James C.
Minneapolis, MN, USA
$400 - $1200
8 reviewsI am a director and cinematographer specializing in non-fiction and commercial productions. The grandson of a Newsweek bureau chief, I started my career in 2012 directing web commercials and independent documentary shorts. I then began regular travel to the North Dakota oil fields to work on my debut feature doc, THE BAKKEN, as co-director, producer, and cinematographer. In 2013, my short RUNNING ON FUMES IN NORTH DAKOTA was published as the lead above-the-fold article on nytimes.com and named among the Top Ten Most Popular OpDocs of 2014. In 2016, I completed work on HARVEST as DP, editor, and associate producer, which later premiered online in The Atlantic, and wasalso one of 10 producers invited to the IFP Narrative Filmmaker Labs for my work on THE MISSING SUN. In 2020, I won the Tribeca Film Institute’s If/Then Documentary Shorts – American Midwest competition for my solo directed TO BE RECONCILED, which premiered at the 2021 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. I live my passion every day in storytelling as a leader and crew member to produce visually striking, humanistic content for audiences worldwide.
- Commercial DP
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - News
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Video Editor - Commercial
- Field Producer