Discover Top Video Editors - Documentary in Salinas, California, USA

Mathew Ramirez Warren is a documentary filmmaker and journalist, whose work has been featured on PBS, National Geographic, The New York Times and NBC. His feature-length documentary directorial debut, We Like It Like That, was broadcast on the PBS show America ReFramed, made Rolling Stone’s “15 Must See Movies at the SXSW Film Festival 2015” list, NBC’s “10 must see Latino and Latin American films of 2015” list, and won Best Documentary at the UrbanWorld film festival. It is distributed internationally by Saboteur Media and is available to stream free on all PBS digital platforms. In 2016, he produced and directed Eddie Palmieri: A Revolution on Harlem River Drive, an episode for the Red Bull TV documentary series The Note, and in 2017 he field produced several segments for the National Geographic documentary series Chain of Command, covering international migration through the Darien Jungle in Colombia and Panama, and ISIS recruitment among Trinidad and Tobago’s Muslim community. ​He founded Muddy Science Productions, a full service film, television, web media and advertising production company, and has developed, produced and edited content for brands, media outlets, organizations and entertainment companies, including Tag Heuer, Converse, Fania Records, TCS Global, Maker's Mark, Inside Hook, Wax Poetics Magazine, Discos Fuentes, California Teachers Association, The Pollination Project, Net Impact, HEAL Food Alliance, CURYJ, The Foreign Policy Association and the Institute of International Education. ​His latest directorial effort, Weed Dreams, is a feature-length documentary currently in post-production about Oakland's first of its kind Cannabis Equity Program. For this project he has been awarded a Berkeley Film Foundation Grant, a Miller Packan Documentary Film Fund Grant, an SF Film Documentary Film Fund Grant, and a Sundance Institute Latine Collab Scholarship.

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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.

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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.

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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

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Gina DeGirolamo has been working in the film & television industry for over 30 years. She received her degree in communication & television production at Ohio State University and began her career in New York City at a high profile commercial production house, Michael Ulick Productions/Geoffrey Mayo Films. The 3 years spent there were an excellent introduction into the fast paced and high demanding world of film production. She worked as a production assistant and became very familiar with the ins and outs of a multi million-dollar production company. Once Gina chose to focus her career on the cinematography aspect of production she moved to Los Angeles. She spent 1988-1994 working as a camera assistant on television commercials along with dramatic and comedic television series. Gina took the leap to camera operator on the hit HBO television series DREAM ON. From there she lensed numerous shows including PROVIDENCE, ARLISS, MURDER ONE, THE CLIENT, ANDY RICHTER CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE and many others for ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX. She has been a passionate Director of Photography on several independent films, documentaries and short films since 1997. Gina has spoken at numerous universities including USC and AFI about the role of the cinematographer with the intention of bringing practical knowledge to the classroom. She has also helped many first time directors get their careers off the ground by shooting short films and first time features. In the last 15 years, Gina has broadened her scope of filmmaker to producing, editing and directing. Gina has been honored by the International Cinematographers Guild 2005 Short Film Showcase for her work on BROTHERS and has shot literally hundreds of short form videos for the web. She continues to work in the documentary film world along with sharing her passion for helping small business owners and corporations broaden their video presence on the web. Recently, Gina has been accepted as a Master in The Arcanum which is an online learning community based on the old world style of Master and Apprentice. She is now mentoring photographers and videographers world wide. The project closest to Gina’s heart right now is Healing Heart® TV which is a company dedicated to creating and curating films and media that is conducive to healing.

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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.

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I'm an independent documentary film director, producer, and editor, and a Berkeley City College faculty member of the Multimedia Department, where I teach video arts. I most recently worked as a Senior Producer for eight years at San Francisco's PBS/NPR affiliate KQED, where my team and I were awarded 17 industry awards, including several Webby Awards, regional Northern California Emmys, and recognition from the Society of Professional Journalism - Northern California. I led arts and culture video coverage and special projects featuring the region’s creative communities and beyond. Documentaries I directed for KQED explored the impact of gun violence on Black and Brown communities, the toxic legacy of uranium mining on Native lands, and recovery in the aftermath of Northern California’s wildfires. I created and senior produced the YouTube series If Cities Could Dance, featuring dancers who represent their cities’ signature moves. Prior to my work with KQED, I directed and produced the national Emmy-nominated documentary “Tulia, Texas” (PBS’ Independent Lens,) documenting a landmark civil rights case exposing racial injustices in America’s War on Drugs. I also produced the national PBS Not In Our Town specials “Light in the Darkness,” and “The Fire Next Time,” (POV), and produced numerous regional episodes of the anti-violence storytelling project. My other producing and directing credits include “Rising from Ruin” (MSNBC’s Hurricane Katrina special,) “Policing the Force” (WNET’s Expose: America’s Investigative Reports,) and “Murder in St. Petersburg” (PBS FRONTLINE World.) My work has been programmed at SXSW Film Festival and at film festivals around the world; broadcast and streamed on PBS NewsHour, the New York Times, and The Guardian. When I'm not making media or supporting my students, you can find me cheering on my teenage son on the basketball court, community gardening, or chilling with my dog and cat, Coco and Diego who went viral on Instagram. (@cocolovesdiego)

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With over 20 years of experience in video production, I’m an accomplished DP, camera op, editor, and post-production specialist. My goal is to be the best at what I do, always striving for perfection and delivering it. I’m a dedicated and hardworking team player that always tries to keep it fun. I pride myself on being equally technical, creative, and resourceful. I have experience in documentary, commercial, corporate, and event production among others. My combined talents provide a full stack video production offering. As an editor and post specialist, I offer full-service post-production services. I can take a project from ingest to finishing and delivery. Color grading, motion graphics, compositing and cleanup, mixing/mastering, pretty much all of it. Additionally, this crosses over into production as a DIT. Behind the camera I have worked ENG, docu-style, events, fitness, action sports, and commercial to name a few. My recent work has been on Sony's FX line, Blackmagic and Canon cinema cameras. I am also a seasoned gimbal operator, with rigging and operating knowledge of the entire Freefly and DJI ecosystem.

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An anthropologist and filmmaker, his first feature, “Adelante,” a feature length documentary about Mexican immigration to a historically Irish Catholic church outside of Philadelphia, screened on over 20 PBS affiliates, played at over 30 festivals, and was screened at over 40 colleges. The film won awards at numerous festivals including the Catskill Mountain Film Fest, the Accolade Film Fest and the International Festival of Ethnological Films. His short doc, Searcy County,” screened domestically and internationally, including the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival and the Sebastopol Documentary Film Fest. He has written about film in journals including “Southern Spaces,” “Visual Communication,” and “The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.” He is currently editing a feature-length documentary about Mexican and American tree planters in the southeast United States, an innovative film that be the first documentary film accepted for a PhD at the University of Pennsyvania

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Débora Silva is a Brazilian journalist now residing in California. She started her career at a television station in São Paulo, Brazil, right after graduating with a degree in Journalism. For four years, she worked as a reporter and producer for a documentary news program about social and political issues in Brazil. In 2009, Débora moved to California to pursue a career as an international correspondent. She graduated in June 2014 from a Master’s Degree program at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism with emphasis in television. Following her graduation, Débora served as the Associate Producer for a PBS (Frontline) documentary, RAPE ON THE NIGHT SHIFT – an investigation on the sexual abuse of immigrant women in the janitorial industry. Débora is fluent in Portuguese and English and proficient in Spanish. Her broadcasting skills include shooting and editing videos (Premiere and Avid), producing video segments (studio and field), on-air reporting and interviewing.

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I'm an Emmy-nominated freelance video producer and multimedia journalist living and working in the Bay Area. I was a staff producer with Engadget for four years, and in the past I've worked with a range of outlets including The Verge, BBC, The Guardian, Mission Local, and I'm a regular freelancer for USA Today, Arts Technica, and Toms Hardware. I specialize in science and technology coverage, but also do works on stories around the arts, education, healthcare, business, and live events. I'm a 2015 graduate of the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. I also do corporate video, multimedia communications, and consulting. I teach multimedia production at both UC Santa Cruz and Stanford, and have made videos and motion graphics for organizations including The Berkeley SETI Research Center, Wing Venture Capital, Hotwire PR, First Republic Bank, USPA Athletics School, Disaster Mesh, and Experian, Planet Labs, Symb.io, Allogene, Vida Ventures, and others. https://ctcschodt.com/

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As a passionate and dynamic creative with bi-coastal experience, I wield my artistic inclinations to carve out spaces for innovation and representation. My work spans independent and commercial films, advertising, and event space creation, navigating the realms of both dystopia and utopia to unravel their intricate layers and reveal the depths of human imagination. I have a deep passion for ways we can influence perception through simple design choices in both physical and digital spaces, recognized for transforming environments into interactive experiences for events, cinema, and photography. As a producer, I am credited for my resourceful, responsive, and harmonious approach to content creation. I love turning a director's vision into reality, and watching how the space influences actors to more fully embody their characters. Some of my production experience includes: Commercials: Mac Cosmetics, Target, Apple, Notable films: "Uncut Gems," "Spider-Man," and "The Matrix 3."

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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/

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Howdy! I'm an award winning director, cinematographer and editor based in California. I work with brands, agencies, NGOs and production companies. As a director: I have an extensive background in developing and pitching ambitious projects to executive leadership. My films have a unique look and feel characterized by truth and authenticity in the storytelling and dynamic and creative camera work. As a cinematographer: I always try to work in service of the story. I'm capable of giving it a unique identity in the visual approach or can find beauty in simplicity. I'm highly collaborative and am capable of taking direction or leading the way creatively. As an editor: I pride myself on crafting compelling stories. I try to uncover poignancy and vulnerability in the characters. All my edits have a creative edge and careful attention to detail, taking the effectiveness of every shot into consideration. Freelancer and co-founder & director at The Elevens.

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I am from Milan, Italy, and I immigrated to the US in 2009. In Milan, I achieved my bachelor's in Advertising as a copywriter then won a grant to join one of the finest film companies at the time, Central Productions. After a few steps in commercials, I joined a Post facility (Rumblefish) where I worked as an AVID editor (commercials, documentaries, TV Shows, you name it) in the pioneering years of NLE, the mid-'90s. After three years immersed in Post, I began to freelance and merge my advertising studies with my tech skills. I evolved professionally as a writer, video, and convention director across Europe for Fortune 50, as well as filming documentary footage in Tibet. Relocating to the US was a major change in my life. I went through a long immigration process and health challenges. From the time I arrived in the US to the time I received a life-changing green card, I endured years of unemployment due to Visa restrictions, and battled cancer at the bone marrow while being a stay-at-home dad to my newborn daughter. Such experiences shaped my approach to work in new ways– I’ve learned the literal meaning of resilience, increased my empathy, and try to make days meaningful and joyful. In 2016, I wrote and directed my first US short film called Thank You Rebbe. In 2017, at the age of 44, I received my green card and returned to collaborating and volunteering with film projects. Soon, I was helping nonprofits meet their filmmaking needs, and in 2018, I accepted a full-time position as a video director at the Jewish United Fund of Chicago. The first project I wrote and produced was a video raising awareness about anti-Semitism in the US. In 2020, I received a Silver Telly Award and a Midwest EMMY nomination for this video. In 2021, my short film Thank You Rebbe won the Best Jewish Film Award at the Cannes World Film Festival - Remember The Future competition. My professional expertise includes developing creative strategy, managing creative and production teams, and developing content for Arts, Broadcast, Corporate, Entertainment, and Non-Profit initiatives. My passion for storytelling led me to wear multiple hats, from founding niche social networks to directing videos and conventions. I love to travel and have developed projects in China, the Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Tibet, and the USA.

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Selected as one of Variety Magazine's 'Top 10 Directors to Watch', Emily Abt has directed six feature films - four documentaries and two narratives. Her social issue, character driven films have premiered at Sundance and aired on networks such as Showtime, Starz and PBS. Known for taking on delicate subject matter with skill and diplomacy, Emily is equally passionate about narrative and documentary filmmaking with extensive experience in both as a writer, director and producer. Emily is also a seasoned documentary cinematographer and branded content director who has created films for clients such as 23andMe, Microsoft, Janssen, Pfizer and Oracle. Abt was a Brooklyn based filmmaker for 20 years who moved to the Bay Area in 2016 with her family when her husband became a professor at UC Berkeley. She is a member of New Day Films, Free the Bid, Film Fatales and the Collective of Documentary Women Cinematographers. Emily believes film is the most powerful communication tool of our time and loves to collaborate with fellow storytellers.

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David Martinez is a writer, filmmaker, teacher and political activist based in San Francisco. He recently completed "Autumn Sun" (2013), a documentary about Occupy Oakland, where he was filming from its inception. He has worked as a videographer in Indonesia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Darfur, and Iraq, where he filmed inside besieged Fallujah in 2004. His movies have screened everywhere from small community centers in the Midwest to film festivals in Europe. His writing has been published in The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Filmmaker Magazine, CounterPunch, CorpWatch, and Islam Online. He has worked in documentary production with Hector Galan and Billy Nessen, feature film production with directors Richard Linklater, John Sayles, and Jimmy Mendiola, and worked as an actor in the film Waking Life, directed by Linklater. Martinez holds an M.F.A. in Film and Video Production from the University of Texas at Austin. He has also worked as a school teacher, social worker & bike messenger.

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Polar Productions is a Bay Area based production company that specializes in turnkey style projects. We collaborate with our clients on every aspect of the process, optimizing their ability to give input, while we do all the creative and technical heavy lifting – Pre-production through Post-production. With 12 years of experience in filmmaking, we bring cinematic techniques to every project to create engaging videos at the highest level. In following with our philosophy of creating the best videos possible, Polar Productions uses the highest quality equipment in the cinematic world, including our RED Epic Dragon 6k camera (the same camera The Hobbit films were shot on). We pride ourselves on going the extra mile to fully understand our clients and their business, and in doing so we create strong lasting business relationships that are grounded in trust and success.

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Brent is a seasoned documentary filmmaker and pizza enthusiast, currently residing in Austin, TX. His credits include the feature film Dear Francis (Showtime television), Lovin’ Lakin (Hulu, starring Kristen Bell, Seth McFarlin, Kristen Chennoweth, and Christine Lakin), and documentary footage featured in the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics. Hardworking and prolific, over the last 16 years Brent has directed over 250 heartfelt documentary commercials for causes and clients - drugs, AIDS, deforestation, human trafficking, abuse, homelessness, international aid, and payday loans, among others. Further background: Once, brent was held at gunpoint in Vietnam for filming what he shouldn’t have.
 A few years later he had a gun pulled on him on skid row in LA while filming. Brent has since taken up running.

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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.

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