Discover Top Production Assistants in Syracuse, New York, USA

WWW.SCOTTRUDERMAN.COM Scott Ruderman is an award winning filmmaker who has worked on documentary film projects for Netflix, Hulu, Discovery, A&E Originals, Channel NewsAsia, and HBO. His documentary short, Piano Craftman, was awarded Best Director at the 2020 Madrid Art Film Festival and will screen at the BIG SKY Documentary Festival in 2021. In 2020, Scott worked as a cinematographer across the Netflix series (Un)Well and Hulu’s Taste the Nation. Scott was also a Director of Photography on Netflix's Explained and in 2019 he was the Director of Photography on Whiter Shade of Terror, a film about the the global spread of anti-muslim rhetoric and an increasingly violent white supremacy movement, which aired in 28 countries. In late 2018, Scott was a producer on the USA production of the Unanswered Ives documentary which was awarded the Czech Crystal for “Best Documentary Dedicated to Music, Dance and Theater” at the 2019 Golden Prague Film Festival. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Social Documentary Film from the School of Visual Arts. Currently, I freelance on a contractual basis and willing to travel for production. I own state of the art camera gear, professional sound equipment and HD lighting.

• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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• Fixer
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• Drone Operator

I am a Spanish-American documentary filmmaker and cinematographer based in Brooklyn, NY, currently finishing my first feature documentary, Freeing Juanita about a Guatemalan family attempting to free their niece from wrongful detention in northern Mexico. My first feature as cinematographer, The Art of Making It (2021), won the SXSW 2022 Audience Award in the Festival Favorites category. A recent short doc artist portrait I filmed for Art21 received a Vimeo Staff Pick.   The last documentary short I directed, Esquilas en la montaña / Bells in the Mountains (2017), screened at New Orleans Film Festival and San Francisco Documentary Festival. I got my start in film while studying at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, TN where I graduated magna cum laude in 2013 with a BA in Anthropology and in Film. In Nashville I made my first videos, supporting workers' rights organizing and activist and social justice campaigns, like the Fight for $15 Movement.

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• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Corporate Videographer
• Non-Fiction Film Director

Born in Brooklyn and raised in suburban New Jersey, Kevin Dougherty was a film and comic book fanatic from an early age. After a stint at New York's School of Visual Arts, Dougherty got a job at a local cable company, directing commercials for pizza parlors and cell-phone stores. Dougherty began his film career as a production assistant in New York. During the making of “Bonfire of the Vanities” he incurred the wrath of director Brian DePalma after refusing to let him on set without proper identification. He spent the rest of the shoot guarding an empty parking space in an underground garage. While a freelance producer at Byron Preiss Multimedia, he enlisted illustrator Drew Friedman to handle art duties for “My Cool Diner”, an interactive kids’ game that was released by Simon and Schuster in 1997. Gilbert Gottfried, Billy West and Uncle Floyd Vivino were also part of “My Cool Diner.” He wrote and directed “Fuzzball” for Nickelodeon's animated series “Ka-Blam!” Long before YouTube, he created “Juanita & the List” an early web cartoon that racked up more than a million views through an ad-hoc network of websites like Spin.com, Showtime.com and Wired.com. Dougherty directed music videos for The Locust, The Nervous Return, an Albatross and others. For more than a decade Dougherty managed the Cafe Metropolis, an esteemed independent music venue in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is currently at work on a documentary film about Drew Friedman, “Vermeer of the Borscht Belt”

• Field Producer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Motion Graphics Designer
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• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
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• Video Editor - Commercial
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• Senior Producer / Project Manager

Trae Bodge is an accomplished lifestyle journalist and TV commentator who specializes in smart shopping, personal finance, beauty, toys, parenting and retail. In addition to monthly “Best Buys” segments on CBS2 NY, Fox 5 NY and ABC/WJLA in DC, she has appeared on dozens of TV shows, including Rachael Ray, Inside Edition, CNBC and network affiliates nationwide. Trae has been named a Top Voice in Retail by LinkedIn and a top personal finance expert by GoBankingRates and FlexJobs. She is a contributing editor at Woman’s Day magazine and her writing and expert commentary have appeared in Forbes, USNews.com, Kiplinger, Marketwatch, MSN Money, Yahoo Finance and numerous others. Trae has been featured as a beauty tastemaker in Elle, InStyle and Essence and has served as a judge on panels for Redbook, Parents and The Handbag Awards. She is also co-founder of the cult cosmetic brand Three Custom Color Specialists.​ Trae loves delicious food, vintage clothing, beautiful art, rocking music, and new places. She spends her free time with her 13-year old daughter, Sadie Mae, her husband, Chris, their guinea pig, Chewy, and family and friends.

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Hello! I am Stephen Ko, an award-winning creative director and cinematographer based out the NJ/NYC area. I started my video production company, SKO FILMS, back in 2015, and since then I have been fortunate enough to work with all types of clients, including big-name brands such as HP, Getty Images, Samsung, and Hopper. I also work with a lot of small businesses, influencers, and individuals. Our diverse portfolio includes high-end commercials, viral travel videos, engaging social media posts, explainer videos, product videos, corporate interviews, event highlight videos, and so much more. From pre-production (storyboarding, scripting, casting, location scouting), production (directing, filming, lighting, audio recording), and post-production (video editing, animations, VFX), we can manage your entire video creation from start to finish.

• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Production Coordinator / Crewing

The Foundry offers video and photography services for individuals and businesses of all kinds. We have organized a team of videographers, photographers, audio and lighting engineers, writers and marketers. Artists at their core, who’s strength as a team is to find creative ways to tell your story and reach your desired audience. Video contains the unique ability to emotionally connect with your audience and move them to action. Through the combination of moving images and sound, video is the culmination of many art forms creating a sensory experience that is more immersive than any singular medium such as painting, photography, sculpture or music alone. We truly believe that if da Vinci were alive today he would be a video artist.

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• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Corporate Videographer

Alessandro is a New York based Cinematographer, Director and Producer with over 15 years experience in the film and video industry. He's worked in nearly all aspects of the business and his reputation is for providing great service with a positive attitude. Recent work has included shooting cinematic branded content for LimeBike, in addition to shooting commercials for major Broadway shows, and creating storytelling projects for corporate and nonprofit entities. He founded Cima Image Arts to help clients find high value solutions for video with with the discipline, creativity and devotion that comes his start working in film. He is also a co-founder of the adventure travel website Embark.org.

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• Video Editor - Commercial
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• Fixer
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• Corporate Videographer

I recently switched over to freelancing after full time work for Time Inc. editorial brands in LA and spent many years before that at VICE, Yahoo and NBC in New York. My experience is mainly shooting and producing in the field (topics range widely from sensitive/trauma - to cute and informational) and editing. I have many examples of short form documentary content at www.michellerknight.com with reels and full work examples. I have been shooting with cinema style large-sensor cameras and DSLRs as well as capturing audio and shaping appropriate lighting most of my career.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - News
• Corporate Videographer

I'm a video journalist and documentary filmmaker with over 14 years of experience. I started my career as a commercial editor and director of photography before transitioning to documentary and journalism in 2019. In 2021 I cofounded Focus Journalism, an investigative visual journalism outlet reporting on and in Northeastern Pennsylvania. So far my visual journalism work has earned 14 Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy nominations and a 2022 Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy.

• Documentary DP
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• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Gaffer
• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Production Assistant
• Sound Designer
• Colorist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Video Editor - News

Solid Pink Productions LLC is a production company owned by Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli who has been working in moving image for 20 years professionally and experimentally. She has worked with museums across the country for over 10 years supporting the creation of original content that illuminates the work of the most important artists and thinkers of our time. Her first video was a short film shot on VHS and edited on an analog JVC linear editing system at Buffalo-based Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, and she has continued working with video and film ever since, gaining a bachelor's degree in film and a master of fine arts in the process. She founded Solid Pink Productions to diversify her work on projects as a producer, director, cinematographer, and editor across genres, ranging from documentary to sci-fi noir comedy. Lavatelli works remotely and on-site in various cities including Dayton, Buffalo, Chicago, New York, Mexico City, and LA—y habla español.

• Documentary DP
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Post-Production Manager
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• Creative Director
• Content Strategist

Multimedia photo + video journalist. Stills, video and audio on DSLR + 360 + drone + audio gear + lighting + GoPros. Washington Post alum, have shot for BBC, Al Jazeera, Center for Investigative Reporting, 4SP Films and more. I have worked on high-pressure undercover and politically sensitive international stories like sex trafficking the Arab Spring, military bases in Iraq and more. I also have daily / local experience in sports, features, politics and am currently based in Bernie Sanders country - Burlington, VT with frequent travel to Amman, Jordan. Available to go anywhere.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Sound Mixer
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• Reporter / Journalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
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• Drone Operator
• Production Assistant
• HD Live Operator
• Full-Service Live Production
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Audio Storyteller

I am a graduate of Yerevan State University, and have professional experience working as a television news reporter, and journalist. I have worked for the Yerkir Media news company for over 7 years.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Production Assistant

I work as a freelance drone operator based in the Hudson Valley. From real estate to reality, I've flown all over, from LA, NY, Alaska, Europe, and everywhere in between.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Drone Operator
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant

Hi! I’m Will, a versatile cinematographer and editor with a general production background based in Rochester, NY. Experienced and always willing to travel. I would love to work with you!

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• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Video Editor - Commercial
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• Production Assistant
• Music Composer
• Colorist
• Video Editor - News

Hello, my name is Steven Vieira. I'm 24 years old and founded a design agency known as Sayns Media. As the Creative Director, I find fulfillment in my creative vision and my design work as a whole.

• Creative Director
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• Graphic Designer
• Corporate Videographer
• Digital Content Creator
• Art Director
• Social Media Producer
• Influencer
• Content Strategist
• Production Assistant
• Grip

My first name is pronounced bur-jus and I live to create. I have been a designer for 7 years with over 5 years of Agency experience.

• Creative Director
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist

Well rounded freelancer that’s eager to work :)

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• Production Coordinator / Crewing
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• Gaffer
• Documentary DP
• Art Director
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• Field Producer
• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator

• TV News Producer
• Production Assistant

I am a graduate of the University of Southern California with a Masters Degree in Film and Video production. After graduation I worked as a screenwriter, penning original screenplays and rewriting existing material for most of the Hollywood Studios. I authored the feature film No Escape, directed by Martin Campbell and starring Ray Liotta. In the year 2000, I founded Aurora Video, a full service video production and post production company. I function as a writer, producer, director, videographer, and editor. Since 2000, I have produced, directed, photographed and edited over a hundred video projects, including corporate videos, public service announcements, music videos, training films, promotional videos, book trailers, multi-camera live performance shoots and award-winning narrative shorts. Some of my recent clients include the band Blondie and Dweezil Zappa, MasterCard, The United Way, The YMCA and The New York Institute of Photography.

• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Corporate Videographer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

My passion for Visual Media has led to pursuits in film, television, painting, photography and puppetry. I am currently the writer and producer for an international sports recap show called "This Week in WWE". Currently, I work at an international sports entertainment company as an Associate Producer II. My ever-evolving duties range from producing international announcers during monthly Pay-Per-Views, to writing and producing my own :46 minute weekly recap show that broadcasts to 7 countries including Japan, Myanmar, and Singapore. My additional roles include producing athletes backstage at our live events, and coordinating international broadcasts. Outside of that company, I am a co-producer on an independent film, for whom I recently established an LLC and obtained fiscal sponsorship under the International Documentary Association. For fun, I am a cinematographer for a bi-monthly Drag Cabaret show. You can also find me painting with watercolors, drinking black coffee, and petting dogs I pass on the street. In the past I have worked for Ken Burns as an Intern and Freelance Editor on projects like the Central Park Five. I have also had photography published in books like Monsters by Kathryn Briggs, and Travels with Casey by Benoit Denizet-Lewis. Talk to me! I can be reached at x. I’m always happy to discuss freelance opportunities.

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• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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• Video Editor - Commercial
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• Motion Graphics Designer
• Fixer