Discover Top Freelancers in Uruguay

Documentaries are my passion. In 2008 I premiered my first feature-length documentary, Hit, about the personal stories behind some of the most famous songs in my home country, Uruguay. Currently, Im working on my second film with co-director Claudia Abend: Never Better tells the stories of a group of eighty-somethings who decide to start all over just as they reach a moment in life when everything seems to have been done: run a marathon at 85, learn to read and write at 80, or divorce a high-school sweetheart at 82. Aside from film, Ive worked as a journalist since college in print and television, and more recently as a freelance videographer at Agence France-Presse. Uruguay is a very under-reported country, full of compelling stories to tell: did you know that hip-hop a completely alien rhythm in the local culture is being used in some barrios to keep teenagers away from drugs? Or that a group of scientists is trying to determine the genetic factors that might explain why Uruguay is the country with the most ageing population in the region? Or that the president Jose Mujica is trying to create a government-run marijuana market?

• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Post-Production Manager
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Santiago Barreiro is a National Geographic Explorer, photographer, and storyteller. His approach mainly focuses on the study of dance, humanitarian topics, gender, and minorities. As a result of his interest in dance, Barreiro, who is originally from Uruguay, has photographed ballerinas at Uruguay’s national ballet company, Ballet Nacional Sodre, as well as Cuba’s National Ballet School, one of the premier ballet institutes in the world. He has dedicated his work to investigating, studying, and photographing the world of dance in both a documentary and a conceptual way, collaborating constantly with various entities of the world of dance and on a personal level developing photographic research projects. In 2015, he published his book Pueblo Ballet (Ballet Village) which, through photographs, tries to bring dance closer to those who don’t have access to it. His last major publication was on his documentary work "The Cuban Method" and was published by National Geographic in its online version: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/cuban-national-ballet-school-photos-your-shot-dance/ Follow his work more closely via Instagram (@santiago_barreiro), Facebook (/S.Barreiro.Fotografia) and Twitter (@sbarreiro1985) or directly through his website: www.santiago-barreiro.com.

• Sound Mixer
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Post-Production Manager
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Hair and Make-up Artist
• Audio Storyteller
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Transcriber
• Translator

I always liked telling stories. It is the most beautiful sensation in the world: tell and find stories. Unknown and hidden stories but with the potential to transform or change realities. Journalism gives me every day the opportunity to work telling those stories. Some of them good, some not so much, but all true and that are part of the world in which we live today. I am a young journalist, restless and eager to develop and learn many skills. I am passionate about digital and videojournalism. I studied at Colegio Seminario in Montevideo and later at Universidad Católica del Uruguay where I got one of the best averages in my journalism class. For more than two years I have been working in the newspaper El Observador, one of the most important media companies in Uruguay, which has strengthened and developed its digital area more than ever. I participated in the process of transferring the daily paper to the digital site contributing and executing ideas to make the news an experience that includes, for the readers, to see and to listen, not only reading. I worked covering many areas such as technology, science, politics, culture and trends. At the same time I developed as a multimedia journalist and told stories in both text and images and video. I know how to work in a team and under pressure thanks to the rhythms and the modalities of carrying out the tasks that we always had in El Observador. On the other hand, and thanks to my academic background, I am able to work in any format. Either press, radio, television, or - as I like the most - mixing the three formats into one: digital.

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Full-Service Live Production
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Production Assistant
• Production Company
• Audio Storyteller
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Commercial DP
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

Gastón Martínez is a Uruguayan communicator and filmmaker. He works as a director at Ikusi, where he recently co-directed and edited "Raíces en la arena" (2023), a short film that won the "Women in productive activity" (Miem-Dinatel) call. He directed, filmed and edited the documentary series "Golazo" (2022). He worked as a director for a dozen local production companies and for AFP Services (2019-2020). As a television director, Martínez worked on "Premio Destacados" (2016-2019). He co-directed "Pilsen rock, the movie" (2018) a medium-documentary with more than 80,000 views on YouTube.

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

Agustina Willat graduated from the Uruguayan Film School (ECU) in 2010. Her short film "El vendedor de naranjas" won several awards in Uruguay. She works as a director in film and television projects with a social and community profile, and as an editor mainly in documentaries. "Hacé y mostrá, televisión comunitaria", a TV program in which she is a director, won the 2016 TAL Network award for the best educational content program. Her latest short film "firefly" is now in competition at festivals. She is finishing "Salam" her first feature film as a director.

• Documentary DP

Juan Maruri (1988) is an independent filmmaker and visual editor. He got a degree in Social Communications at the University of Montevideo (UM: 2008 – 2012) and also obtained a diploma in direction of photography in CLAEH University (2013). He is currently director of the audiovisual company HINT. Also he has worked for national film producers and also for prestigious national and international companies such as BID, UPM and UNICEF.

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

I am an editor director, and screenwriter, graduated from the Uruguayan Film School. I have extensive experience working in documentary and fiction films; TV series and programs; and web, institutional and advertising videos; among others. Link to my Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/f%C3%A9lix-p%C3%A9rez-7219b6209/?locale=en_US

• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Post-Production Manager

I'm a bilingual (Spanish, English) journalist-filmmaker and multimedia producer with 10 years of experience. Currently based in Montevideo, I'm available for any kind of non-fiction project. I've worked with CNN, Great Big Story, AJ+.

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

• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Creative Director
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

• Sound Designer
• Sound Mixer

Videojournalist / Filmmaker

• Creative Director
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - News
• HD Live Operator
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Line Producer / On-Location
• TV News Producer
• Fixer
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

• Storyboard Artist
• Illustrator

I have more than 25 years of experience as a visual journalist and graphic editor.

• Graphic Designer
• Illustrator

• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Colorist

I'm an experienced video editor/motion graphic artist and project manager. I got my bachelor degree in media communication and completed my MA degree at Media City UK (Salford Univ) in Post Production for TV and Film. I've worked on several companies throughout these years such as BBC (internship) and Applearn.tv and produced content for several brands around the globe. I'm fully trained in the Adobe Package suite (Premiere, AE, Photoshop, AI) as well as FCP, Da Vinci Resolve, Camtasia and have plenty of experience as a camera operator. I also have 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager working both in Marketing Agencies and Media Production companies which has given me an understanding of the complete process, from start to finish. I'm looking forward to work with committed people on a long term relationship.

• Motion Graphics Designer
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Executive Producer
• Production Company
• Post-Production Manager
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP

Tali Kimelman was a computer engineer with an MS in Biomedical Engineering before becoming a photographer. She has been working professionally and freelance for 12 years, with clients such as Unicef, HBO, The New York Times and many companies and ad agencies in Uruguay and abroad. Her main work area is advertising and she also frequently shoots portraits, architecture and food. Spanning a wide range of styles, her work shows careful attention to detail while maintaining a natural look. She recently started to shoot motion as well and has already worked for Uruguayan clients and clients abroad such as the Inter-American Development Bank.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Production Company
• Commercial DP
• Translator

Audio visual maker, with long experience as a cinematographer and colorist. I also worked as an editor, as a news producer and directed TV call shows. I graduated in Social Communication as Journalist (at PUCRS, in Brazil) and studied cinema at Panico Studios (in London). I captured images and did live transmissions for some very important TV channels, like TV Globo, Multishow, Fifa TV, CGTN (Rio de Janeiro); Televisión Española TVE, Canal La Sexta (Madrid) and TV Cultura (São Paulo). I also worked with film, in a feature and in a few short-films, did the images for successful campaigns and did jobs for many production companies, mainly in Brazil and in Spain.

• Colorist
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP

I have been a journalist since 2003. I first worked in television news production and also in the press. Since 2012 I have been the multimedia editor at El País. I'm the head of the newspaper's video strategy. I lead the video team and multimedia specials. Here is some of our work: https://tinyurl.com/4vfv3xkk and here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QAqpAruUVvqKuWOzmkItg We like to search for visual stories to tell and explain what is happening in the world. I am also teaching digital narratives and visual journalism at the Universidad de Montevideo since 2008. I work freelance as fixer and videojournalist.

• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• TV News Producer
• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

Mickaël Berteloot est un photographe autodidacte depuis le début des années 2000. A cette époque, il s’équipe de son premier appareil photo numérique dont il ne se séparera plus. Passionné de musique, il fera ses premières armes de photographe en tant que reporter pour Le collectif ISO, association de photographes culturels dans le nord de la France pendant près de 5 ans. Mais c’est surtout à travers le voyage que Mickael trouvera sa voie : raconter l’histoire de ces gens rencontrés en chemin. Au retour d’une année passée en Asie, Mickael se lance et devient auteur-photographe à temps plein début 2012. Il est actuellement basé à Saint-Laurent du Maroni, en Guyane Française.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist