Discover Top Documentary DPs in Tel Aviv, Israel

Since 2007, a main cameraman and photographer at Walla! News, Israel’s largest online news organization. In recent years, he has also covered Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories for Al Jazeera+ and worked as a cameraman for the documentary digital department at the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation. His work has been published in various international news organizations and publications including Reuters, AFP and Al Jazeera. A co-founder of Activestills, a photojournalist collective, which covers the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for more than a decade.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer

Ricki Rosen has been a documentary photographer in stills and video for over 30 years, based first in New York and currently in Israel and the Middle East. Ricki worked as a Time Magazine contract photographer and freelanced for every major international publication. She has published three photographic books and been featured in photojournalism exhibitions.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Senior Producer / Project Manager

Highlight Films operates in Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Gaza and Jordan. Our main focuses are: • Providing full production services for television, news, documentary, corporate, commercial and film producers arriving to the Middle East. • Production of documentary films and series, TV programs, corporate videos, commercial and business videos, fundraising presentations and videos. • Production of 3D and VR360 video projects in Israel and Palestine. • Exclusive HD / 4K footage archive of Israel – aerial, ground and underwater. Television credits: • Story of God with Morgan Freeman – filming in Israel for National Geographic • FightWorld with Frank Grillo – for Netflix • Easter Songs of Praise for BBC 1 • Transparent Season 4 for Amazon • Bill Nye Saves the World for Netflix • Shahs of Sunset – Israel episodes for Bravo • Production of CNN Believer series in Israel • The Godfathers – a National Geographic feature in and around Gaza • Tomb of Christ – a National Geographic feature in Jerusalem. • Buried – Israel episode for History Channel • National Geographic – production of more than 25 documentary films. • BBC Planet Earth II – local production services • More than 30 BBC productions – news and documentary. • RrKidz, Inc – Production in Israel of “Reading Rainbow” episodes with LeVar Burton. • ZDF – Special primetime Christmas TV shows from Bethlehem (2015, 2016) • Sky - Production of Ross Kemp’s Israel Vs. Palestine documentary series • The Smithsonian Channel – Production of filming science episodes in Israel • Travel Channel - Production in Israel of “Relocated” episode • A&E - Production in Israel of “Booze Traveler” episode • A&E – Production of the three Israel episodes of Gene Simmons Family Jewels. • History Channel – Production of “The Copper Scroll” program in Israel • History Channel: Production of the drama “Revelation” in Israel • The Ancient X-Files - WAG-TV for National Geographic (2 seasons) • The History Channel: The Greatest Tank Battles (2 episodes) • Arte – Israel mit dem Zug, Shooting Conflicts • ESPN – Production of sport features in Israel Documentary production services for: • BBC – Production of 2 episodes of Sacred Wonders (in production) • Jerusalem 3D IMAX film (2010-2013) • Madonna – Production of the official MDNA EPK (more than 130M viewers). • The Sign – a special AT&T documentary. • Blink TV (UK) docu-drama “Arc of the Covenant” • Oliver Stone’s documentary feature "Persona Non Grata" • BBC Empire with Jeremy Paxman • BBC Ireland special documentary – Birth of a Nation • Israel’s Religiously Divided Society for Pew Research Center • Production of current affairs / short docs for Channel 4, Channel 5. • Production of current affairs reports for Vice • Entropy Films – “ONE”, “Islam and the West” • "Walking the Bible" and Pilgrimage – Mayavision for PBS (two series) • National Geographic – Secrets of Jerusalem Holiest Sites • The Military Channel – two episodes of "Latest Military Technology" • Avanga, Spain: Two documentary films about Israel / Palestine Corporate / commercial video productions for: Twitter, Hilton hotels, Google, Abbott, Microsoft, Citibank, Intel, HP, Amazon AWS, AT&T, Nvidia , Avis, Cisco, SAP, Phillip Morris, Procter & Gamble, Teva Non-Profit organizations Weizmann Institute of Science The Jewish Agency Living Stream Ministry FIDF Joint Israel Keren Kayemet Le’Israel Protestant church Germany Jerusalem Hebrew University Maccabi Health Services Custody of the Holy Land The Starkey Foundation News production services for: TBS Japan Vice US NOS Holland Vocativ US NTR Holland Times Now India TSR Switzerland Pro-Sieben Germany ITN UK TV3 New Zealand ABC Australia ESPN

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• Drone Operator
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Documentary DP
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Landscape Photographer

Freelance camera operator (Sony FS5) in Israel and the Palestinian territories for e.g. Dutch broadcasting news-services NOS. Director/Director of Photography for personal documentaries and independent documentary makers. Video productions for clients such as the Dutch embassy, international NGOs, the art-world, and small companies. Owns a small production studio with producer/editor Noa Ben-Shalom in Tel Aviv-Yafo. Photojournalist (1991-2011) for leading international magazines, such as Newsweek and Stern, and NGO's like UNICEF and MSF. Recipient of the ICP's Infinity Award in Photojournalism, PhotoEspana Book of the Year, a World Press Photo award, Silver Camera, and 2x Photojournalist of the Year in Holland. My photography and video-art have been exhibited throughout the world, such as at the Barbican Art Gallery in London, Dutch Photo Museum, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdamn, and Recontres d'Arles. My most recent exhibition was 'The Believers', a 27-screen video installation reflecting on belief in the Holy Land.

• Documentary DP
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• HD Live Operator
• TV News Producer
• Reporter / Journalist

Born in Tel Aviv, Ariel Tagar started as an accomplished photographer and DP. He started out covering conflict in Israel and Palestine. In 2002 he moved to London and got a B.A. (Hons.) in photography at the London College of Fashion. On his return to Tel-Aviv, he started working as a portrait and fashion photographer later shooting a string of reportage and travel stories in countries such as Ethiopia, Uganda, Jamaica, Colombia, Uruguay, and Turkey. In 2014 he directed his first feature documentary film in Jamaica called "Congo Beat The Drum". Ariel published his work in The Guardian, The Observer, Vice, Time Out Magazine and many more. He was shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Awards in 2018 for Best Portrait Series on his Vespa Club Uganda series.

• Documentary DP
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Portrait Photographer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• TV News Producer
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Field Producer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
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Freelance journalist and camera person based in Jerusalem for TV and radio. I cover daily news in Israel and Palestine for Arte TV, Radio Télévision Suisse, Bloomberg, TV5 Monde and others. Graduated from a joint master in the SciencesPo school of Journalism and International Affairs in Paris. ​I work mostly in creating visual content, both in filming and photography, for news as well as documentaries. I have worked for journalists as a camerawoman and produced my own stories in France, Israel and Iraq.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
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• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Sound Mixer

Hello, My name is Michael Patrick, the owner of 1MB production a video production agency based in Tel Aviv. I help brands discover and tell their video stories. By operating as an extension of your team. I combined creative strategy and costume - made plans and processes for creating great visual content to share with the people you're trying to reach. From creative strategy to shooting in the field or creating animation in my studio to editing the final product, I will produce your video, start to finish.

• Corporate Videographer
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• Fixer
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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
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• Sound Mixer

Jerusalem Based Video Journalist and Filmmaker. Studied at the Musrara School of Photography in Jerusalem, and Continued to a bachelor of Fine Arts at the Gerrit Rietveld academie at Amsterdam. Produced and Co-created an award winning Documentary ( http://whitesoldierfilm.com ) , The Jerusalem Season of Culture (NPO) Creative Video Producer ( http://www.jerusalemseason.com ) and Freelance Creative Director for various Projects. Been Working with Video in a variety of formats and ways for over 10 years.

• Documentary DP
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• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer

Since 2012 Silueta provides creative ideas and production services to a wide range of companies all over the world. We bring to our customers the freshness of the Israeli thinking together with our unique way of storytelling. The whole production, from the idea till the final product and distribution, happens in-house. We specialize in commercials for TV and digital, explainer videos, whiteboard animation and artistic projects.

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• Storyboard Artist

Lee Hannon is a British journalist, producer, fixer based in Israel/West Bank covering Middle East and beyond who has worked for some of the world's biggest news organisations including Sky News and ITV. Highly professional, experienced and HEFAT certified.

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• Fixer
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• TV News Producer
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• Copywriter
• Copy Editor
• Audio Storyteller

Editor, Video maker, From Jerusalem, He finished his graphic design in the National Institute for IT (NIIT) and Diploma in Computer Science from CISCO networking academy, he have eight years experience in Editing, Video making from several production companies.

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Translator
• Commercial DP
• Production Company
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Sound Designer
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Typographer

Born and raised in Birmingham, AL, Shaina has produced radio, text and photography stories addressing identity and conflict transformation from Gaza City to Oakland. She has had four years of experience working on social justice and diversity programming for high school youth and is a trained facilitator for the Berkeley School of Journalism Equity and Inclusion Committee. Over the past several years, Shaina has worked with women’s rights NGOs in Uganda, Bolivia, Palestine and India documenting textile production as a catalyst of social and economic empowerment. Shaina studied International Affairs and Fine Art at George Washington University and has an MA in Islamic and Middle East Studies from Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Currently she studies new media journalism, Arabic language and the Middle East at UC Berkeley. Her work has been featured on Public Radio International, WBHM, Haaretz, and Times of Israel. She also writes a food blog with her mom.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Yevgeni has 8 years of experience behind the camera both on studio sets and in the field. Assignments have taken him from the front lines of the Ukrainian civil war to the Turkey-Syria border and Israel-Palestine conflict. He has gone to Kosovo looking for ISIS, and covered Nelson Mandela's funeral. Yevgeni has edited hundreds of packages (from 2 to 10 minutes in length) for a number of well-known international news channels. He is an avid traveler and a consummate professional in conflict zones, staying calm under the rain of bullets or tear gas. He is always looking for the opportunity to travel, and wants to tell the stories of daily life as it continues in the most desperate of situations.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Commercial DP

Yazeed Abu Khadair, born and raised in Jerusalem, completed his Professional Diploma in filmmaking from SAE Amman an Australian Institute in 2010. After the graduation he was still participating in some courses on scriptwriting and post-production. Then, he started to work in different kinds of productions such as short movies, documentaries, commercials and TV series. For three years he was involved in productions for the Al-Jazeera Documentary Channel, such as the full-length documentaries: Palestinian Sunbirds (2012) and Villages against the Wall (2011) as well the documentary series presenting live and culture in Comoros and Yemen. Lately, he has been engaged as a producer and director for variety of the film projects for different NGOs operating in Palestine.

• Fixer
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• Field Producer
• Production Company
• Translator
• Production Assistant

With a background in photography, Dowani began his professional career as a cinematographer in Jerusalem shooting TV commercials and series, music videos, independent short films and documentaries. His passion in light, colours, composition and immediate interest in developing his skills enhanced his visual eye both as a cinematographer and storyteller. Since establishing Manshour Production in late 2015, he began to dedicate himself exclusively working as a cinematographer.

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• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator
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• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Colorist
• Full-Service Live Production
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Post-Production Manager

Emmy award-winning and internationally recognized freelancer DOP based in Jerusalem, skilled cinematographer, editor, producer, and powerful storyteller dedicated to honestly capturing current events in Israel and Palestine, and the world.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• TV News Producer
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Production Assistant
• Field Producer
• Corporate Videographer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Editor

I am a Palestinian , I start working in media since 1998 as an documentary film editor, i did my first film in 2005 and i changed my career to film maker, I did many films which were shown in many film festival, part of it got awards.

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• TV News Producer
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I am jihad from jerusalem I have been working as videographer editor since 2011 , studied media at Birzeit university , and working as freelancer with many deferent tv channels , Working in news , documentaries and more ...

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• HD Live Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Art Director

Experienced Journalist with media production industry. Skilled in Photography, News Writing, Social media, Editing, Filmmaking. Strong media and communication professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Major journalism and minor political science.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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• Portrait Photographer
• Video Editor - News
• TV News Producer
• Social Media Producer
• Executive Producer
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
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Freelance producer based in Jerusalem. Works on stories on both the Israeli and Palestinian side, fluency in Hebrew and Arabic. Previously worked with Reuters, AlJazeera and BBC in Jerusalem, Ramallah and Washington D.C.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• TV News Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Translator
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant