Discover Top Documentary DPs in Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Jeremy Xido is a filmmaker whose work has taken him around the world in an exploration of complex issues of community and personal identity. Originally from Detroit, Jeremy graduated cum laude in Painting and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. Since 2003 he has been the artistic co-director of CABULA6, which was voted “company of the year 2009” by Europe’s Ballettanz, and awarded “Outstanding Artist of the Year 2010” by the Austrian Ministry of the Arts. Jeremy’s award-winning feature documentary DEATH METAL ANGOLA has screened at more than 70 film festivals. His three-part solo stage performance THE ANGOLA PROJECT, developed with funding from the European Union was found by the NY Times to be “marvelously quixotic…intimate yet informed by sweeping issues surrounding class, race and identity.” A selection performed at TEDx Fulbright can be viewed at http://youtu.be/RblakAuoG8c. Fluent in English, German, Spanish, and Portuguese and is based in Harlem, New York City

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I am a bilingual multimedia journalist who have worked in the digital, print and broadcast industry. I started my journalism career a decade ago at the New York Daily News as a reporter and assistant editor for a Spanish-language print publication. Later, I became the papers first Spanish-language online editor, and ultimately, I was a Special Sections Editor. My professional attributes include fluency in both English and Spanish, as well as advanced multimedia skills on video, audio, interactive tools and social media. I hold a M.A. in Journalism from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Urban and Interactive reporting concentrations. I also have more than fifteen years of experience in film and theater in Venezuela and the United States. A few titles under my belt as a producer are "Bus Stop" and "The Bugchaser." I have worked in the production of feature films such as "Violeta of a Thousand Colors" and "Sicario." My journalism work can be found at www.JoseBayona.com. I'd like to hunt for urban stories in New York City that portray the harsh life of immigrants, low-income and disadvantaged people living in one the richest cities in the world.

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Growing up as the daughter of a Catholic-Mexican mother and a Muslim-Palestinian father, I spent most of my childhood asking questions. My early travels between the Middle East and the United States, as well as the switch between three different languages at home, led to the passion I have for exploring the unknown and the constant curiosity of the world around me. For these reasons, international stories have become the main focus and goal in my career. The stories I like to hunt for are personal accounts of an issue, such as profiles, that show the bigger picture of social or global problems and changes. I also love hunting new cultural developments, like how an increased population of immigrants in certain areas has effected the culture of a society. Or the everyday life of a family that was displaced outside its home country because of a war or revolution. As a traveler myself, I am always in search of travel-stories.

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I am a visual storyteller with a heart for humanitarian and diversity issues. I have a habit of questioning and documenting things that happen in our society and everyday lives. I am particularly interested in covering issues of North Korea. As someone whose grandfather is from the North, I have been inspired to look into various aspects of North Korea's narrative. There are the North Korean defectors who try to rebuild their lives in South Korea or other countries including the United States. There are families who were separated during the Korean War and still hold onto hopes of reunification. There are humanitarian aid workers who try to impact the lives of North Koreans. There are so many stories that I hope to cover. As for my background, I have a masters in broadcast journalism from the Medill School of Journalism and studied visual communications at Washington University in St. Louis. I do freelance work for NY1 News in New York City and have worked for the digital creative department of ELLE.com and WomansDay.com. With my visual arts and journalism skills, I find multimedia storytelling to be equal parts artistry and reportage.

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At school, Bennett discovered his first loves, drama and painting. However, he didn't enjoy acting as much as devising the scripts and painting was a lonely endeavour and an under-appreciated art form. After school, Bennett's appreciation for social sciences lead him to a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Durham University where he had time to start messing around with cameras. All of a sudden, filmmaking seemed the perfect fit for his lifelong passion. He suddenly had the freedom to use his creative sensibilities to bring life to real world stories. Bennett currently works freelance in a range of production disciplines including advertising, documentary, music videos and film. He has worked for commercial clients such as Arla, Guinness and Johnnie Walker and has made video journalism content for ITV and the Daily Telegraph. His recent film, 'A Man and His Horse,' was awarded Best Short Doc at the LA Cinema Festival of Hollywood.

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Colin Nusbaum collaborates on film, television, and commercial projects that feature dynamic storytelling and a strong visual aesthetic. He is the cinematographer and co-editor of Caveh Zahedis documentary The Sheik And I, which premiered at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival, where Film Comment called Sheik the festivals top film. In the last year, Colin also lensed feature narrative films Allure and Audition, which are both set to be released in 2013. He is currently editing the feature length documentary Tough Love, for director Stephanie Wang-Breal, which will be aired on POV in 2015. While on other documentary projects, Colin has been fortunate to work alongside award-winning directors Richard Hankin, Alex and Tanya Meillier, Michael Moore, Bob Richman, and Liz Garbus on projects for HBO Documentaries, PBS, Overture Films, and A&E Television. His television and commercial clients include Nickelodeon, Google, ISSUE Project Room, WaterDefense.org, and many others. Colin is currently based in Brooklyn, New York.

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HI, My name is Matt Proctor and I'm a freelance videographer, writer and editor living in Brooklyn, NY. I was referred to your company by Shibani Balsaver, with whom I recently worked on a couple of shoots for Unicef. I have a background in many different kinds of storytelling, from fiction and poetry to theatre and film, and have a real passion for getting to know people and assembling narratives through oral and on-camera storytelling. One of the things I'm passionate and curious about are the effects of gentrification on native residents of a place, and certainly Brooklyn in the early 2010s is rife with its effects. I'd like to do a series of stories on the people who live here now, how their neighborhoods are changing beneath their feet, but also film their lives and customs as they are now so we have some record of them before they're gone. For instance, I live next door to Baptist Church in Park Slope. Every Summer they bus in kids from the South to hand out water and lemonade on the corner. I would love to see how their experience of the city may differ from mine. I also worked in restaurants for a while and would love to do a story about the lives of foodworkers in NYC.

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I am a 2013 graduate of the Medill School of Journalism, specializing in multi-media journalism, with a focus on politics and cultural reporting. I have nearly a nearly a decade of experience as a writer, reporter, and researcher. My interests include national security, political organizing, human rights, and climate change, among many others. From 2013-2014, I worked with Susan Farkas, a veteran TV producer, on short-form documentary projects completed for the UN’s International Foundation for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Al Jazeera’s program America Tonight. I also spent five months as a news assistant with NY1, where I conducted interviews and filmed video used by reporters and anchors as part of their daily packages and investigative pieces. Last fall, I was a researcher and production assistant with Jigsaw Productions, where I assisted a team of producers assembling multiple episodes for a documentary series, Death Row Stories, which aired on CNN. I grew up in New York City, and graduated from Georgetown University in 2005. From June of 2005 until September of 2007, I worked in Washington, DC for Rep. Louise M. Slaughter and the House Committee on Rules as a press and communications staffer. I then joined the Obama for America campaign as a field organizer. I worked in Iowa for three months, primarily focusing on high school outreach in towns around the state. After the caucus on January 3rd, 2008, I campaigned for Obama in Utah, Texas, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Montana, and Ohio. In May of 2009, I joined the staff of Media Matters for America, where I was a writer and media analyst until May of 2010, at which point I left the organization and moved to Chicago, IL to pursue journalism. I was an intern at the Chicago Reader from September until December, 2010, and subsequently contributed freelance blog posts and pieces to that paper.

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Hi, I am applying through POV under the American Promise assignment. I'm Sam Hampton PhD, co-founder of Docs In Progress, a nonprofit located in the DC metro area dedicated to creating community through documentary. I have two recent films. Hidden Books the Art of Kumi Korf, about a Japanese American artist, received the CINE Golden Eagle Award. Mr. Stokes' Mission, the story of a Civil Rights educator and plaintiff of Brown v. Board of Education, has played at many film festivals and schools. My current project is a one-hour documentary titled, Transcending Surgeon. The film is about trauma surgeon Dr. Edward Cornwell III, who is the Chief of Surgery at Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC. The film explores Dr. Cornwell's family upbringing, mentors, education and other guiding forces that led to his successful career. It does so in the context of African American pioneers in medicine, and that many of his patients represent the realities of another side of urban African American life, communities beset by poverty, inadequate education and and violence. Transcending Surgeon is a story that connects with viewers in a way that is real and thought provoking.

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My background is in filmmaking. I am in development of a long form documentary about transnational abandonment and immigrant women's rights. The process of creating a film is quite long and there are many stories passing by that I think need attention, so I'm eager to move more into news. I am interested in focusing on immigrant and refugee stories: struggles of undocumented immigrants, families separated by borders, refugees creating new homes, cultures shifting in a new landscape. Having lived in NYC for the past 8 years, I have worked alongside, befriended and taught people from all over the world. Their unique perspectives and struggles form an important part of our identity and chapter in our history. And, I believe their stories deserve attention from a thoughtful, open eye. I am also interesting in doing profiles on unique individuals: the Olympian back to daily life after the games, principal dancers traveling with the American Ballet Theater, the community leader behind the political machine. Giving others a glimpse of these public figures when they are not in the spotlight will provide an unseen perspective and reflect the culture that produces these roles.

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A pioneer in the DIY filmmaking movement, Boonsri has been profiled by several prominent media publications, most recently in TechCrunch and Scientific American, for her innovative use of digital technologies. As a journalist, Boonsri has written and produced thought-provoking features on issues such as genetics, medicine, astronomy, consumer technology, startups, privacy, and the BYOD trend. She has written for Discover Magazine, Thomson Reuters Venture Capital Journal, Wired, Forbes, CNET, Business Insider, CBS interactives SmartPlanet and BYTE. She has interviewed some of the worlds top scientists and entrepreneurs such as paleontologist Jack Horner and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. She holds a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she studied particular collision and complex systems in the pharmaceutical industry. As an undergraduate, Boonsri studied microfluidics and material science. Boonsri is based in New York City.

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At worst a I'm a con artist, at best a raconteur. I'm also a writer and filmmaker. In Feb. 2013 I was handpicked by the Sundance Institute to participate in their inaugural Screenwriters Intensive with my feature script DOLORES. Most recently I was credited as co-director & editor of THE STATE OF ARIZONA (ITVS) about Arizonas controversial Papers, please law. Currently I write on a freelance basis for websites such as Remezcla and Warscapes about film, music, culture, politics and heavy existential stuff. I like to tell stories about and within the Latino community regarding immigration, race, gender, labor, social justice, women issues and identity. I like to explore questions in the LGBT community that deal with sexuality, shame and normalcy (how it's defined and by whom). I have interest in politics and policy, specifically how they function on an everyday level and directly impact individuals. Lastly, I have a deep appreciation for art, and love to wax philosophical about how aesthetics, technology and culture meet/collide.

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Sabrina Thompson is a videographer, photographer and creator of KUUphotography.com a multi-media haven for clients to showcase their life's moments through cinematic short films or incredible photography. In 2013 Thompson partnered with Frontline Solutions' production of Under Construction, a racial justice and movement building video project that tells the story of twelve organizations working to improve the lives of Boys and Men of Color (BMOC) throughout the United States. These 12 organizations span the U.S.from Jackson, Mississippi to Anchorage, Alaskaworking with diverse populations of young men. Under Construction tells the story of these organizations and the communities they serve in four distinct and complementary ways: A narrative written profile that tells the story of the organization; A photographic essay; A brief (5-7 minute) documentary video; and an info-graphic program model that depicts the organizations activities and impact. Under Construction is a collaborative effort with the aim of expanding the conversation about what it looks like to effectively promote opportunities for young men of color through a range of innovative, community-rooted approaches.

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My name is Christina Brown and I am a military veteran and Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist, based in New York City. Last week, I discovered Storyhunter.tv through Eric Paternot, when he spoke to my video story telling class at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where I am a MS student, specializing in documentary film-making. Most recently, I developed, co-created and was the host of the international talk show, "Our Take," a news and lifestyle show featuring people and stories related and of interest to women, of the African diaspora, that aired on Arise Media Networks, (arise.tv). I was a network news anchor and correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC cable network, but before embarking on a career in broadcast news I spent several years in the U.S. Air Force. I'm most interested in covering issues that affect military veterans and women. My print articles and opinion pieces have appeared in the Huffington Post & I'm currently developing a docu-series about returned veterans' adjustment to life back at home.

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*Applying through POV* I was 14 years old when my English teacher scolded me for trying to get into the prestigious science class at my high school. She wanted me to tell stories for a living. It was an idea that sounded foreign to a girl from the countryside of a small island. More than a decade later I encountered so many stories in my peripatetic life that they consumed me. I had to tell them. I finally understood what my teacher tried to convey years ago to her clueless teenage student. Today I am becoming a multimedia journalist in order to tell these stories. I have a keen interest in documentary videos and video for the web. I love character driven stories, stories that explore the life of one character but is an example of a bigger social issue. Issues of deportation, race, mental health and culture intrigue me. I believe we have a duty to tell underreported stories to effectively understand how society works. I therefore seek out intriguing niche narratives.

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One of the most defining moments of my life is when I traveled to Indonesia for 6 weeks in 2005 after the devastating tsunami that killed over 200,000 people. I wanted to tell the stories of remote villages that did not receive mainstream aid. My shooting experience was almost non-existent but the experience of finding stories in that way made me realize I didn't want to do anything else with my life. I won a Webby Award and raised enough money for two girls to receive life saving surgery. Since this experience I've worked professionally as a Producer, Shooter and Editor for Cantaloupe.TV and recently started my freelance career in 2012. I'm constant traveler and have been to over 20 countries and 5 continents documenting everything from Ultra Running in the Arctic to the Haitian earthquake in 2010. My strength lies in shooting in difficult situations and finding stories as they unfold. What drives me is when seemingly disparate ideas come together to create meaning that only happens when you're in the right place at the right time. I look forward to speaking with you about StoryHunter and how I may contribute to your network of storytellers. Thanks, Zachary

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I am a Malaysian documentary filmmaker and a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship 2012. I have over six years of experience working as a multimedia journalist for Malaysiakini.com, a prestigious news organization in Malaysia. I am currently completing my Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Studies and Production at Hofstra University in New York. I have more than 10 years of experience working as a Video Journalist, Documentary Video Producer and TV Producer. And I have worked on producing numerous news clips, short documentaries, TV programs, and promo videos for non-profit organizations. My short documentary, She's My Son (Malaysia, 2007, 13-min) won an award at the 2007 Freedom Film Festival in Kuala Lumpur and one of her recent film, Living Jazz with Bill Saxton (US, 2012, 10-min) was an official selection of the 10th Annual Langston Hughes African American Film Festival 2013. I love character-driven stories. I believe there are some incredible characters out there in our world whose stories are simply waiting to be told. I would love to reach out to some of them and have them to share a slice of their life; it is such an honor to be let in like that.

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I'm a 24-year old graduate from the University of Texas with a BS in Radio/Television/Film. The stories I'm looking to tell involve the post-Internet era. I grew up in a very sequestered area in rural Texas, so in my youth I spent large amounts of time online as a means of meeting people, combating loneliness and gaining understanding of the world outside my own. Technological progress at this point in world history is at an interesting point, and the side-effects of growing up online are becoming more apparent as those who have lived their entire lives under the presence of the web grow into adulthood. Through my past online, I've met a wide array of figures, but I'd like to focus on the most extreme cases. For instance, college students obsessed with hook-up or dating apps, or teenagers who spend hours cultivating a separate identity from their real life over the course of social media, as well as younger children who spend as much time online as I did. Please check out my works on my website! I'm working on a similar feature at the moment, so keep in mind my best work is likely yet to be seen!

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I am a professional deadline beater and a multimedia journalist. I wanted to become a journalist because I was always asking questions. By the time, I finished my MA in International Relations at Kings College London, I knew I was wrong. But it was too late by then. So I cut my teeth freelancing for the Times of India in Calcutta, and then spent four years with Business Standard, an Indian financial daily. I was the newspapers Southeast Asia correspondent, based out of Singapore, and most recently, a special correspondent (and multimedia dogsbody) in New Delhi. I attended the Multimedia Journalism programme at the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University in 2012-13. My video work has appeared on The Economists website, TheAtlantic.com and Quartz. Currently, I spent time as a Fulbright scholar at Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Journalism, where I still ask questions regularly. I'm interested in stories about people, stuck in unusual personal, political or economic predicaments.

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As a dedicated documentary director and cinematographer, I bring important questions and ideas to my audience and allow them to examine an issue as if they are experiencing it themselves. I will be very grateful for the opportunity to put the best of my creative and technical abilities to work for story hunter and the issues examined. I have over four years experience in film-making and television production including, documentary film, camera operation for local television news, and production and post-production work for independent feature film. My professional experience has taught me to be absolutely dedicated to a story and take it through to completion in spite of any challenges that arise. Sometimes hard work can reveal subtleties not readily apparent at first viewing, but which are expressed through the creative process. I am most passionate about finance, environmental issues, human interest stories, and political topics.

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