Discover Top Freelancers in Ventura, California, USA

I am a multi-hyphenate creator. First and foremost I am a commercial and documentary director/dp and interviewer based in San Diego, California (https://www.filmspot.tv - general reel and bio). I am also a contract creative director for the KellyCo Agency. In the commercial world I've created spots in the healthcare, education, tourism and home and garden categories. I also create a branded content documentary series of short films ("Cheyenne" https://vimeo.com/471547605 and "Anna" https://vimeo.com/298766201). Other projects and credits on IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3192747/?ref_=rvi_nm) I also teach Advanced Cinematography and Advanced Film Production courses at San Diego State University. I run the graduate program thesis projects as well. I've also taught at the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport, Maine. As an author, I wrote the highly acclaimed book “Roll!” published by Focal Press (https://www.amazon.com/Roll-Shooting-TV-News-Behind/dp/0240808487) and have several short scripts and a screenplay gathering dust. I also designed the “Birdcage Lantern” available from Chimera Lighting (https://chimeralighting.com/shop/?item=29224). During the pandemic I created a capabilities deck to show available backdrops and equipment for small shoots (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lLl_DFDkgizjZvcBImmRtWNrZiYFpThL/view?usp=sharing). When I'm not filming or talking about filming, I'm either out camping, traveling or working my small vineyard of Tempranillo (https://www.instagram.com/rich.underwood.501/) I gave up the motorcycle a year ago, still weighing whether that was a good idea or not.

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Rachel Bardin is a cinematographer and director based in California. She excels in a variety of filming environments, from one-man-band verité, sit down and on the fly interviews, to fully-crewed narrative and commercial sets. She grew up in a small Florida town of less than 300 people and found her way into filmmaking via the circuitous route of photography, surfing and writing. She was the Director of Photography for Citizens At Last, a documentary about the women's suffrage movement that premiered on PBS in March 2021. Films that she has directed have been awarded the Special Jury Prize at IFFBoston and Best Short Documentary at Flyway Film Festival, and they have screened at the Austin Film Festival, the American Society of Cinematographers, Marfa Film Festival, the American Conservation Film Festival and the PBS Online Film Festival. Her commercial clients include: Atlantic Re:think, Recount Media, CIT Group, National Instruments, Humanities Texas, Two Shot West, Sun Bum, FIS Mobile and the Surf Station

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Dave Ragsdale Director - Creative Executive Producer - Editor As a hands-on content creator, I partner with production companies, agencies, film studios, broadcast networks, digital creators, and corporations to nurture productions from initial concept through distribution. My service offerings parallel a full-service production company minus the markup. Tenacity and integrity are the foundation of my success. Creative content production & development capabilities: * broadcast/digital creative content * live multi-camera production & direction * narrative feature films * documentaries * bts - epk - red carpet * tech, corporate, fashion, & entertainment branded content * transmission - satellite & digital It's my honor to create content for Sony Pictures, FX Networks, Live Nation, Disney, FremantleMedia, Warner Bros., CBS, Universal, The Rolling Stones, U2, Beyonce, The Who, SOREL, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Estee Lauder, LOFT, Pepsi, SAP, Intel, Electronic Arts, Tishman Speyer - TOP OF THE ROCK, and Hilton Hotels (amongst others). I produced the multi-award-winning indie narrative feature film Pink Opaque. Following our highly successful 2020 film festival tour, Pink Opaque is headed into distribution with 1091 Pictures globally and Bohemia Media in the UK summer of 2021. Showreel: https://vimeo.com/209830901 Website: https://www.hb-content.com LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/davidragsdale IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3088975/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Feature Film Pink Opaque: https://www.pinkopaquefilm.com

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GEORGE SLOAN is a writer and director. Between 2010 and 2013, George was a writer for the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" where he wrote three well-received episodes. In 2014, he returned to his directing roots, first working with the band Soft Swells on the official music video for their single "Floodlights," then directing two comedy spots, the first for the financial management company Wealthfront, the second for the Doritos "Crash the Super Bowl" campaign. George's Doritos spot "Push!" was honored by being featured in the brand's 10th anniversary highlight reel. George then turned his attention to short-form documentaries, directing an inspiring five-minute film called "Bringing Back the Light" for the Ronald McDonald House which premiered at their annual fundraising gala. Based on the strength of that film, George was hired by RCA Records to create a series of verité and behind-the-scenes videos for various artists including Tinashe, Frankie, and Grace. Lately, George has been happily bouncing between the commercial, music video and documentary world, directing a commercial for Wendy's and BuzzFeed, as well as music videos for Betty Who and Frankie.

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Michael G. Mora born in Costa Rica and now a US citizen lives in San Diego, California and Costa Rica. As CEO and Photojournalist, Producer & Director of Photography for 506Studio.com A Film & Media Production Services he is always excited to bring his experience and creative mind to every project while, doing everything he can to learn from our clients. His achievements include: 7 Emmy Awards, 1 National Eduard R. Murrow Award, 1 Sigma Delta Chi SPJ National Award, 6 Time Society of Professional Journalists Winner, 8 Time San Diego Press Club Award and numerous Emmy Awards nominations. Michael began his career as a photojournalist in 1994 working in several different TV stations in Mexico including Telemundo and TV Azteca. After moving to the US his career continued at Univision and later the investigation unit at ABC News KGTV Channel 10 in San Diego, California also coolaborating with News companies like CNN, BBC News, Ch9 & Ch7 Australia for Sunday Nigth Show and many more. Skills: Profesional Broadcasting Camera operator, DSLR Canon Cameras shooter, Time-lapse Artist, Professional Aerial Drone Operator, ENG, Scuba Diver, Fully Bilingual Spanish & English, San Diego Police Department Media Member Freelance Independent Contractor, Digital Editing System Expert, After Effects Animation Program, Social Media Expert, Color Correction, 360 Virtual Reality Filmmaker. "I am always amazed at what I will do next when working on a new project" Michael G. Mora / CEO 506Studio.com / Photojournalist / Dr. of Photography / Producer / Filmmaker-Editor / Fixer. x WhatsApp: +1.x x facebook.com/MichaelGMora 506studio.com

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An Oscar-nominated filmmaker, Sam’s work has appeared on HBO, BBC, CNN, Channel 4 News, Vice, Al Jazeera, National Geographic, and other outlets. Sam spent five years in Afghanistan, where he directed the Oscar-nominated narrative film “Buzkashi Boys.” His most recent documentary With This Breath I Fly, about two Afghan women fighting for their freedom after being imprisoned for “moral crimes,” has won over a dozen awards at major film festivals. Sam has directed episodes of the Emmy-nominated documentary series Religion of Sports and Why We Fight, and the Red Bull series All In and Life of Kai. He is currently working on Dominion, a documentary about a new generation of evangelical climate activists, and Skinhead, a narrative feature film about former neo-Nazi Frank Meeink, a true story exploring one man’s fall to power and rise into grace. He has served on juries for the IDA Documentary Awards, the Austin Film Festival, the Istanbul Film Festival, the Dumbo Film Festival, and New York Shorts International. Sam believes in the power of storytelling as an engine of empathy. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Never Dull Productions is a two-person team with a wealth of experience interviewing, scriptwriting, and video producing. We do it all -- research, write, shoot, edit, produce. An area of expertise is disabled sports. Footage shot by our company was used extensively in the A&E special on the Paralympic Games - hosted by Harry Smith and Joan Lunden. Our footage has appeared on CBS, A&E, CNN, ESPN, WNET, Prime Sports and several international outlets. The United States Olympic Committee and the Canadian Paralympic Committee have used it to promote its athletes with disabilities. Our footage of the Los Angeles Marathon wheelchair racers was featured on www.ParalympicSport.TV in its ParaEmotion video magazine. We created the feature length documentary "Sled Shots" about the U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team (www.sledshots.net).  Other endeavors include projects for Actors' Equity, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard Magazine, The Theatre Museum of New York, Discover Card, WSFS, First Book and The Delaware Bankers Association, among others. As journalists, our bylines have appeared in The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Make-Up Artist Magazine, New York Newsday, Mental_Floss, Premiere, The SF Chronicle -- and many more.

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Mobolaji is a storyteller/educator with Jamaican Christian and Nigerian Muslim parents. Growing up mediating multiple cultural identities has inspired him to use cinema as a tool to illuminate the superficial conditions that divide us and accentuate the merits of shedding our prejudices. He attended both University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), where he graduated with honors, and the American Film Institute (AFI), where he won the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Student Filmmaker Award. His feature documentary, "Ferguson Rises," won an Audience Award at the TriBeca Film Festival and represented Independent Lens/PBS at the Television Critics Association. Noted film critic Kenneth Turan called "Ferguson Rises," "Excellent and Impressive." Mobolaji is a Gotham/HBO Fellow and repped at UTA where he is developing both narrative and documentary projects, as well as Helm Content where he is directing commercials.

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NATALIE SCHWAN is an award-winning commercial and narrative director and producer who is known for work that celebrates the vastness of the human condition, the journey of the overcomer, and the spirit of adventure. She has received multiple Telly Awards for directing and producing, produced Webby-nominated work, and recently won 2nd place in the She Directed Audience Awards Competition for her J.K. Rowling biopic short film Jo. In 2015, she launched her full service, award-winning production company Velocity Creatives, which creates commercial and narrative content that present stunning visual stories that inspire, challenge and excite. She has created work for brands including SONOS, Colgate and Goldman Sachs. Her heart is in travel and exploring, and you can often find her planning her next international adventure. She has worked on location for international jobs in Canada and China and enjoys the opportunity to work and travel. She is constantly drawn to historical narratives, and is set to direct her debut feature Rebel, an action packed film based on the true story of Deborah Sampson, the first female soldier in US history who disguised herself as a man and fought in the Revolutionary war. She is also developing a period era Ellis Island narrative series surrounding stories of immigrant children, a female-driven scripted anthology series that celebrates hidden histories of bold women, and a traveling docuseries focused on international cuisines.

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Good day! Thank you for your time and consideration. I live and love filmmaking, helping other filmmakers and finding stories to tell. My work experiences include but are not limited to: Shooting quality HD video and audio solo on set with my own equipment for online videos and docu-style projects, producing and managing crews for commercials, features, trailers,digital content, viral videos, web series and music videos. I am a Colorado native who in 2015 founded my company- Daymaker Productions located in Los Angeles, CA. Daymaker is an independent production company where Art, Innovation, Marketing, and Philanthropy meet in an effort to create quality content for positive social and community impact, marketing, and entertainment purposes. Prior to Daymaker Productions, I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to help establish and launch another independent production company named Dream Factory Entertainment beginning in 2012. Since producing Dream Factory's first feature film titled She's With Me in 2013, I have produced a range of content and have been on production teams for various other companies, award shows, and independent projects. All six micro budget feature films my team and I produced at Dream Factory have been distributed domestically and/or internationally. I have a strong appreciation and passion for filmmaking, business and the performing arts.

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I run a traveling production company called The Color Four and I'm a Sundance Institute Ignite Fellow. We're obsessed with telling stories that make an impact – ranchers in Nebraska standing in the path of a pipeline, resilient communities in Liberia binding together in the wake of Ebola, California farm workers fighting for basic working conditions – and we are traveling the world to find them. We especially love working with non-profits, social enterprises, start-ups, artists, grandmas, babies and goats. Whether it be a promo video, documentary piece, written ad, social media campaign or brand photography, we'll tackle your project from concept to completion. We handle all productions entirely in house – developing concepts, scriptwriting, filming and editing. We're a swift & flexible two person team so working with us is a personal experience and your voice wont get lost in the final product. Our gear is top of the line, but we travel light so we can throw ourselves into the story. We're comfortable working everywhere from the West African bush to the Alberta Tar Sands and interviewing everyone from Oscar-winning actresses to your three-year-old niece.

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To help bring awareness to issues, we believe it begins with trust. This begins with our relationship with our subjects. As a team, we are creative storytellers, but we also strive to understand the essence of the story. Everyone on the team needs to be knowledgeable to the subject and able to adapt to situations that occur during documentary work. If we want to create something that can have an impact, our subjects need to have trust in us. They also need to be informed on exactly what and why we are asking them to share their stories. Our expertise is being able to capture the essence of a person. To get these storytellers to share themselves. To share their highs and lows in the utmost detail. To then be able to share that to communities where emotion is at the forefront. Imagery doesn’t need words to tell a story, images should be able to speak for themselves. An image should strike people at their hearts, and then their brains. A story of any magnitude should incite meaningful conversations and have people question their own lives and values. This is what we always aim to do with our projects.

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So Cal native, Aaron M Kahn traded places from an actor/model to the alternate side of the lens in 2009 when he began directing and producing for AMK Films. When he entered the world of aerial film and photography, circa 2013, it was a natural progression, combining his interest in aviation with his cinematic profession. Over the last decade, he has collaborated with an eclectic selection of professionals, ranging from independent film makers to internationally renowned production companies and organizations. His current portfolio content is worthy of being celebrated not only as functional video and stills, but also as works of art. Being an avid seeker of knowledge, he hopes to continue learning and growing along with the future of drone technology. Client List: Weckerle Cosmetics, Lexus, GT Mountain Bikes, Infinity Seneca Niagara Casino, Jurassic World, Ready Player One, CBS, History Channel, LA Metro, Fox Sports, CNBC, Jay Leno's Garage, Honda, Shell Corp.

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I've produced awarding programs, commercials, and corporate, educational and training videos. As recipient of eleven Emmys, five Telly Awards and three Videographer Awards, I provide the best and most experienced production crews, scriptwriters, set designers, 3-D graphic animators, and editors. I have two editing systems and three camera packages; LED, Tungsten, HMI lighting kits; and audio packages with wireless mics and boom mics. Most recently I have worked on video projects for the U.S. Navy, AARP, YMCA of San Diego County, 60 Minutes, HGTV, San Diego Gas and Electric, SANDAG, San Diego County Water Authority, and Pearson Fuels video projects. With our more than thirty-five years of experience in broadcast video production, companies depend on Jerry Hara and his team. Past Experience: ABC, Dateline NBC, Peacock Productions, 60 Minutes, HGTV, NFL Network, ESPN, Warner Brothers, Build A Bear Workshops, Panasonic, YMCA of San Diego County, Dell Computers, San Diego Gas & Electric, Dolphin Quest Hawaii, Katz and Associates, Southwest Strategies LLC, Nuffer Smith Tucker, UC San Diego, Y-USA, Turner Construction, and the US Navy, to name a few.

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Ben Dolenc is a filmmaker, director, and producer based out of Ventura, CA. After a career as an outdoor athlete in front of the lens, Ben jumped at a chance to move to Los Angeles and learn the world of broadcast Television. Producing over 16 television shows from Amerian Idol to Ax Men for networks like NBC, Discovery Channel and National Geographic he found his nitch creating content documenting complex characters like bush pilots, loggers, and fishermen. Ben opened the Bowsprit Company a small production company in 2010 that he directs commercials, short films, and branded content through. Clients have included Toyota, Lululemon, Red Bull, and Suzuki. In 2017 Wilshire Studios (NBC) tapped him to develop a television show around the New York Times best-selling book What Doesn't Kill Us. He is currently in production on a festival short film about two DIY land sailors who broke the 100 mph wind speed record mark in a garage engineered hand built land yacht named the Iron Duck.

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My experience includes everything from commercial work to pop culture coverage to documentaries, music videos, narrative, and branded content. I have helped multiple digital/new media platforms build their brand and find their audience, and my own films have screened in festivals and won awards around the world for 15 years. The feature documentary I co-produced and directed, The Green Standard, is racking up awards on the festival circuit now. My narrative short An Elder Man is also currently playing festivals. In the past year, I've produced and directed travel shows and docuseries for Lionsgate’s SVOD platforms, as well as produced and delivered multiple branded campaigns for digital markets. In recent years, I’ve also produced and directed campaigns for the Music Center in DTLA, branded spots, book trailers, music videos, and a number of fan favorite series for Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist Industries & Legendary Entertainment; other clients include Disney, Ticketmaster, Mission Control Media, the Jim Henson Company, Omaze, San Diego Comic-Con, Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls, Escapist/Defy Media, Screen Junkies, the Mona Lisa Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution's Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

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Gary Alvarez is an independent filmmaker based in Los Angeles. He graduated from Chapman University's Dodge College of Film with an M.F.A. in Film Production (Directing) in 2012. Since then he has been working professionally as a writer/producer/director. Born the youngest of three sons to working-class Mexican immigrants in Monterey Park, Gary was raised in the barrios of Bell. At 19 he enrolled in UC Berkeley’s Chicano Studies Program and studied abroad at UNAM before graduating in 2002, after which he returned to Los Angeles and taught for the subsequent 10 years. In 2004 Gary embarked on a journey that changed his career path and ultimately his life: he traveled across Mexico from Tijuana to Cozumel, penning a manuscript that was later adapted into a screenplay. Numerous screenwriting workshops and indie film sets later, he decided to transition into a career as writer/director. Gary’s passion is writing and directing narrative films as well as producing documentaries. With the series boom on Netflix and Amazon Prime, he added writing for television as a personal goal. Currently he is developing a new series, writing his next full-length screenplay and producing a feature documentary based on the Bell political corruption scandal of 2010. From 2015 to 2018, Gary taught screenwriting and film production to young filmmakers from underrepresented communities in Los Angeles and Orange Counties through the Latino Film Institute’s Youth Cinema Project. Since February 2016, Gary has been hosting an internet radio music show called Persistence of Sound every Wednesday evening from Espacio 1839 in Boyle Heights. His aim is to document the stories of local creatives through interviews via the show’s guest DJ segment Patched In.

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Andres Solorzano graduated from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, with a bachelor's degree in Communications with a specialisation in Film Production. During this period, he worked for Red Bull's communications department, where he developed social media strategy and audiovisual content that was successfully replicated throughout Latin America. Upon graduation, he directed the first stereoscopic 3D television content in Mexico, the iconic off-road race Baja 1000 for Red Bull. He was also, a cinematographer for Vans, Henkel and Nat Geo, among many others. He has poured his passion to stories that try to positively shape and impact a different society ,working with native indigenous communities, immigrants, and social movements in North and South America. He has shot feature films, short films, documentaries, commercials, fashion films and music videos. His first full-length film as a cinematographer HUICHOLES: THE LAST PEYOTE GUARDIANS, won eleven different awards at international film festivals. Andres graduated from the American Film Institute (AFI), with a MFA in cinematography, class of 2016. He is actually based in LA.

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I'm a videographer and photographer based in Southern California. I'm passionate about producing creative content and telling visual stories. My curiosity in diverse cultures led me to travel the world and ultimately pursue a bachelor’s degree in Visual Journalism from Brooks Institute. There, I was able to develop my storytelling techniques and to produce several stories on my own. My latest collaboration was with The Coalition Group working with film producers Johnny Wunder and Luisa Iskin. There I produced content for artists such as R&B singer JR Castro as well as singer and fashion/beauty blogger Jessi Malay. ​ My past experiences include working with Viralata Produções, one of the most creative production companies in Rio de Janeiro where I had the opportunity to contribute to content production for major Brazilian organizations. In the US, I worked with Interloper Films, the production company led by award-winning documentary filmmaker Ondi Timoner with whom I also worked as editor on the web series “A Total Disruption.” I was also involved as researcher for the TV series "Strangers in Danger" and "Next Stop For Charlie,” which were produced by the Hollywood production studio Mandt Brothers Productions. However, my true calling is being on the streets, unveiling the everyday stories people don't read in the newspapers or don't watch on the TV. Stories forgotten by the mainstream media. One of the most memorable moments in my career was a journalistic trip I made to Vietnam, where I had the opportunity to capture the horrific effects that Agent Orange still have in the Vietnamese population. The stories I like to hunt for range from severe human right issues, such as the one I told about Vietnam, to stories revealing slices of life and everyday victories within the community. I hunt for the unusual and for the injustices as well as for the beautiful and the creative within each culture.

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MICHAEL PARKS RANDA IS A FILM DIRECTOR AND DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATE BASED IN LOS ANGELES. RAISED ON A FARM WHERE HIS PARENTS RAN A SCHOOL FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, RANDA GREW UP WITH A FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUSION. COMBINING A DECADE OF DIRECTING MUSIC VIDEOS AND COMMERCIALS WITH HIS UNIQUE UPBRINGING, RANDA’S GROUNDBREAKING FEATURE DEBUT ‘BEST SUMMER EVER‘ ARRIVED IN 2021, FEATURING A MAJORITY CAST AND CREW OF DISABLED TALENT. THE INCLUSIVE FILM WON THE 2020 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL JURY PRIZE FOR SCREENWRITING AND BECAME A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS PICK. EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL, TED DANSON, JAMIE LEE CURTIS, MARY STEENBURGEN, PETER SARSGAARD AND AMY BRENNEMAN. RANDA RETURNED TO SXSW IN 2022 WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF ‘WHAT’S DONE IS DONE’, AN INCLUSIVE MUSIC VIDEO FOR DELTA SPIRIT. STARRING ZACK GOTTSAGEN (‘THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON’) AND JAMIE BREWER (‘AMERICAN HORROR STORY’), TWO ACCLAIMED ACTORS WITH DOWN SYNDROME, THE VIDEO WAS CREATED TO PROMOTE AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATION AND INCLUSION IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. RANDA IS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT ON THE UPCOMING BIOPIC ‘THE DIGNITY OF RESISTANCE.’

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