Discover Top Video Editors - Documentary in Syracuse, New York, USA

Alita Films is a documentary production company that promotes empathy, understanding, and awareness through nonfiction visual storytelling. Led by principal filmmaker Jessica Sherry, we work with brands, nonprofits, and news organizations to find the heart of your story and create engaging documentary-driven content, from conception to completion. Our clients include GE, Bank of America, lululemon, PBS, Pew Charitable Trusts, The Nature Conservancy, MSNBC and National Geographic, among others, and our films span from educational to commercial, branded to journalistic. We have filmed in far-flung locations, exploring stories of success and hardship, history and new frontiers. At Alita Films, we believe in approaching subjects with respect, leading with emotion, and exploring the universalities in the human experience. We are based in upstate New York.

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Award-Winning Producer & DP. Brian has excelled in media and broadcast production for over 18 years, distinguishing himself as a director, director of photography, and editor. His extensive portfolio covers a wide range of TV news and documentaries on history, science, crime, nature, entertainment, and politics as well as corporate branding and marketing videos for global clients. Brian has produced diverse programming for international news media, including SBS TV, MBC TV, JTBC TV, tvN, NHK TV, and TV Asahi. Currently, he is a producer and editor for VOA’s documentary series, which won the 2024 silver prize and the 2023 gold prize for Best Nonfiction at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards. Brian resides in New Jersey with his wife and children, balancing his work with travels to the far-flung corners of the world.

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Originally an undocumented immigrant from Argentina, Eduardo Daniel Vilchez has been involved in media and video production since 2001 in all capacities in front and behind the camera. “A dreamer before Dreamers,” Mr. Vilchez knows the importance of supporting communities of color and the importance of mainstream narratives and how they bring about positive change where it is most needed. A filmmaker, photographer, and video journalist by training, Mr. Vilchez has recently worked as a freelance producer, cameraman, and editor for NBC/Telemundo and Univision, while also balancing large clients like Paris St.-Germain FC, BeIN Sports, Fox Sports, and Sony Music. He was also a media consultant and video producer for SOMOS Community Care in NYC and has recently done pro-bono work for The Door and The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center in Manhattan. Through his company BurnStrip Productions, LLC., first incorporated in 2010, Mr. Vilchez has worked tirelessly to provide affordable high-quality commercial media assets to small and medium sized companies and entrepreneurs.

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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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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”

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Hello! I'm a six-time Emmy-winning editor with extensive experience in Documentary, TV, and Digital. I’m currently freelancing at Scripps News cutting their Emmy-winning documentary series “In Real Life” on Scripps News. I was at VICE for the past nine years where I edited award-winning stories for "VICE News Tonight" on HBO and “VICE News Tonight” on VICE TV. I also edited the Emmy-nominated “VICE” on Showtime, finishing edited the Emmy-winning "VICE on HBO" weekly show, edited many shows for VICELAND, and edited numerous digital documentaries including "Slutever," which went viral with over 85 million views, becoming VICE's highest viewed documentary of all time. I recently launched my own company, Run Till We Drop Films LLC. I offer editing services and can transform your raw footage into a compelling film or TV show. I love collaborating and live for creating stories that resonate with an audience. Let's make something together.

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Samantha Schutz is a Director of Photography, Producer and Editor working across independent and commercial projects, from feature documentaries to network shows, web series, and children’s television. Recent projects include producing and shooting Ashton Kutcher’s Going From Broke for Flicker Filmworks Productions, shooting a documentary on The Drum Major Coalition for The Martin Luther King Center, shooting a pilot for the docu-reality series All Hands on Deck starring Debrah Messing, and shooting for The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Sam was Senior Producer and DP for the Martha Stewart brand’s Everyday Food YouTube Channel, growing it to well over 1 million subscribers; the channel’s show Kitchen Conundrums with Thomas Joseph that Samantha produced and shot won a James Beard award. Samantha was Co-Executive Producer and Director on the Cooking Channel show Log On and Eat with Eden Grinshpan; and she co-created, produced, and directed the Cooking Channel's Eden Eats. Other projects include: shooting a pilot episode for Discovery Plus and Magnolia Network titled From Grandma with Love, directing for OXO's Chef in Residence campaign hosted by Eden Grinshpan, and producing the livestream At Home for the Holidays with Gordon Ramsay for Stage TEN productions. ​Additional credits include producing and shooting a 360VR viewing room featuring A Guided Tour of the Magnolia Market with Chip and Joanna Gaines, shooting a special for ABC Nightline News titled Death with Dignity, and shooting for Biz Kid$, a public television series about financial education and entrepreneurship for a pre-teen audience. Samantha creates digital media content on a wide range of industry leading formats, her work seamlessly finds a vision for any story whether it’s for television and documentaries, branded and integrated content for the web, or Livestream and 360VR. AWARDS: Kitchen Conundrums James Beard Award Winner; Martha Stewart Facebook Live Webby Award Winner

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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.

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Stephen has earned screen credits as a director, story editor, producer, field producer, director of photography, and editor on over 100 national television shows and projects. These have included programs for every one of the major networks, NBC, CBS, ABC, National Geographic, United Nations Films, Paramount, CNN, The History Channel, PBS, AP, Reuters, Discovery Networks, FOX News Channel, Travel Channel, Food Network and more. He has worked as a field producer for the 2010 Olympic Games. He has also served as a judge for the EMMY Awards, the International Documentary Association, and has also worked teaching media studies at The Park School of Buffalo. In addition to his documentary and television experience Stephen has directed and produced hundreds of promotional videos for corporate and NGO clients. Conflict Zone experience. Former medic.

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I specialize in editorial, documentary, and sports photography. My passion is creating photographs that cause people to stare, to form an opinion, and that create an immediate bond with the subject. I believe that it is the photojournalist's responsibility to combine the art of photography with an ethical understanding of journalism. I am a proud 20 years US Army Veteran with service in the conflict zones around the planet. I see photojournalism as a continuance of my public service. Past Publications include: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, London's Daily Mail, Newsweek, NBC News, Reuters, and The Associated Press. Currently based just north of New York City, I am available for worldwide assignment. I am prepared and equipped to provide editorial, feature, and sports images on time and on deadline.

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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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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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Alex Martin is a videographer/editor for a popular Vermont ski resort. After graduating from the University of Vermont in sociology, he worked for UVM Extension's "Across the Fence," a local TV show. He produced recreational and tourism videos for Lake Placid, and made Fox 44 TV commercials before moving to Smuggler's Notch Ski Resort. Experience: covering housing, long-form interviews, land use, environment, social justice, sports, winter sports, and animation. Jess Wisloski is a freelance VT-based web journalist. Previously she was the New York City editor for Yahoo!, managing homepage news stories in the metropolis. She's covered breaking and feature news at Village Voice, the Villager and the Brooklyn Papers, the New York Times and and on staff at the NY Daily News.

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With over a decade in the production industry, I have extensive experience with managing on-location shoots locally and nationally, both directly and as a freelance operator. Specializing in promotional productions for businesses and organizations, I routinely have a hand in everything from pre-production to editing, but my first love and primary role is as DP and camera operator. I’m able to provide a variety of experienced crew and equipment locally for projects large and small, and am happy to chat in more detail if you have any questions whatsoever. It would be my pleasure to work with you, and thank you for your consideration!

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I direct, produce, shoot, and edit nonfiction films in Burlington, Vermont and around the country. Previously I was a producer on staff at The Atlantic in Washington D.C. I was a finalist for the 2015 National Magazine Award for two short documentaries chronicling the effects of housing discrimination in Chicago. My projects have been featured in film festivals across the country and been selected for 2 Vimeo Staff Picks. I have produced work for The Atlantic, CNN, Al-Jazeera, and National Geographic among others. My work covers a diverse range of topics, and I enjoy making investigative and thought-provoking films that challenge simple narratives.

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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.

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Sabrina is the producer and editor you bring to your project when you want someone who will find the best possible way to tell the story whether that's someone who can walk into any situation and become friends with everyone in the room, or someone who will scrub through an interview and find the perfect soundbite or moment of emotion in a tiny micro-expression. She's shot, edited and produced for local news in the NY market, food shows, man on the streets, and has been working the last two years servicing national healthcare clients as a senior video editor.

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We are independent thinking creators, editors, and passionate about everything we do. At our inception we made a conscious decision to move away from the traditional and cliche things about videography. Instead we want to give our audience an honest, clear, cinematic film that will truly connect them to the bride, presenter, actor, author, or prop. Using the most high tech equipment available to create the illusion that there is no equipment at all and that you are right there with them.

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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.

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Hi! I'm an award-winning creative director, art director, and digital producer. I design, animate, and edit myself, and for larger projects I hire multi-talented teams to produce and direct animated content for all platforms. I create branding, video packaging, sizzles, explainers, experiential video, character-based and architecture-based animations.

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