Discover Top Production Assistants in Salinas, California, USA

Digital Media Producer with 15 years of hands on experience ranging from filmmaking to corporate video to event video to television. The years have pushed me into being a solid all-around type in film and video production, often serving as a camera op / DoP, AC, DIT, sound recordist / mixer, field manager and producer. However, my areas of focus are directing and editing, which allow me to shoot better with post in mind, as well as understand the process of vision and pull it all together. Can't be the master of all. But my diverse background allows me to see the big picture and get projects done, either as a lone wolf or as part of a team. For my production company, one studios, I often subcontract a wide array of dependable, experienced production professionals. So, if you're in need of a bigger team just let me know and I'll reach out to my network. For me, it's all about doing everything I can, including using my resources, to allow for a successful project. I'm currently based in San Francisco and often travel throughout Northern California for assignments. Travel to out of state, or even out of country, is not a problem....passport ready. I look forward to working with you! No matter the circumstances or how much of a challenge, let's get it done!....always with a good attitude. We're lucky to be doing this kind of work.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Field Producer
• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Audio Storyteller
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Production Assistant
• Grip
• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• Sound Designer

Jim Granato is an award-winning filmmaker based in Oakland, California. Since 1996, he has directed and produced several short films and music videos. His recent films, A Day With My Boy: Slug War (2014), was licensed by PBS and premiered on their Online Film Festival, and Angels (2013) was nominated for a Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival. He has made music videos for Sonny & The Sunsets, Rogue Wave, Ramon & Jessica, Pancho-San and The Bobbyteens. D Tour (2009), his first feature length film as director and producer, has won several awards including the Golden Gate Award for Bay Area Feature Documentary from the San Francisco International Film Festival and the Jury Prize for Best Documentary from the Bend Film Festival. D Tour premiered nationwide on the PBS Emmy award-winning program Independent Lens in November 2009. He is currently working on a second feature film project with underground "budget rock" legends, The Mummies. As a freelance Director, Producer, Videographer and Editor, Jim Granato has worked on projects for The History Channel, The Travel Channel, Court TV, Adobe, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oakland Museum of California, The Exploratorium and dozens of independent filmmakers and organizations worldwide.

• Documentary DP
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Field Producer
• Full-Service Live Production
• Colorist

Writer/director/cinematographer/editor. Originally from Málaga (Spain), Fran Guijarro is a multicultural creative director and filmmaker based in San Francisco, CA. He started his career as a junior copywriter at Proximity BBDO Spain, where he was promoted to Associate Creative Director at age 24, after contributing multiple DMA Echo, John Caples and El Sol awards to the most awarded direct marketing agency in the world in 2003 and 2006. In 2007, supported by laCaixa Full Scholarship Program, he arrived in San Francisco to complete an MFA in Copywriting at the Academy of Art University. Fran was nominated for Valedictorian, graduated with Cum Laude honors and was selected as “Copywriter of the Year” on two occasions, as a result of taking honors at D&AD, Clio and Addy awards. In 2009, he landed an internship at Venables Bell & Partners, and then a job as an Associate Creative Director at the A-List multicultural ad agency, Alma DDB. There, he worked for The Clorox Company and McDonald’s accounts. During his four years at Alma, Fran also taught at the Academy of Art University. After 13 years making ads, Fran felt like sprinkling his love for storytelling across films, too. So he went to study EICTV (International School of Film and TV) in Cuba. His short films 'Mexican Cuisine' and 'The Mural' have been screened at over 100 film festivals worldwide, including Cannes SFC, AFI Fest and several other Oscar-qualifying festivals, and have received 26 awards. He is currently working on his first feature-length documentary titled 'Moses', a project supported by SF FILM, formerly know as the San Francisco Film Society. Fran has also spoken at Creative Mornings and TEDx San Francisco, and he's a part-time instructor at the Academy of Art University.

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

I've managed and created digital media for corporations, non-profits and education from locations around the world. I'm passionate about storytelling and traveling, having visited over 40 countries and produced programming in over a dozen. * Over 20 years creating and managing media projects, live event video and webcasts, personnel and production logistics for technology corporations and nonprofits . * Expert in video production from concept to completion, through all phases of pre-production, studio and location shooting, and post production from edit to distribution. * Experienced team leader and mentor of employees, volunteers, contractors, and students. * Administrator of project plans, digital content management, online event platforms, documentation workflows and vendor relationships. * Advanced budgeting, scheduling and related workflow process skills. * Expert knowledge of Mac and Windows OS, Adobe Creative Suite, Google Docs, Microsoft Office, online learning tools. Professional work includes Silicon Valley Fortune 10, SMB and startups. Pro-bono work for the Burning Man Organization, Rebuilding TogetherSF, Relief International and others.

• Field Producer
• Production Company
• Creative Director
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

My name is Rosa Amanda Tuirán and I am a Mexican documentary filmmaker, photographer and investigative journalist based in the Bay Area. I received my Master of Journalism from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in May 2020. I worked as a News Video Fellow at BuzzFeed News and was a National Association of Hispanic Journalists Fellow at CBS News in 2019. In March 2020, I was part of the COVID-19 reporting project with the Investigative Reporting Program and The New York Times to help meet the need for comprehensive reporting on how the Covid-19 crisis affected California. After graduating, I worked on a PBS Frontline investigation, and have continued to pursue independent work about climate change and insecurity in Mexico. In November 2020, I published an investigation in The Counter about a meatpacking plant in Southern California that illustrates the national failure of OSHA to protect workers. Longreads recently included the piece in their best COVID-19 reporting of 2020. This year I worked as a series Producer for OceanX about the wonders of the ocean and those who explored it and I produced a Ford Foundation-funded podcast series about the murder of journalists in Mexico.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Field Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Translator
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Production Assistant

After a decade in the film & video industry, Dan realized that in a web-centric world, the captive audience that broadcast commercials took for granted no longer exists. He believes that authentic, entertaining, and meaningful content is what drives people to share a story--not a powerpoint slide filled with value propositions. He started Slow Clap in 2014 with the hopes of having an outlet to tell stories authentically; something he rarely got to do once he left film school. Dan was trained at NYU, where he received a B.F.A. in Film Production from the Tisch School of the Arts. He originally grew up on the Main Line of Philadelphia, but has lived in San Francisco’s Mission District since 2008. He’s collaborated with hundreds of brands like Sony PlayStation, Capital One, TNT, Apple, Google, Norton, Campari, Blue Shield of CA, and Environmental Defense Fund. His short films have appeared in festivals like SF DocFest, Oxford International, Cannes, and others. When you ask his team, they will tell you that Dan is the first to acknowledge when he’s wrong. It’s that sense of integrity and transparency that has helped him grow Slow Clap and keep clients happy. And these core values carry through into the work. What Dan loves most about running his own business is the collaborative relationships he has with his clients. Always open to brainstorm a new project, or contribute to an existing campaign, he loves developing and producing stories in a truly collaborative way. Dan won’t mention his interests outside of work, because Slow Clap is his passion and it keeps him busy around the clock. But if you spend any time at the office, you will definitely meet his better half, Rahel, who’s the secret sauce of Slow Clap’s success.

• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Production Assistant

Meera Angelica Joshi is an international filmmaker who was born in New Zealand, raised in Australia and currently lives in New York, USA. Meera started making films in high school which gained recognition from teachers and peers. She followed her dream to New York University to pursue writing and directing. While at NYU she gained skills in producing, art direction and editing which helped inform her decisions as a director. She interned on films such as They Came Together and Chinese Puzzle as well as the Dr. Oz Show. Combining her interest in Himalayan art and film, she interned in the film programming department at the Rubin Museum of Art where she helped curate their documentary series, Lunch Matters. Since graduating, Meera has completed two films and worked at Bloomberg as a video editor. At Bloomberg, she learnt a lot about producing unscripted pieces and developed a love for documentary. She currently works as a freelance producer and editor and is producing a web series called "How We Met" documenting the hilarious, unexpected and profound ways people come together.

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

Margaret Cheatham Williams is an Emmy-nominated independent film producer and editor, currently seeking opportunities and collaborations in the film, audio, and outdoor space. Previously Margaret Cheatham was a documentarian at The New York Times, where she pitched, produced, shot and edited narrative and documentary video and photography. She regularly collaborated with the graphics department to create interactive content. She is particularly driven to stories that examine the intersection of health, family and personal identity. Through deep character exploration, she aims to tackle intimate issues including gender, fertility, and sexuality. In 2018 she piloted Conception, a highly visual and lyrical exploration of the myriad ways that women become mothers, and the journey that ensues. In the series, we introduce you to six women — each with a transformation uniquely theirs — in first-person accounts of love, regret, doubt and strength. Season II addresses the complexities of raising children in our modern era – We asked parents: What does it mean to raise children in the context of #MeToo, the immigration discussion, the opioid crisis and the gun debate? Her other work at the Times took her to Pyeongchang, South Korea where she covered the Winter Olympics, to Brazil, and all over the US, where she has reported on postpartum depression, politics and produced 360 video. Margaret Cheatham’s work has been recognized by the Livingston Awards, the Hearst Foundation, Pictures of the Year International, the National Press Photographers Association, Society for News Design, and the South by Southwest interactive awards. Her films have premiered at AFI Fest and the Margaret Mead Film Festival. In 2016 she was selected as an alternate for the Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship, which provides opportunities for U.S. citizens to participate in an academic year of overseas travel and storytelling on a globally significant theme. She has been a multimedia coach at the North Carolina Photojournalism workshop and has served as judge for the National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism contest and the White House Press Association. Previously she a video intern for The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and MediaStorm, an award winning multimedia production house. She completed a bachelor's degree in 2011 from the School of Media and Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied photojournalism and French. Margaret Cheatham loves pineapple, lives in San Francisco with her husband, and the other love of her life – their West Virginian mutt, Duma. Her company, Moxie’s Daughter, is named for her mother, the best photo assistant she’ll ever have.

• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Field Producer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Audio Storyteller
• Documentary DP
• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Production Assistant

I’m a French-American journalist who films, produces, and edits documentaries. I'm a film fellow and producer at Still I Rise Films. I shoot and edit films for A Moment in Time Productions. Most recently, I directed and edited a short documentary that spans 10 years of San Francisco's "Flower Man." The film won the Grand Jury Award for Best Short Documentary at the United Nations Association Film Festival and the grand prize at the 2021 San Francisco Independent Short Film Festival. My current film, a short documentary about a community activist and how she stepped up to help the Latinx community when COVID-19 hit, premiered at the San Francisco Documentary Film Festival and is screening at the United Nations Association Film Festival, the San Francisco Latino Film Festival, and the Los Angeles Latinx Film Festival. I edited "We All Break," a feature documentary on Haitian Vodou and jazz funded by The Shifting Foundation and I filmed parts of a feature film that premiered in Berlin in the fall of 2021. A grantee of the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, I produced and edited illustrated stories on the challenges low-income students have faced during the pandemic over the course of a yearlong project. A story in that project recently won the Online News Association General Excellence for Online Journalism Award. I started my career as a print journalist, writing and editing for magazines and news websites. I've reported for The Associated Press, I worked as news manager at Yahoo and I'm the co-author of "San Francisco: The Unknown City" (Arsenal Pulp Press), which was shortlisted for a ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year award. My stories have been published in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times among other publications. I helped start and run Mission Local, an award-winning news website. I've filmed and edited video for television, news outlets as well as corporate clients. I hold a Master's degree from U.C. Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism with a focus on multimedia journalism. I’ve been a Carnegie-Knight News21 fellow and a U.C. Berkeley fellow. I've created and ran video workshops and taught video at U.C. Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism as well as high schools in the Bay Area. I've spoken at journalism events around the United States including the Online News Association.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant

Free-Lance, Award Winning, Documentary Filmmaker and Cinematographer (Experienced x 10 Years) 20 x years US Military Experience - Specialties - Experienced Filmmaker and Video Journalist In Austere War Torn Environments, Subject Matter Expert In Military and US Veteran Affairs, US Foreign Policy, Counterterrorism, Environmental National Disaster Crisis and Response To Include Artic, Wildland Forest Fires and Hurricane Flood Conditions, US Stateside Domestic and Fringe Organizations To Include Worker and Political Unions, Super PAC Donation and Lobbyist Groups, Anti-Government and Racial Populist Movements and Organizations, US Government Foreign Policy and National Security Correspondence, Conflict Resolution and Restorative Justice Issues, Travel Journalism, Restaurant and Food Industry, Live and Staged Sporting Events, Comedy, Satire, Video Art, and Underwater Video and Photography, Independent Commercial, Narrative, Documentary Filmmaker, and Producer

• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Sound Designer
• Documentary DP
• Field Producer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Reporter / Journalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Post-Production Manager
• Transcriber
• Colorist
• Non-Fiction Film Director

Melina Tupa is an award-winning Argentinean and Brazilian journalist and documentary filmmaker, specializing in human rights and Latino issues across the world. She started her career as a print reporter for Billiken magazine and Diagonal Newspaper in Argentina but soon moved onto visual journalism. She worked for five years as an associate TV producer, three of those years at Turner Broadcasting System. There she wrote and produced short news formats that aired during commercial breaks, in-between shows and were shared on social media in nearly every Latin American country. Melina holds a Bachelor in Journalism degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and a Master of Journalism degree from UC Berkeley, focusing on Documentary Filmmaking and Photojournalism. At the Berkeley J-School, Melina was awarded a TV/Documentary Merit Fellowship and the Carlos M. Castañeda Journalism Scholarship. Her documentary thesis The Search, told the story of Estela de Carlotto, the president of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, whose grandson was abducted during the Argentinean military dictatorship. The documentary is a Student Academy Award finalist, a recipient of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Excellence in Journalism Award for Student Special Project in addition to several other awards, and has been featured in different film festivals across the world. In her free time she enjoys playing the guitar, singing and taking 35mm photographs.

• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• TV News Producer
• Sound Mixer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant

Nisha Balaram is a filmmaker based in Oakland, California, and a graduate of UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. She is known for El Equipo (2023), Stephen Curry: Underrated (2023) and Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever (2023). In addition to running her own production company, Mystery Squid Films, as a video producer, she has created original content for clients, overseeing development through deliverables and acting as a director, producer, cinematographer, and editor. Nisha also oversees post deliverables and has previously produced videos for Spanish-language audiences. Recent projects include videos for Google Arts and Culture page, a Planet or Plastic? National Geographic Society exhibition virtual tour, a PBS and Center for Asian American Media special, Radio Free Asia’s 25th anniversary video, and a gardening series for University of California. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishabalaram/ UC Berkeley Bio: https://journalism.berkeley.edu/person/

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• Production Company
• Post-Production Manager
• Production Assistant

Kenny was raised in the rocky mountains of Montana which is where he received his bachelor's degree in Marketing and Media Arts from the University of Montana. Since graduating Kenny has lived in San Diego and Philadelphia. In these cities he sharpened his professional skills as a creative marketer by working for many organizations such as BEMER and the University of Pennsylvania. In the last 2 years Kenny traveled the entire length of the United States by car twice for career reasons but ultimately for the adventure. He now permanently parks his Honda Civic at his new home in Oakland. In 2024 from Berkeley City College he received a film certificate in directing and producing. He loves to travel, but Kenny looks forward to planting his roots in the communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can often find Kenny hiking in one of the many Oakland redwood groves, shooting photographs of the beauty he sees around him or finding his center at a YMCA yoga class.

• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Production Assistant
• Digital Content Creator
• Content Strategist
• Production Company
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Social Media Producer

I'm an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker based in San Francisco, California. I have a passion for telling the untold stories, and for telling them in a way that lets the viewer into the lives of others in an intimate and view-altering way. My feature-length documentary "Waking Up to Wildfires" was nominated for an Emmy in 2020, and my short doc, A Brush With the Tenderloin, won an Emmy award in June 2013. I also create videos for editorial, non-profit, and corporate clients, favoring those clients who want 'story' to be the backbone of their video. Before embracing documentary film about seven years ago, I was a print journalist and investigative reporter. I worked on newspaper in my native Iowa and in California, and also worked as a foreign correspondent in Mexico City, Mexico for five years.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Production Company
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator
• Non-Fiction Film Director

My name is Henry. I recently graduated from The American University of Rome having received a Bachelor of Arts in Film. During my time at AUR I worked on a number of projects, primarily non-fiction narrative both for my senior thesis and the Film Festival Club. My primary role in all of these projects was director while also doing cinematography, editing and sound. In both Rome and here in California, I have pursued film photography as a hobby. In Europe my focus was architecture, and in the Western United States it was landscapes. I use Adobe Lightroom for editing. For video editing I use DaVinci Resolve Studio, though I am also proficient with Adobe Premiere Pro. Prior to college, I was a Boy Scout, having received the rank of Eagle. This instilled within me a strong work ethic, a trustworthy character, and the constant desire to learn new things and try out new ideas.

• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Production Assistant
• Portrait Photographer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• On-Camera Talent
• Drone Operator
• Grip
• Audio Storyteller
• Sound Mixer
• Creative Director
• Executive Producer
• Senior Editor
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Commercial DP
• Colorist
• Art Director

Michael CB Stevens is an award winning filmmaker with work featured by Outside Magazine, UpRoxx, Huntington Post and more. With a focus on documentary and branded content, Michael has made a name for himself in the mountains of Colorado. Specializing in work for outdoor brands, start-ups, and non-profits, Michael has learned to create in some of the most intense environments on the planet, all with skeleton crew and equipment. Recently, Michael has entered the commercial world, helping clients to realize their vision and develop their voice to create ripples within their markets. From Cinema cameras to mirrorless setups, Michael can deliver work on tight deadlines on any budget. You get what you pay for, and with hiring Michael you will not be sorry.

• Documentary DP
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Post-Production Manager

JoeBill Muñoz is a Mexican-American director and producer. He’s currently working on a scripted series with Left/Right Media in collaboration with The New York Times, and directing and producing an independent feature documentary about solitary confinement in California prisons. He's previously worked on a feature documentary with director Gabriela Cowperthwaite in collaboration with Reveal at the Center for Investigative Reporting, and an Emmy-award winning Frontline investigation, KIDS CAUGHT IN THE CRACKDOWN, about the for-profit mass detention of migrant children in the US. His work has been supported by the Sundance Documentary Fund, Firelight Media, ITVS, SFFILM, the Reva and David Logan Foundation, and others.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Field Producer
• Production Assistant
• Fixer

Kyle Maack is a video producer at Engadget and all-around maker of images. He graduated from Temple University’s Film and Media Arts program in Philadelphia, and co-founded the artist collective Girard Hall in 2011, which continues to thrive as an institution in the local arts and music scene. Upon graduation, he ventured to Los Angeles to work under veteran documentary filmmakers Keith Fulton and Lou Pepe until he was lured away by the rolling rolling hills of San Francisco. Whether Kyle is creating a simple product review or an ambitious documentary, he places truth and authenticity above all else. Through candid moments and the occasional happy accident, he strives to put a little bit of real in everything he does. He intends to continue keeping it real.

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

Raymund Amonoy is a professional Cinematographer and producer, he started his career as a production assistant for several independent films and was mentored by multiple filmmakers for directing, during his time with mentoring he discovered his interest in working and designing with lights and doing more camera works, which gave him opportunities to get to work in several film, commercial, and documentary in the Philippines, his long term work is with “Storyline” a documentary show produced by ANC He his currently based in San Francisco California and working as a freelance DP/field producer in various production house He recently won two Emmy awards for his collaboration with abc7 producers Full time father and part time cinematographer.

• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Production Assistant

My name is Touacha Her and I am a DP based in Chicago, IL. I started my focus in the camera department since 2011. Working a lot with direct to client work, I have a deep understanding on how production is run. As a DP, I work extensively with the Director and communicate through the entire process and vision to ensure that we are capturing the aesthetic and style imagined. I utilize CineDesigner in Cinema4D, to pre-visualize everything from blocking, lighting, composition to camera movement all in a 3D environment. This allows me to communicate to my clients and crew, my vision quickly and effectively reducing costs through preparation while honing in on the critical storytelling elements that matter.

• Creative Director
• Commercial DP
• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• Production Assistant