, New Jersey, USA

NYC-based cinematographer, gaffer, video editor, and producer with 12+ years of extensive experience in editorial, commercial, branded content, and music video work. Some clients include SharkNinja, Colgate, Audible, Dr. Scholl's, Spotify, Google, Waze, GQ, Vogue, Pret A Manger, Make Up Forever, Citibank, Tommy Hilfiger, Belvedere Vodka Vice, Smirnoff and more. I own multiple 4k camera packages, lighting, grip, and an audio kit. I run the NYC-based production company Extra Syrup with my wife, Shirley Cruz, who is a photographer/director and FAA-certified drone pilot. Please find a more detailed portfolio of work here - https://extra-syrup.com/

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Seif Abdalla is a cinematographer, Editor and Director— he is an Egyptian and American nationalities. He was born in Alexandria and later continued his studies in the United States first in Graphic Design and Art in Chicago then in Filmmaking in Los Angeles. He traveled the world in Europe and the Middle East working as a filmmaker, where he’d shoot and direct commissioned projects for branded content, and TV networks for a wide range of topics. He continues to be based between the United States and The MENA region where he works as a commercial and documentary director for international brands and Networks.

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KATIE SADLER is a NY-based filmmaker whose work spans across documentary, narrative, commercial and short-form genres. She has a background in dance and music, and her work often combines these artistic disciplines within various cinematic approaches. She has worked extensively in digital media, and has created hundreds of videos that have reached audiences of over 150 million for companies including NBC, BuzzFeed, Columbia Records, RCA Records, Red Bull, SeatGeek, Nylon, and more. While directing documentaries, dance films and music videos is her main passion, Katie also edits, produces, and shoots a variety of projects and is a lover of all forms of storytelling.

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A California native now living in Brooklyn. With a background in sociology and philosophy, I hunt for stories involving anything that has to do with people and society. I love making the ordinary seem strange. While living in San Francisco I worked for several documentary production companies dedicated to telling the stories of those often marginalized in society. Whether it involved the environment, education, food rights, or marijuana legalization the opportunity to tell one's story kept me passionate and driven. Today I continue to freelance as a videographer editor. Shooting BTS videos, editing short editorial pieces, or producing digital content for websites and magazines.

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• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
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ModernEpic is an award-winning full service content studio, working across all visual platforms. Our projects fall into four production areas: TV and documentary; VR experiences; E-learning/ training; and Branded Content. Based in NYC, ModernEpic brings decades of global experience to every project; from world-class documentary TV and film for major networks, to branded, promotional and educational content material for leading organizations such as the United Nations, Yale, Dell, Wells Fargo, Columbia University, City of New York and others. At the heart of every piece we do is a story: an epic big or small.

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Creative, and also a savvy technician. 20+ years of experience in almost all things media. From design work in front-end web and print media, to stage + studio sound. I've been on stages and in front of cameras as well as behind them. I've written stories as well as brought them to life from script to screen, and also documentation. I specialize in digital A/V postproduction work using primarily Adobe Suite software, and have worked with other industry standard utilities like Avid and BlackMagic. Fluent in Turkish and can understand German. I offer solutions for camera and production work too.

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I'm a filmmaker who focuses on small footprint, indie docs and branded content. I'm great with people, I love to interview, and I can handle all the teach and gear stuff. Going to school for a TV/Film degree, I was able to get hands on experience quickly. After school, I gravitated toward projects that I could manage myself, creating powerful stories with a small crew. Traveling for the story has become my thing in the past three years! I've worked in London, Italy, all over the US and Kenya. Music to my ears is hearing: "Here's the basic idea and story, now get out there and make something great." Put me in coach! I'll make you proud.

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Gentry is a Texas-native documentary filmmaker with a background in humanitarian stories. Her work has been awarded Best Cinematography, Best Documentary Short at the Austin Under the Stars Film Festival and WorldFest. She currently works as an independent producer, director and editor for documentary, commercial, and corporate film projects. She is in pre-production on NBC's Rebecca Davis' feature-length documentary, UNRAVELING AMERICA. Gentry earned her Bachelor of Science in Advertising from The University of Texas at Austin, and she is currently working on a Master's Degree in American Journalism at New York University.

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• Social Media Producer
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Michael Canzoniero is the owner of MCM Creative (www.mcmcreativeproductions.com) a New York based production company with a wide range of services in lighting, production, post and finishing. His team of cinematographers, gaffers and location sound mixers can ensure that every shoot will be done with professional quality of a company (MCM PRODUCTIONS) that has been serving the New York Film and Television industry for 20 years. In 2020, Michael launched MCM Stages (www.mcmstages.com) a 5x studio 10,000 square foot soundstage facility in Manhattan with White Cyc, Green Cyc, Kitchen Set, Home Studio, Vodcast and Podcast studios.

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• Colorist
• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Full-Service Live Production
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• Post-Production Manager
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Podcast Producer

I love telling peoples' and brands' stories. I've been a Creative Director on some of the most well known brands in the world, but lately have shifted my focus to shooting 100% - both video and stills. While working in the "Advertising" world, I often directed and or shot work for my clients and over time, that has become my passion. I have a deep understanding of all the modern platforms, their best practices and what works best to make people pay attention. My focus is taking my ad industry know-how and marrying it to my photojournalistic way of working to bring meaningful and impactful stills and video to today's content starved platforms.

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Caroline is a photographer, writer and producer based between Philadelphia, PA and Washington, DC . Previously she was a Fulbright Fellow in China. Her work has been published by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, ProPublica, Smithsonian Magazine, The Guardian, Reuters, CNN, Vice, British Airways and Apple and has been funded by The Pulitzer Center. She is a member of Women Photograph, NPPA and ASMP and was named one of 30 Under 30 Women Photographers by Photoboite. Caroline also has experience as a director, producer and fixer for short documentary films. She speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and conversational French and German

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• TV News Producer
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Amanda Voisard is a visual journalist who specializes in social issue short-form documentaries. Voisard works for leading publications such as The Washington Post, MSNBC, Getty Images, Reuters, The New York Times and is annually contracted in the photo department of the United Nations. After a year of covering the civil-war in South Sudan a multimedia video producer, Voisard returned to the United States. In 2012, she received a M.A in multimedia journalism from Syracuse University during which time she also worked in the photography department at The Washington Post. Prior to this, Voisard was a member of the award winning staff at The Palm Beach Post.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
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• Field Producer
• Audio Storyteller
• Drone Operator
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• Portrait Photographer
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• Event Photographer

Sara Snyder is a wildly creative and award-winning multimedia producer, shooter and editor seeking life’s grand adventures. Whether Sara is challenging her yoga-approved balance filming on the rocking beams of an oyster farm or getting attacked by fire ants as she navigates the jungles of Zanzibar, she’s always willing to push the limits of her comfort zone to get the story. Her work has been featured by National Geographic, USA TODAY Travel, Clinton Global Initiative, Eurosport, and more. If Sara could travel the world with a camera in her hand sharing stories about the amazing people and places she gets to visit, she would be happy forever!

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Zach Wood is a multi-Emmy Award-winning documentary director of photography. Based in Washington, DC, his work spans medical, military, nature, animal, and political documentaries and has appeared on HBO, Showtime, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, ABC, NBC, PBS, Vice, Smithsonian, and E!, just to name a few. Zach also works in branded content, commercials, and music videos, as well as still photography. He started his career as an editor, which shows in his attention to detail in the field and his ability to weave story and images together. He originally hails from Texas and lives in Northwest DC with his wife.

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Reuben Hernandez is an adventurer who tells meaningful, visual stories through film, photography, and time-lapse. He’s touched down on all seven continents finding beauty in everything from the beaches of Southern California to the icebergs of Antarctica. Reuben's work has been featured in BBC Travel, The New York Times, on the Discovery Channel, and premiered at Tropfest NY, the world's largest short film festival. He was named one of the "20 Emerging Artists to Watch in Film and Video" by PDN and Rangefinder Magazine. His narrative film, Maddie, won the Best Williamsburg Short Award at the Williamsburg Independent Film Festival.

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Sarah Williams is a Costume Designer from Queens, New York. She received her degree in Fashion Merchandising and Management from Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.) and studied Costume Design and Fashion Styling at F.I.T. as well. Sarah believes that clothing does more than cover the body, it tells a story. Each choice of fabric, color, and fit has meaning and provides insight on each character. As a Costume Designer, Sarah recognizes the meaning in each clothing element and aims to project this to the audience. Recent work includes WHEN I GET HOME film from new album by Solange Knowles and Costume Designer on HBO's RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS.

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I'm a Brooklyn-based documentary filmmaker, director, and producer. Most recently, I was producing and shooting for the Emmy award-winning series Axios on HBO. My work has also appeared on VICE, PBS, Al-Jazeera, and Discovery Channel. Throughout my career, my work has explored the criminal justice system, gender, immigration, and issues of racial inequality. I've also worked on several branded-documentary and commercial campaigns for clients such as the U.S. Navy, Special Olympics, Estee Lauder, and Ogilvy.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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I am video creative and commercial filmmaker with proven experience directing and photographing projects for both agencies and clients alike. Always with a strong sense of collaboration and an emphasis on the concept, I view each project with a fresh perspective, and strive to create images and performances that inspire, inform and entertain. Past clients include LEGO, NO BULL, CVS, MLB, BCBS to name a few… Many of these projects have received industry awards and recognition such as Hatch Show, New York Emmy, Gold Addy, and the Cannes Advertising Festival among others...

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• Corporate Videographer
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• Video Editor - Commercial

As a filmmaker who’s lived and traveled to different parts of the world, I've established a wide network of freelance filmmakers and animators in the area. With over 10 years of experience in directing, editing, writing, and producing commercials, music videos, corporate videos, NGO videos, as well as films, and albeit, graduating with a BA in Accounting, it’s safe to say that I am fully capable of managing big production sets, from creating the concept and storyboards to finding the right team for the job, to execution, post-production, down to the final delivery.

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Film professional and video journalist David Matorin brings deep experience to stories for businesses, nonprofits, national news organizations, international broadcast outlets, and award-winning filmmakers. Projects for The Intercept/Field of Vision, The Wall Street Journal, and Criterion/Big Mouth Productions have garnered Webby and Independent Spirit award nominations. Equally at home behind the camera, in the edit bay, or in the mix studio, his integrated versatility is a powerful asset to your project.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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