Discover Top Freelancers in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

Hi, I am applying through POV under the American Promise assignment. I'm Sam Hampton PhD, co-founder of Docs In Progress, a nonprofit located in the DC metro area dedicated to creating community through documentary. I have two recent films. Hidden Books the Art of Kumi Korf, about a Japanese American artist, received the CINE Golden Eagle Award. Mr. Stokes' Mission, the story of a Civil Rights educator and plaintiff of Brown v. Board of Education, has played at many film festivals and schools. My current project is a one-hour documentary titled, Transcending Surgeon. The film is about trauma surgeon Dr. Edward Cornwell III, who is the Chief of Surgery at Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC. The film explores Dr. Cornwell's family upbringing, mentors, education and other guiding forces that led to his successful career. It does so in the context of African American pioneers in medicine, and that many of his patients represent the realities of another side of urban African American life, communities beset by poverty, inadequate education and and violence. Transcending Surgeon is a story that connects with viewers in a way that is real and thought provoking.

• Documentary DP

Gabriel Tolliver is a storyteller across media platforms. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism and Long Island University's TV Writing and Producing Program. Gabriel has a BFA in Film/TV Production and a Masters of Professional Studies in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Gabriel is also a decorated US Army Veteran who served as an Army video journalist (46R) from 2007-2011 which included deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (09-10). Gabriel's range of interests and expertise have led to a diverse portfolio. He also co-wrote and directed, "FLEECING LED ZEPPELIN", a short crime caper film based on true events involving one of Rock's greatest unsolved heists. The film has been added to the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame's media archives and screened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Harlem International Film Festival. He has created content over the years for MTV, VH1, Sesame Street, and Elektra Records. Gabriel co-authored the definitive pop culture book on trendy, ostentatious jewelry called BLING: THE HIP-HOP JEWELRY BOOK by Bloomsbury Press and wrote and co-produced MONDO BLACK, an artful 8 part documentary web series for PBS affiliate; Black Public Media. He directed behind the scenes and wrote show copy for the YO! MTV RAPS 30th Anniversary Experience at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY in June 2018. Gabriel was also a 2018-2019 Writers Guild Foundation fellow in their Veterans Writers Workshop. Gabriel is is currently a freelance producer for Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts' digital series; #ThriverThursday for which he received a 2019 Telly Award.

• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Field Producer
• On-Air Reporter / Host

I am a multimedia communicator who is deeply interested in, engaged in and committed to my community. I like to write and talk to people. The thing I miss most about being in a newsroom everyday is the breaking news. I currently work with nonprofits on communications, marketing and engagement. The stories I'm most interested in hunting and sharing are about: the impact and causes of poverty; weird people who do interesting things; kickass women and young people; and how things work/are made. One of my goals is to own a pair of glasses someday that have a camera and microphone hidden in them so that I can share all of the awesome stuff I see. In the meantime, I try to always have some sort of video device on me. I learned documentary-style shooting, writing and editing at NYU's graduate program for documentary filmmaking. Since then, I have started experimenting with ways to use editing, graphics and animation to supplement storytelling. These are tools I hope to use in an upcoming documentary that I want to produce about the impact of incarceration on women and girls. Thank you for your time.

• Documentary DP

I am filmmaker with a degree in international relations. I am French, Spanish and simple Farsi speaker. I am highly interested in international affairs. I also enjoy exploring social trends with in cities. My language skills have allowed me to connect with the latin migrant population where I live and I am highly interesting in further documenting the compelling stories on the difficult and complex immigration. I am fluent in all stages of the filmmaking process. My reasoning and writing skills allow to craft a narrative and tell a conceptual story in preproduction. my experience in DSLR filmmaking and training in cinematography/photography make a creative filmmaker, focusing on provoking angles and shots. I have a strong proficiency in non-linear editing software (Apple FCP and Adobe Premiere) as well as animation and compositing programs such as Adobe After Effects. Moreover, I am well-versed in video codecs and understand how to optimize media for dissemination on various platforms. See my website for a better look at my story telling abilities with a camera.

• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer

Im an Emmy Award winning filmmaker and PR professional who has created over four hours of content for TV and designed a collection of tools used in communication campaigns. Over the past three years, I have produced well over 100 videos for a wide variety of clients. My most notable work is producing, filming and editing the television show, VSU Today, and filming a series of commercials for Virginia State University. Each video Ive created has been strategically developed into a unique communication solution for each clients needs. One thing that sets me apart from my peers is the genuine passion I possess and express in both life and work. For as long as I can remember, Ive had a natural attraction to visualize, conceptualize and actualize my thoughts in a creative way and connect people in different yet effective ways. I have a personal life-long goal of making the world a better place through my actions. I search for stories that I know will make an impact. It's important to open peoples eyes. Through my work, I plan to share the beauty of difference from around the world. One day- I hope to travel the world and capture what I see and feel.

• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer

I have spent the past eight years serving as an independent field and multimedia producer for news networks and international aid organizations. My clients have included BBC, NBC, Discovery, HDNet World Report, Al Jazeera English, Univision, Telemundo, VOXXI.com, Devex.com, Howard G. Buffett Foundation, Catholic Relief Services, and the International Reporting Project. I cover a wide range of general news topics such as terrorism trials, the economy, and tropical storms, but I have specialized in international affairs and development, immigration, U.S. Hispanics, and the environment. My work has taken me across the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa. I am very interested in submitting a video and article package about an independence movement that is brewing in Mombasa, Kenya. It is a piece I did with the support of the International Reporting Project this summer.

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• Sound Mixer

My name is Alami Ahmad I am a thirty five years old, professions in four languages (English, Hebrew, Russian and Arabic). I have extensive experience working for large international donors, governments, theatres and NGOs including United Stated Agency for International Development USAID, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in IT, Multimedia and Film production. First of all let me explain my motivation and enthusiasm for the field, I am planning to build an international career in the field of Multimedia and film production. This opportunity will really mean a lot for my professional aspirations. I have learned a lot and started to use my theoretical skills in practice, my success in achieving results has been defined by my progressive mind set, sound problem solving skills, strong decision making ability and effective follow through.

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

Shiyu is a female independent filmmaker who originally from Yunnan, China. She is in her second year of MFA at American University right now. She graduated from Assumption University of Thailand in 2012, majored in finance and marketing. During the school time, Shiyu works as graduate assistant for professors on campus, she also works part-time at Academic Multimedia Service department in American University. Since summer of 2014, Shiyu started work as an intern at Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Culture Heritage. She mainly in charge of producing and editing pieces about Chinese traditional culture. Shiyu is a funny,easygoing and passionate girl. She loves what she does and enjoys her life a lot. Except filmmaking, Shiyu also likes cooking, study recipes, DIY accessories, traveling, singing and dancing.

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

Thierry Humeau is a director of photography and licensed pilot, drone owner & operator. In the late 80s, he started as a photojournalist with Sigma Photo Agency in Paris. A few years later, Thierry moved to the US, migrated to TV & Film production and launched Télécam Films located in Washington DC. He has traveled around the globe for often, difficult and challenging assignments covering current affairs, humanitarian, education and development issues. His work can be seen worldwide in award winning television programs on networks such as National Geographic TV and Al Jazeera Media Network. He also consults with Sony and AVID Technology on the development and testing of large sensor cameras and file based editing products. Thierry also pursued a 10-year career in the sport of whitewater kayaking culminating with a participation in the 1992 summer Olympic Games.

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

Meiying is a D.C.-based freelance multimedia journalist fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Hokkien. She aims to amplify marginalized voices and produce stories about communities often hidden from the mainstream news narrative. Most recently, Meiying was a video producer at POLITICO, where she created the POLITICO Show on Snapchat and made visual content for a variety of social platforms. She previously interned with the Los Angeles Times’s video department, covered the Covid-19 pandemic in California for The New York Times and UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program, and had a film fellowship with CNN’s Great Big Story. She has produced work for PBS NewsHour, San Francisco Chronicle and Idaho Statesman. Meiying graduated from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and the Missouri School of Journalism.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• TV News Producer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Documentary DP

I offer extensive experience as a journalist and video producer, backed by about 20 national and local awards. I began as a daily newspaper reporter for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, followed by the Louisville Courier Journal & Times. I became an investigative reporter at WHAS-TV in Louisville, and later for WTTG-TV in Washington, D.C. I now operate a video production company. We've produced countless marketing, training and documentary videos. Highlights included producing graduation documentaries for 10 classes at the United States Naval Academy. Our training videos and documentaries are shown nationally and internationally. We offer our clients excellence, clarity and value. What we've done for others we can do for your organization: Richard Krantz, president of Pilot Productions, Columbia, Maryland.

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

I am a freelance television news cameraman and editor with almost twenty years experience in video and television production. As a freelance cameraman and editor, my clients have included Aljazeera International, Associated Press (AP) Television, France 2, CNBC, Canal Plus, BFM TV, and NBC Newschannel. David has worked as a staff photojournalist at the ABC and CBS affiliate stations in Washington, DC, and has been director of photography on a number of corporate productions. His international experience includes shooting documentaries for the United Nations FAO in Sierra Leone and a Caribbean Production company in Curaçao. David’s award-winning independent documentary Rhythm, Rhyme and Life was selected for three film festivals across the United States, most notably the New York International Independent Film Festival, in 2003.

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

Im an award-winning filmmaker, author and journalist. Ive used my skills as a storyteller in a variety of media: producing hours of live radio, as well as short sound-rich pieces, creating documentaries and short video features, making photo essays and slide shows, putting together multimedia pieces and writing articles. Im also the published author of two books of short stories. At the moment Im focused in videography. Two years ago I earned a masters degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism with emphasis in documentary production. I hunt for stories that need to be told so they can that create awareness about political issues and human matters; stories that surprise us and show us our differences and similarities, our greatness, fragility and beauty; stories able to touch an audience and motivate them into action.

• Documentary DP

Experienced video editor with sharp non linear editing skills, video promotional capabilities, and years of editing experience in TV news production and international television production markets. Worked for VOICE OF AMERICA and ARD, German Television in Washington D.C., creating high quality television videos and program elements for television programs utilizing Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer. Edit long and short-form television program elements, such as voice overs, documentaries, interviews and other show formats while working with producers or independently. Video editor, producer and program manager for CLASSICA GmbH, Germany, a nationwide television cable provider of classical arts production. Additional years of experience in entertainment as Creative Services video editor and dialogue and sound editor.

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

Mohammad Tondhoosh is a videographer with extensive experience in filming, editing, and directing. Currently based in Rockville, Maryland, Mohammad has over a decade of expertise in producing high-quality visual content across various media platforms. Since 2018, he has been serving as a Videographer and Editor at TriVision in Chantilly, VA, where he has been involved in all kinds of video production, including video content for commercials, concerts, interviews, and conferences. In the past two years, Mohammad has also worked as a news videographer for Iran International, capturing critical moments and delivering compelling news stories. His technical skills are well-rounded, with proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro. Mohammad holds an Associate degree in Graphic Design and has completed several specialized courses in directing and cinematography in Iran.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP

I am a writer, producer and director with over 20 years of experience. I founded Rising Night Productions to streamline the video production process for busy communications professionals. I bring my extensive network of video experts and skills in production, project management and digital marketing to every project. My mission is to make video projects easier for organizations of all sizes. I describe my niche as “informational.” I love working on things like testimonials that might help customers make informed decisions or videos that help explain how a product, service or process works. I also enjoy producing video content that helps make complex or hard-to-understand subjects more accessible and memorable. I work with a wide variety of organizations like non-profits, associations and government agencies in addition to for-profit companies.

• Field Producer
• Production Company
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Post-Production Manager
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Copywriter

Nataliya Rostova is a Russian media scholar and journalist based in America, was a staff writer covering the media life for Republic.ru/ Slon.ru, Novaya Gazeta, Gazeta.ru. She is a creator and author of two online projects on the history of mass media and journalism in years of groundbreaking changes in Russia: The Birth of the Russia Media. Gorbachev Epoch (1985-1991), gorbymedia.com, and The Heyday of the Russian Media. Yeltsin Era (1992-1999), yeltsinmedia.com. Earned MA degree at Philip Merrill School of Journalism in UMD (2023) and School of Journalism at Moscow State University (2000). Was awarded the Knight-Wallace Fellowship (Ann Arbor, MI, 2009), Galina Starovoitova Fellowship on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (Kennan Institute, Washington DC, 2011-2). Was a visiting scholar at the School of Journalism at the University of California Berkeley (Berkeley, 2015).

• Reporter / Journalist
• Transcriber
• Translator
• Creative Director
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Copywriter
• Senior Editor
• Art Director

As a Trilingual Digital media producer at the United States Agency for Global Media, I create engaging and informative content for various platforms and audiences, covering stories about the human condition, minorities, science, and environment conservation. I am passionate about using visual storytelling to make a positive impact in the world, and I have won multiple awards for my short documentaries. I have a degree in documentary film making from the New York Film Academy, where I learned the skills and techniques of digital filmmaking, from sourcing footage and improving image quality, to adding effects and music. I am fluent in French, English, and Arabic, and I have worked with diverse and international teams and clients, such as AJ+, twofour54, and Aljazeera media Network. I am always looking for new challenges and opportunities to learn and grow as a media professional.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Executive Producer

A better world is possible and we can build it through storytelling. As a Director of Photography, I am an artist and passionate visionary. I specialize in documentary storytelling, combining field production with cinematography to create dynamic, living, and immersive films. I work with clients to create media from the ground up that moves individuals and communities to action. I have worked across the industry-- filming on the front lines of protests for national campaigns to shooting commercial pieces in cozy studios for small businesses. I have been internationally recognized for my work highlighting Climate Change, and nationally recognized for work I have produced on immigrant justice. In 2021, my work for the Department of Veteran's Affairs won platinum and gold at the Hermes Creative Awards.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer

Allison Shelley is an independent documentary photographer based in Washington D.C., focused primarily on health and social justice issues as they relate to women worldwide. She is co-founder and co-director of the non-profit Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW), and has worked as director of photography for Education Week newspaper and staff photographer for The Washington Times. Allison collaborates with organizations such as the United Nations Foundation, NPR and the Hewlett Foundation to create dynamic, image-forward corporate campaigns. Her recent projects from D.R. Congo, Senegal, Nigeria, Haiti, India, Nepal and the U.S. have been featured in publications like National Geographic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, NPR, Al Jazeera America, The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian, among others.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Portrait Photographer
• Event Photographer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Field Producer
• Creative Director
• Post-Production Manager
• Content Strategist