Discover Top Creative Directors in Salinas, California, USA

Nick Marchuk is a 27-year-old independent filmmaker originating from Minsk, Belarus. At the age of 8, his family and he immigrated to Northern California where he was raised and developed his passion for storytelling through film. In addition to his work as a filmmaker, he is also deeply interested in technology and how it continues to shape and advance society. His natural curiosity drives him to seek out new experiences and challenges, and he brings this innovative approach to his work as a filmmaker. He is known for his award-winning short films PREMONITION, and ROBBERY INTERMISSION. When he’s not writing or directing his own projects he works on various freelance projects. Most frequently as a Gaffer/Grip on sets and Editor in post production.

• Grip
• Digital Content Creator
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Gaffer
• Production Assistant
• Senior Editor

I'm a freelance journalist based in San Francisco, a current politics contributor for Fortune, and the Hawaii contributing editor for Travel Weekly. My journalism career started in Guadalajara, Mexico, where I survived a bus accident caused by an under-caffeinated conductor and a near drowning provoked by my own stupidity. Since then, I've reported on failing schools in Mississippi, political assassinations in Colombia and the future of the Great Barrier Reef. I've also published work in The Guardian US, U.S. News and World Report, San Francisco Chronicle, The Atlantic's CityLab, Noisey by Vice, San Francisco Magazine, Pacific Standard, and Lucky Peach among other publications. Check out my personal website, http://tovinlapan.com, for a more complete portfolio of my work.

• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Reporter / Journalist
• Field Producer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Copywriter
• Copy Editor
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

Bay Area Director/Editor Directing clients include: Levi's Denizen, Wild Turkey, Deerhoof, Chicano Batman, HXXS, Try The Pie, and Eve's Peach Editing Clients include Apple, Google, Masterclass, AirBnb, Vox Media, Epic Digital, Pinterest, Levi's, Instagram, and more. Selected Experience: Freelance Commercial Editor, Director: 7 Years Experience. Directing Credits: Commercials Levi's Denizen "Fall Up", "Happy Halloween" Wild Turkey "Turkey is Served" Music Video: Deerhoof "Damaged Eyes Squinting into the Beautiful Overhot Sun" Chicano Batman "Dark Star" Chicano Batman "Pastel Sunrise" Eve's Peach "Waiting On the Sun" HXXS: "Seppuku" and "It's Calling"

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Creative Director

Stage Ham Creative is dedicated to helping emerging platforms & technology companies better communicate their message through video and audio content. Our remote workforce gives us a wide reach to top editors, directors, photographers, designers, animators, illustrators, and more. What does it mean to be a strategy-first company? We start every project with a discovery session to learn all we can about a company’s needs and goals before we start a project. With our roots grounded in entertainment, we understand and fully embrace the development process so that the direction is clear and the goals are targeted.

• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Sound Designer
• Colorist

Here at Polarlight Productions, full-service production agency that shines a light on businesses, brands, and non-profits by creating one-of-a-kind visual stories that inspire viewers. We are dedicated to creating stories that drive exposure and growth. Our commitment to our clients is to create affordable, educational, and impactful visual stories that people want to watch and share. We offer everything from logo design to high-level creative pieces. Located in Sacramento CA, where we have a team of talented individuals who come alongside us as needed to create exactly what each client desires. We have a full filming studio, with top-of-the-line equipment, an editing bay, and studio space.

• Production Company
• Commercial DP
• Drone Operator
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Executive Producer
• Senior Editor
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Swan Dive Media is a creative suite specializing in compelling, beautifully crafted video content. Our team is dedicated to developing our clients’ visions into high-quality digital media, enabling them to connect directly with more customers with ease, quickly and effectively. Based in downtown Santa Cruz and founded by local creative entrepreneurs, Swan Dive Media is passionate about working with Santa Cruz County businesses to help tell their stories and expand their digital presence. Reach out today to discuss your project!

• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant
• Creative Director
• Drone Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
• Sound Designer

​I'm an Executive Producer at Al Jazeera's AJ+, managing three short documentary teams. Previously I was a Senior Producer, traveling around the world to produce short documentaries. I've won numerous awards including a National Edward R. Murrow Award for a series I produced on Korea. I haven't been hired myself on SH because I mostly hire people on here and/or suggest people and teams. But I keep this profile in case opportunities arise. I'm extremely skilled at writing, script-writing, producing and I can film and basic edit.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Creative Director
• Field Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Documentary DP
• Production Company
• Drone Operator
• Fixer
• TV News Producer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Full-Service Live Production
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Copywriter

I'm a San Francisco based Director. From 2012-2016, I was an Art Director at Facebook's in-house creative studio, The Factory, where I helped create some of the most watched personalized videos and interactive experiences on the internet — things like Friends Day (1.32B. views), Year in Review (367M.), and A Look Back (250M.). Before that I was Postmates’ first designer. Originally from Florida, I live and work in San Francisco. If you're into what I'm into, say hi and let's make something together.

• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

I am a producer at heart and in trade, and consider myself a formidable logistics expert. I have experience working on a wide range of projects, from sizzle videos to Superbowl commercials, corporate interviews to live events. I bring a strong work ethic, relentless drive, and can-do attitude to every set I work on. Undeterred by a challenge, I will work tirelessly to ensure I meet high standards on every project I touch. When I don't have a clipboard in hand you can always find me on location, documenting the behind-the-scenes action with my trusty Nikon.

• Production Company
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Post-Production Manager
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Fixer
• Creative Director

A San Francisco Bay area-based Content Producer, Art Director & Creative Marketer, with a 19-year foundation in production, technology and product. My projects include: Transmissions-LIVE, a live music & interview show with 14 episodes of on-location live music video content. Additionally, I've produced two live streaming award events for Vail Resorts & Kirkwood Mountain Resorts and have multiple video and motion corporate projects under my belt. I'm looking for video freelance opportunities and connections here on Storyhunter. Please reach out!

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• HD Live Operator
• Field Producer
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Sound Mixer
• Full-Service Live Production
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - News
• Motion Graphics Designer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Fixer

KATE SCHERMERHORN is an Emmy-winning filmmaker and photographer, and also a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. The New Yorker said of Kate’s work, ‘nothing seems wasted, and nothing’s excessive.’ Kate has directed 100s of videos, 3 feature length docs, won 3 Tellies, and 1 Emmy, and been nominated for 1 more. She has tackled topics from marriage to earthquakes, published a book - America’s Idea of a Good Time - about things Americans do for fun, lived in 4 countries. She has jumped out of a plane 27 times, and raised 2 humans and 60,000 bees on her own.

• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Field Producer
• Creative Director
• Executive Producer

Justin McAleece is a multi-talented director and cinematographer of narrative and documentary projects both personal and commercial. He has been dedicated to filmmaking since 1999 and has won dozens of awards and directed hundreds of hours of content and lensed even more. He has conducted hundreds of interviews in a variety of spaces and is equally comfortable directing a team of 50 in a corporate setting or shooting solo on the Serengeti. Justin also wrote, produced, directed, and edited the feature comedy Brick MADNESS and often returns to his comedy roots.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Senior Editor
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Colorist
• Sound Designer
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist

As a versatile creative professional, I am passionate about telling engaging stories through creative videos and captivating photography. With comprehensive skills as a Video Producer, Director, Shooter, and Video Editor, I bring a holistic approach to every project. Over the past eight years, I have had the privilege of traveling the world, crafting award-winning editorial films, and capturing stunning images. My expertise lies in creating visually captivating content that sparks interest and inspires the imagination.

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Portrait Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer
• Creative Director
• Reporter / Journalist
• On-Camera Talent
• Drone Operator

I am a photographer and video producer based in Northern California. I am currently a Senior Production Consultant for Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco. I am an Associate Professor for Digital Media and Communications at Santa Rosa Junior College. And I am the Co-Founder of Oystercat Productions LLC, a digital media production company specializing in documentary-driven photography and video marketing content for organizations of all sizes. I am also an alumni of Columbia Journalism School in New York City, and a China Fulbright Fellow.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Executive Producer
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• TV News Producer
• Field Producer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Production Company
• Creative Director
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Product Photographer
• Event Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Drone Operator
• Senior Editor

Sean Gillane is an Oakland based filmmaker working in both the advertising and film worlds. Over the last few years he’s been primarily based in post-production where he acted as editor on two Independent Spirit Award nominated narrative features: Dave Boyle’s Man From Reno (Los Angeles Film Fest 2014, Jury Award Best Narrative Feature) and Jennifer Phang’s Advantageous (Sundance 2015, a Jury Award Winner in US Dramatic Competition). He also shot and co-wrote the 2011 award winning documentary feature Corner Store (directed by Katherine Bruens).

• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - News
• Production Company
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

I have twenty years of experience as an independent producer. Teaming with a talented group of videographers and editors, I created content for clients that include National Geographic Channel, Outside Television, and PBS. Stories have ranged from an amputee climber's ascent up El Capitan in a single day to one doctor’s journey to provide electricity to clinics in Third World countries. Each project is handled with detail and care from the initial concept to the final edit. But above anything else, my main goal as a storyteller is to produce stories that engage and educate viewers.

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Creative Director
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer

Solid experience in videography, digital marketing, and post-production. I've had the experience of working in different environments of TV production, be it camera, directing, editing, or motion graphics. my experience across all facets of this industry makes me a perfect fit to deliver high-quality content to my clients. Currently leading iStudios Media, to become Phoenix number one goto Digital Marketing Agency.

• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Production Company
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Translator
• Drone Operator
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant
• Creative Director
• Corporate Videographer
• Post-Production Manager
• Senior Producer / Project Manager

I'm a video editor, audio engineer, and camera person living in Oakland, California. I wear a lot of different hats because I like diverse challenges. I have a Producer/editor certification from BAVC, and more importantly have hours in the field. I love telling stories, mine or someone else's. Gear includes BMP4k, SoundDevices MixPre-6, 2x Sennheiser G3 wireless kits, and a wide range of boom mics. I'm comfortable shooting on RED, Canon, and Panasonic cameras as well and can rent as needed.

• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Field Producer
• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Music Composer
• Sound Designer
• Documentary DP
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

I'm a photographer and cinematographer. I am passionate about meaningful work and actively work with non profit organizations to help raise awareness of movements dedicated to positive global impact. I have an active social media presence prior experience representing brands and have had the pleasure, privilege and responsibility of working on dynamic international projects with marketing firms, tourism boards and NGO's.

• Commercial DP
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Creative Director
• Fixer
• Sound Mixer

My name is Scott Kirkeeng and I own a production company called East Peak Media. I service the greater Bay Area and Sacramento regions but am willing to travel anywhere. I have many years experience working as a producer, director and DP in live video, corporate and documentary. Due to covid, I am now also an expert in capturing video content remotely. Please let me know how I can help you tell your story, thanks for looking!

• Commercial DP
• Production Company
• Field Producer
• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Full-Service Live Production