Discover Top Creative Directors in San Francisco, California, USA

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• Social Media Producer
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• Digital Content Creator

Chinwe Oniah is a writer, journalist and visual storyteller based in the Bay Area who has written for Pigeons and Planes, California Magazine, Blavity and others. She's currently a video producer at KQED.

• Documentary DP
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Reporter / Journalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Corporate Videographer
• Creative Director
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer
• Commercial DP

Hello! My name is Madeleine. I’m an imaginative and meticulous film and commercial video producer, who brings passion, authenticity, and a fierce work ethic to every project. I have a strong record of leading projects from ideation through completion and have worked within a wide range of budgets and timelines. A versatile team player, I've confidently taken on senior producer roles on feature films, episodic series, music videos, and national commercial campaigns, while also thriving in supporting capacities. Originally from Portland, OR, I earned my BFA at Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts and spent several years working in Los Angeles before relocating to the Bay Area in 2016. I'm driven to tell human stories and to help amplify the voices of underrepresented populations. I believe a video is the ultimate group project, and I'd be excited to collaborate with you to bring your story to life!

• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Creative Director
• Field Producer

My name is Alan and I am a DP, Director, and Video Editor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. I attended Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, earning my BFA in Film Production with an emphasis in cinematography. I started my career in Los Angeles as a freelance cinematographer, shooting short films, music videos, and independent feature films. Notably, The Phoenix Project (2015) had a limited theatrical release, was reviewed in the LA Times, and received a distribution deal, ultimately landing on Netflix. After re-locating to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2016, I established myself as a commercial director and DP. I have created content for Google, Airbnb, Ford, Autodesk, HP, Uber, Dupont, and many other well-known brands. I have navigated shooting overseas, worked with celebrity talent and a Michelin Star chef, and directed campaigns with custom set builds and six-figure budgets. With 10+ years of professional filmmaking experience, I have a strong attention to detail and a deep understanding of visual storytelling. My leadership style is based on the understanding that production is a collaborative effort, and I strive to lead with confidence and empathy.

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director

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

Eric Ivey is a DP, camera operator, and editor living in the San Francisco North Bay. He has just completed his directorial debut short documentary Not Worth Killing which tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a catholic nun and a convicted murderer living on death row in an Alabama prison. He shot, produced, and edited a three-part documentary series on Waldorf Education, Learn to Change the World which has been translated into 25 different languages and has screened for audiences across the globe. He has filmed, edited many short-form documentaries including the Vice exclusive 'Happy Birthday Oscar Grant, Love Mom' and Being Seen, which participated in more than twenty film festivals winning awards earning the Prix du Documentaire at Cannes Festival International Sur du Handicap. He also produced a hand full of the narrative short films including A little Death, which won Best Genre Film at SF IndieFest. He has a passion for cinematic storytelling and considers himself lucky to make it his work.

• Documentary DP
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Creative Director

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

Experienced Emmy-award-winning photojournalist with an artistic eye who thrives in fast-paced, high-pressure, high-energy working environment of TV news and internet broadcasting. Demonstrated success setting up and executing a wide range of work for multiple shows and web platforms, meeting deadlines, and troubleshooting as problems arise. Versatile self-starter and multitasker who works quickly and efficiently on independent shoots and as a key team player. Reputation for quality production and portfolio that includes daily news packages, live shots, special reports, and sports including Warriors, Giants, and Raiders highlights. Content seeker with strong work ethic and positive attitude. Strategic vision for unplanned breaking news events. Recognized proficiency at in-camera editing, enabling ease for reporters and producers to log, and transition to raw video over various platforms, including social media. Accustomed to all news environments.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• HD Live Operator
• Creative Director
• Field Producer
• Fixer

Monterey Peninsula-native cinema camera operator/owner since 2014 with extensive experience as 2nd camera/BTS camera on docs, docu-reality, fashion, narrative films, and lead producer of many live video events. Owner of camera systems generating digital film up to 6k 60fps or 2.5k up to 120fps. Drone pilot/cinematographer with 6 years experience. Expert SlingStudio user with Vimeo Premium & WebinarJam Executive subscriptions for live streaming, private broadcasting, or remote/local video village solutions. Silverstack Offload Manager user for all your DIT needs. Proud father of three boys, former professional athlete, actor, healer, motion picture educator, and performing arts center technical director. Through his company, House of 8 Media, Mike enjoys contract work as a DP or B Camera Op for commercial, documentary, and narrative digital content ranging from TV commercials, docu-style brand videos, short-feature films, infomercials, and especially live events. He thrives under the pressure of live streaming as a single crew member running multiple-cameras, audio mixing, projections, on-screen graphics, and switching cameras....sometimes all at the same time. As a department lead, Michael nurtures the spirit of ensemble in a positive, fun, safe environment with demonstrated experience at advanced A/V Setups and successful crew engagement while maintaining a peaceful, enjoyable workplace even under the most time-restrictive, public circumstances. In conversation, Michael keeps great notes. In preparation, he is an eagle scout. During the shoot, Michael is a knight in arms who uplifts the crew and always makes the client happy.

• Documentary DP
• Full-Service Live Production
• Corporate Videographer
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Copywriter
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Drone Operator
• Fixer

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

I am an Emmy nominated producer and director with experience developing, producing, directing and editing more than 400 hours of content. My portfolio includes docu-series, documentaries, original branded digital programming, digital series, VR, feature films and commercials. From 2007-2010, I served as the Producer of New Media at 51 Minds Entertainment. My leadership and responsibilities included overseeing on-air special programming and all stages of creative series development, strategy, production and post for digital and social media platforms. Under my leadership, 51 Minds Digital/Vh1.com produced 3,000+ episodes totaling over 350 hours of digital content. During this time, 51 Minds’ digital platform initiatives set landmark standards for their distribution partners. After 51 Minds Entertainment, I went on to produce a number of on-air projects, for production partners such as Facebook Watch, Amazon Prime, MTV, VH1, Discovery, Bravo, A&E, We TV, Lionsgate and others. Recently, I served as the Co-Executive Producer for the Discovery Channel documentary ‘The Swim’, chronicling a long distance swimmer’s attempt at crossing the North Pacific from Japan to San Francisco. I currently serve as Co-EP at Sharp Entertainment, overseeing the production and post production on a variety of shows. With a keen cinematic eye and sense of visual storytelling, coupled with vast experiences in digital content, non-scripted, traditional TV space, feature length film and documentary production, I have a uniquely extensive skill set encompassing the development, content creation, production and post-production of a wide variety of formats to execute the highest digital standard across all platforms.

• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary

Mateo Hinojosa (M.A. in Documentary Film, Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires; B.A., Northwestern University, summa cum laude) is a filmmaker (director, producer, cinematographer/videographer and editor), as well as an educator, facilitator, and artist. A Bolivian-American based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he works worldwide, exploring issues of social justice and education; public space and art; politics and performance; spirituality and health; and individual identity in collective struggle. He has worked filming neurosurgeries, street art, local cuisine, theater, activism and indigenous ecological knowledge. He has taught cross-cultural documentary skills to diverse groups, from Native American youth to U.S. college students. His feature documentary, Spectacular Movements, follows young actors in Bolivia as they struggle to revive the critical spirit of the recent revolution through popular theater and street interventions. He is the Media Director at The Cultural Conservancy and Director of Woven Path Media.

• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• On-Air Reporter / Host

Isara is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and freelance director of photography and editor based in Oakland, CA. Her verité cinematography is noted for demonstrating the trust she earns with her subjects and her ability to considerately perceive and represent complex truths at the heart of each story. As a Video Producer for KQED Arts (PBS/NPR affiliate in the SF Bay Area) Isara produced, edited and shot a dozen mini-docs for the web reaching a nationwide audience. She produced and edited the Portland episode of the pilot season of KQED Art’s Webby Award-winning web series If Cities Could Dance, which highlights dancers around the country and the social issues they address with their art. She shot for KQED’s Regional Emmy-winning video A Border Wall of Piñatas Brings a Community Together. Her work has also appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, CrossCut Seattle, EdSource and The Grotto Network. She has been involved in feature documentaries on Netflix, CNN, and MSNBC. Isara has directed, shot and edited short documentaries in the San Francisco Bay Area for the East Bay AIDS Center; Women Organized Against Life-Threatening Disease (WORLD), a grass-roots Oakland org helping unhoused women understand and wean off opioid abuse; and for the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, the only public high school in the US with a World Art curriculum. She holds a masters degree in Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was selected as a Documentary Fellow. She grew up in a neighborhood of Boston, MA.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Reporter / Journalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Jun’s 13 years in journalism have taken her from reporting on Alaska Natives’ opposition to oil drilling in the Arctic National Wilidlife Refuge, to the fight against the U.S. military expansion in Guam and Okinawa. She’s interviewed Chinese-American grocers who live along the Mississippi Delta, and covered the resistance against Monsanto’s use of herbicides in Puerto Rico. And she spent over 5 years on filming the documentary Futbolistas 4 Life, about youth from undocumented families in East Oakland and a student-led fight for a safe place to play in response to the violent deaths of their classmates. Jun has worked on documentaries that have premiered at SXSW and broadcasted on ESPN and MSNBC. Her work can also be seen in the Washington Post, the Associated Press and KQED. She joined AJ+ three months before the Al Jazeera channel officially launched in 2014, back when they were one of a few news organizations experimenting with video for social media. Her AJ+ team Untold America won three Regional Emmy Awards, and Futbolistas 4 Life was an official selection of the San Francisco International Film Festival. She’s a '19 Online News Association Women’s Leadership Accelerator fellow and a jury judge for the International Documentary Association awards. She’s a former SFFILM House resident and BAVC National MediaMaker fellow. Her work has also been supported by Women in Film, Glassbreaker Films, the Berkeley Film Foundation and other funders. Jun grew up in Oakland, California and Kobe, Japan, has also lived in Los Angeles, Cork, Ireland and along the Mississippi River in Northern Illinois, and has traveled to over 20 countries across Asia, Latin America, Europe and North Africa.

• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Field Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director
• Post-Production Manager
• TV News Producer

After graduating from Wesleyan University as a Film Studies major – Tara moved to Los Angeles in 2011 where she interned on the TV show Leverage before landing a job at the boutique ad agency Illumin8Creative. Within two years, Tara rose from Assistant Editor to Lead Editor, cutting trailers and sizzles for clients like Sony, Lionsgate and Miramax as well as company profiles and corporate videos for clients like Bank of the West. Here, Tara discovered a passion for doing documentary style shorts and in 2013 started a freelance business specializing in the creation of shorts for non-profits. In March of 2014, Tara was hired as a freelance editor at Brave New Films and shortly there after joined the staff as their Lead Editor. In 2015 she had an opportunity to merge her advertising and documentary experience through her directorial debut – Racism is Real – the biggest success Brave New Films has had to date with over 18 million views across Facebook and Youtube and was featured in outlets such as Vox, Buzzfeed, Upworthy, Time magazine, the Independent, and the Washington Post. Later that year, the Executive Producer of the shorts team stepped down and Tara stepped up. Her first two pieces as the new Executive Producer/Head of Production received millions of social views and upon completion, she was asked to Co-Produce Robert Greenwald’s feature film “Making A Killing: Guns, Greed and the NRA”. Since then, she has continued to oversee all development, production, and post for all Brave New Films shorts, animations and interactive games – including campaigns such as “the Bail Trap.” Now Tara has moved to the bay area and ready to find amazing projects to dedicate her talents towards.

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

Dedicated and meticulous Producer / Videographer / Editor with an eye for detail and an excellent record of employer satisfaction. Comprehensive experience with all aspects of video production and post-production. I'm a San Francisco based producer, director, cinematographer and editor. In the late nineties I began to build design, multi-media and video production boutiques where, writing and producing original television and integrated marketing campaigns for local and global brands (Symantec, Seagate, EVault, Citrix, PBS, Oakland Museum of California, Mollusk Surf Shop) allowed me to hone my visual storytelling skills. Now as co-creator and director of photography for SeaLevelTV my camera work can be found capturing short documentaries about people whose lives are driven by and connected to the ocean. Telling stories is my passion. Whether they be cultural documentaries like his SeaLevelTV work or my camera work on docs such as Forever Chinatown and Not Without Us.

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Creative Director

Zachary Kerschberg is a narrative and documentary filmmaker based in the Bay Area. Born in the United States, he has lived in South America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. His narrative films have screened at prestigious festivals around the world, including Cannes, SXSW, and Rhode Island, and his documentary films on disability have had special screenings at the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Paralympics. He most recently produced A Ciambra, which won the Sony Discovery prize at the 53rd Semaine de la Critique in Cannes. His last documentary, Seeing the Full Sounding, won Best American Short Documentary 2015 at the American Documentary Film Festival. Black Dog, Red Dog, a ten-director NYU collaboration based on the poetry of Stephen Dobyns, starring James Franco, Chloë Sevigny, and Olivia Wilde, is Zach’s first feature narrative and premiered at the Guanajuato International Film Festival 2015. Beauty Factory, Zach’s first feature-length documentary, has world-wide distribution and is the #1 selling Spanish-language documentary on iTunes. He is a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, a National Board of Review Student Grant, a Janowsky Award, a Wasserman Award, an Agosto Foundation Residency, and a Berlinale Talent Campus alum. Zach holds an Honors B.A. from UC Berkeley in Romance Languages and Literatures and M.F.A.’s in Dramatic Writing and Film Production from New York University.

• Creative Director
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer

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

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)

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Creative Director
• Field Producer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Senior Editor