Discover Top Documentary DPs in Stamford, Connecticut, USA

As a film director and computer scientist plying my craft for the last 15 years, Im ecstatic to finally see these disciplines converge on the web. While my body of work has been broadcast on traditional outlets such as as the Dish Network, AT&T U-Verse, and Direct TV, screened at legendary venues like the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, and performed in stalwart institutions like the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, it is the future of exhibition that is truly exciting. My endeavors are small steps toward an ideal balance: creative undertakings that humbly allow viewers to participate, while maintaining the clear intention, aesthetic principles, and a personal vulnerability that fuels powerful works of art.

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I have spent the past twenty years putting one moving image against another, and in that space between the two truth is created. Telling stories visually has been one of the most aesthetically and emotionally rewarding experiences of my life. It doesn't matter if it's thirty seconds or thirty minutes and beyond; creating that moment, that space where people's hearts and minds flood from the images projected before them is what I am on Earth for. And tacos. Recently I have made the move into directing with my feature length documentary Hoopties, for which I took home Best Documentary at the Maryland International Film Festival. I have other projects in the works that I can't wait to tell you about. Maybe over some tacos, sometime.

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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Colorist
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• Line Producer / On-Location

My name is Lumumba David. I have been creating digital video and photo content for nearly ten years. I help brands reach their target audience and increase sales with my narrative-style commercial content brand. My brand of storytelling is intertwined with current marketing trends, especially on social media. I have created content (video and photo) for the NYPD for the last four years, and our content is distributed primarily on social media and occasionally local television news outlets. I have also worked on NYPD campaigns displayed on billboards in Times Square. In addition to creating content, I am also the team leader. I completed my bachelor's in Film Production and focused on directing and cinematography. I will complete my Masters in Philosophy in Spring 2023.

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Talal Jabari is a Documentary Cinematographer and Filmmaker known for his commitment to storytelling. His visual style leans towards intimate verité shoots, but he's equally adept at capturing the essence of sit-down interviews. Talal has dedicated much of his career to the Middle East, working on TV documentaries for broadcasters like Al Jazeera and ART. He covers a variety of genres, including social, political, and historical documentaries, as well as music and sports. Talal is multilingual, speaking English, Arabic, French, Hebrew, and basic Spanish, and he has worked in diverse locations, from Kampala to Berlin, Doha to Quebec. Now residing in New York, Talal continues his passion for crafting meaningful stories through film.

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Michael DeMinico is a Brooklyn-Director and Producer, specializing in cinematography and editing for short and feature documentaries. His debut feature documentary, The Mundo King, captivated audiences at the Lighthouse International Film Festival in June 2019, subsequently reaching a wider audience through its release on Amazon Prime and other major VOD platforms in January 2021. Currently, he is immersed in his second documentary project, centered around Scottish Muay Thai prodigy Judy Humber, slated for a 2024 release. With a client roster including Netflix, The Bangkok Post, Mbrella Films, Living Films, Samsung, Puma, and more, Michael brings his expertise to a diverse range of projects.

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• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
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• Creative Director

I am an experienced electronic cinematographer whose resume is heavily weighted with networks news magazine show and corporate credits. I see myself as a content creator for producers who are telling stories either with acute national/international impact or for employees and clients. Over my career I have travelled extensively and shot many high profile interviews with presidents and celebrities. However, what I remember most are the assignments that allowed me to photograph the stories of everyday people who found themselves in extraordinary circumstances such as Stephanie in Los Angeles who was learning to walk again after having both legs amputated above the knee after a tragic car accident.

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• Drone Operator
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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Fixer

As a seasoned DP and Video Producer, I bring extensive technological skills to film production, post-production, videography, video editing, and photography. With a keen eye for look and visual storytelling and a mastery of industry-standard tools, I ensure each project achieves its full creative potential. My expertise spans the entire video production process, from concept to post-production, delivering compelling narratives and visually stunning content. I invite you to explore the possibilities of our collaboration. I started as a PA and moved up to Digi Tech and have worked in post-productions editing, rotoscoping, render wrangling, and Technical Director. Let’s explore the possibilities of collaboration.

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• Digital Content Creator
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• Senior Editor
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I’m a filmmaker and cinematographer based between New York City and Paris. My most recent work as a director – “Who Built the Cage?” – premiered at the Regensburg Short Film Week in March 2020. In 2019, I was cinematographer for the feature film “Alive in Moscow” (dir. Grigore Bechet, expected 2021). I also worked as an assistant director and camera operator for the feature-length documentaries “Birds of America” (dir. Jacques Loeuille, prod. Météores Films) and “Pas de deux” (dir. Elie Aufseesser, prod. Toïtoï). My main work is as a cinematographer, but I also produce and direct advertising, product, corporate, b-roll, and documentary projects, with a focus on helping clients from abroad solve the unique challenges of remotely managing projects shot in the United States and France.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Fixer
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• Gaffer
• Non-Fiction Film Director

A freelance self shooting producer / director with an extremely strong journalistic background. Most recently have been working on long form television documentary (CNN, PBS, the UK's Channel 4), but also have shorter form digital experience, having worked at Economist Films, The Economist's documentary film arm, on a permanent basis for a year and a half before moving to New York 18 months ago. I still work for them on a freelance basis, producing short form videos for their Daily Watch output, as well as longer form (approx. 20 min) in depth documentaries. I am currently working on the CNN series This Is Life With Lisa Ling. I am a confident shooter on the Sony F7 and Canon C300 primarily, but m adaptable to a range of cameras.

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• Field Producer
• Creative Director
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

Based between the Great Plains and New York City, I am a graduate of the NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service with a BA in broadcast journalism and religious studies and an MPA in international policy. A short form documentary producer and shooter with experience editing, I co-founded BellyFire Productions in 2015 after working for several years in global education and the nonprofit sector and traveling extensively in the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. In addition to working on social issue focused short form documentaries with digital production teams at NBC and CNN, we collaborate with social impact actors - nonprofits, foundations, businesses - as they strive to generate awareness and drive change.

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• Video Editor - News
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• Video Editor - Documentary
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• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
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I am a freelance videographer/editor located in the Philadelphia/Bucks County area (though willing to travel). Through my years of work, I have created unique and polished videos for film, TV, documentaries, weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, promos, concerts, music videos, corporate, and commercial productions. Also, I make my own films which have been featured in numerous film festivals, including the New Hope Film Festival, where I directed and edited a short film that won the Audience Award, as well as the Best Shorts Competition Award of Merit. My films have also been featured and promoted on popular independent streaming sites, such as NoBudge and SimpleMachine. Thank you for your consideration, Marc Dickerson

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• Video Editor - News
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Sarah Ginsburg grew up in the magical Midwest town of Columbia, Missouri. She went on to study Film Production at Emerson College in Boston, which is where she lives and works as a filmmaker today. She edited for the award-winning interactive Hollow and shot and edited for Boston-based interactive Wander, Wonder, Wilderness. Sarah recently finished shooting and editing a feature documentary titled Best and Most Beautiful Things. She wandered into the audio world and started a podcast with Elaine Sheldon that features women working in media. The podcast is called She Does and is now part of Panoply, Slate's podcasting network. Sarah is fascinated by the overlooked and challenges herself to illuminate even the tiniest ingredients that make up our everyday.

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• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
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Mahala is a director and producer with Courageous Studios, the brand studio for CNN. Previously she was a video journalist working at the Denver Post from 2010-2015. In that time she had the opportunity to grow with the newspaper’s developing video department, from working on daily video and breaking news to producing both short and feature length documentaries exploring themes and issues integral to the Denver and Colorado community. Her work has been recognized by Picture of the Year International, the Heartland Chapter Emmy Awards, and the National Edward R. Murrow Awards. In 2013, she was a member of the Denver Post staff awarded a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the Aurora Theater shooting.

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I'm a photojournalist and Documentary photographer from Venezuela, based in New York City. Graduated from Audio Visual arts at the Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, and from the Documentary and Visual Journalism program at the International Center of Photography. My documentary work focuses mostly on migration and cultural expressions. My goal is to empower communities through their stories of resilience and collaborating with the protagonists on the telling of their own story. This work has been published in several outlets such as The New York Times, Remezcla Magazine, Vainity Fair Italy and Topic Magazine. I also cover events as both photographer or videographer, working for clients like All Star Code, NYCFC, Colt Coeur, Alagua Cinema and Alstom.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
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• Fixer
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
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• Event Photographer
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I am a digital journalist + video producer, also Adjunct Professor of Digital Media at the Columbia Journalism School. I also work for mobile video startup Videolicious helping train newbie video producers on how to tell good video stories with smartphones. I'm most interested in telling non-narrated character-driven stories about people or things on a small scale. I once spent two days following a college freshman from West Virginia through her first trip to NYC, to compete in the muggle Quidditch (yeah, like Harry Potter) World Cup. It was awesome. I also have aspirations to work on a bigger project with more sweeping scope, dealing with an important social justice issue like poverty, class or education. Not sure what that might look like yet, but I'm excited to figure it out!

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I enjoy doing work that aims to educate the public or inform people of issues that are not being covered by the media. Social issues and environmental issues are my favorite, though I have tackled other topics. My educational background is in film production, journalism and psychology. These areas were chosen because of my interest in the human condition. As a result of my background, I can and do create a variety of content (i.e. videos, photos, audio slideshows, etc.). I feel it is important to know what topic is best explored by which medium and as someone who has explored a variety of mediums, I know how to best utilize my resources (i.e. interviews, images, audio, etc.) to develop a story that is both compelling and informative.

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I've been a freelance videographer/editor and multimedia journalist for six years. My videos have appeared in The New York Times/Local and The Guardian and my audio pieces have aired on WBAI in New York and WBEZ in Chicago. The first short documentary I produced, directed and edited, The Invisibles, was at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner. Ultimately I want to give viewers a look into worlds they're not familiar with while giving a voice to people who have not traditionally had access to media outlets. I shoot (primarily with a Canon 7D and edit on Final Cut Pro X. I'm particularly drawn to stories about social and human rights issues (e.g., disparities in healthcare, immigration, workers rights,) or profiles of people with unusual passions or unconventional occupations.

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• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - News
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Mauricio Gonzalez-Aranda is a documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. In 2022, he created the Bar Talk Series, an online series with over 75k followers (@bartalkseries) that features everyday conversations between New Yorkers at different bars. His directorial debut, A Word for Human (2019), premiered at CPH:DOX and screened at the U.S. National Gallery of Arts. He has also worked as a researcher, assistant editor, and production assistant on various produc- tions by the Danish company, Final Cut for Real. These projects include Oscar-nominated documentary Flee (2021), President (2021), School Shooters (2021), and Songs of Repression (2020). He’s a well-versed director, DP, and editor. Mauricio holds a B.A. in Physics from Princeton University.

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• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Documentary
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• Video Editor - News
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Giorgio Ghiotto is a documentary director and cinematographer from Italy, currently based in NYC, USA. He graduated from New York University with an MA in journalism and documentary. His passion lies in finding and telling compelling stories, no matter where they may be. Giorgio focuses primarily on human rights and adventure, and is driven by the idea that films can be a powerful tool for both the awareness and preservation of our natural world. Giorgio's methods adhere to common core values, such as inclusivity and freedom of speech. Capturing both humanity and nature in their rawest moments, even when safety is not guaranteed, is one his strongest traits. No matter the circumstance, humanity flourishes in the scope of his lens.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
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• Commercial DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Drone Operator

Phil is a Cinematographer/Director/Editor and the Founder of the full service production company, Phatt Features. Phil brings to life innovative and compelling short-form commercial content through his passion and attention to detail in each engagement. From the project's conception to its completion, Phil offers timely, attentive services every step of the way. This includes writing and pre-production, direction, production, and post-production. Phil is Czech/American and lived in The Czech Republic, France, The Bahamas, Washington DC, and England. He currently lives in New York City. Traveling the world inspired and continues to inspire him to create images that spark emotion in his audience and these experiences are consistently applied to the projects he is associated with.

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