Discover Top Freelancers in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Leah Goudsmit was born in Amsterdam in 1985, but moved to the US at 18 to study both history and film at Brandeis University. After University Leah decided to integrate her interest in social studies with film, and work in the documentary field. She has specialized in editing documentary with a commercial feel, working for Timberland, Toyota, NRG Energy, on corporate responsibility pieces, and editing trailers for feature documentaries. In 2015, Leah edited the film Kombit:The Cooperative, which premiered at SXSW Eco the same year. Leah just finished a short experimental documentary on artists on the north pole, called Don't leave anything behind, and and the feature documentary Spirit of Discovery on the oceanographer Walter Munk that she also produced premiered at the San Diego Film Festival in 2017. Currently she is finishing up the feature documentary Sewing Change, a film on the garment industry

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Video Editor - Commercial

I began my career in episodic television in New York City as a PA on Fox's New York Undercover followed by the HBO series The Sopranos.  While in New York I also worked on the feature films A Perfect Murder starring Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow and Substance of Fire with Sarah Jessica Parker and Timothy Hutton.  After New York, I did a 9 month stint in LA where I worked on the films Phoenix with Ray Liotta and Deep Impact with Morgan Freeman and Elijah Wood.   I then spent a year in India on the films Kama Sutra directed by Mira Nair and Fire directed by Deepa Mehta. I then transitioned into advertising as an Associate Producer for DDB Chicago primarily on the Budweiser and McDonalds accounts.  Currently, I write and direct through my production company A Light in the Universe Filmworks. The work spans commercials, short documentaries and narratives and have screened internationally.

• Video Editor - Commercial
• Field Producer
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• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Creative Director

First exposed to photography in the early 1980’s, I have always enjoyed capturing images of places I have been and places I want to remember and tell others about. It seems that the camera was always with me no matter where I went. On trips around the state or around the country, photographs documented my travels and memories. The pinnacle of my personal photography was between 2001 and 2005 where I had the unique opportunity to work and live in Antarctica. The amazing scenery and experiences there could only be told to others through photography. With the availability of email and internet I was able to share my adventure through digital images. In 2012 I was awarded a First Place award in News Photography from the New Jersey Press Association and a Second Place award in News Photography from the Pennsylvania Press Association. Journalism is a second career for me. I got my start in public safety and did that for 20 years before jumping over to journalism. I specialize in covering breaking and spot news especially in situations where there is heavy law enforcement presence and or interaction with firefighters or paramedics, which nowadays is just about every large event and or disaster. Speaking the “language” of public safety, understand what is happening I can read the environment and anticipate the pending actions. Having this edge helps me better cover the news and ultimately stay safe. My work has been published in local news papers like the Express-Times and national publications including the New York Times and the USA Today. Chris is a contract freelance photographer with Lehighvalleylive.com / The Express-Times, Associated Press, NBC News, ABC News, WFMZ-TV, WTXF Fox 29, WPVI 6ABC, New York Daily News, Reuters and the Allentown Morning Call.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Drone Operator
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Production Assistant
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• HD Live Operator
• Audio Storyteller
• On-Air Reporter / Host

My passion for Visual Media has led to pursuits in film, television, painting, photography and puppetry. I am currently the writer and producer for an international sports recap show called "This Week in WWE". Currently, I work at an international sports entertainment company as an Associate Producer II. My ever-evolving duties range from producing international announcers during monthly Pay-Per-Views, to writing and producing my own :46 minute weekly recap show that broadcasts to 7 countries including Japan, Myanmar, and Singapore. My additional roles include producing athletes backstage at our live events, and coordinating international broadcasts. Outside of that company, I am a co-producer on an independent film, for whom I recently established an LLC and obtained fiscal sponsorship under the International Documentary Association. For fun, I am a cinematographer for a bi-monthly Drag Cabaret show. You can also find me painting with watercolors, drinking black coffee, and petting dogs I pass on the street. In the past I have worked for Ken Burns as an Intern and Freelance Editor on projects like the Central Park Five. I have also had photography published in books like Monsters by Kathryn Briggs, and Travels with Casey by Benoit Denizet-Lewis. Talk to me! I can be reached at x. I’m always happy to discuss freelance opportunities.

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• Video Editor - Commercial
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• Motion Graphics Designer
• Fixer

Chelsea Lupkin is a Senior Programmer at Short of the Week and is known for her short film ‘Lucy’s Tale’, which is streaming on ALTER and has been viewed over 6.4 million times. Her most recent film 'Scooter' played SITGES, Beyond Fest, and Fantasia and is also streaming. She was also the Director of Photography and an original member of the Delish team, an award-winning Hearst food site, producing a number of reality food shows like 'Iconic Eats' and 'Julia Tries Everything'. She has served on the jury at various festivals including Fantasia, Fantastic Fest, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, and the Seattle International Film Festival. She was also a mentor for participants in the Frontières International Co-Production Market in Montreal, Canada and is currently on the jury for the Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition. She is represented by Cinetic Media and Greenpoint Pictures.

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• Video Editor - Documentary
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• Non-Fiction Film Director

I have been awarded the prize Andalusian of the Future in the category of Culture. I was selected at Berlinale Talents in 2015. My work has been referenced at CineWomen Magazine like an up and coming women independent filmmaker. I’m finishing my next documentary Time Among Olive Trees and the experimental short film Mother and Daughter. This year, I received a College Television Emmy Award with my film project Something To Believe. I have more than six years of experience as a filmmaker. I have created documentaries, short films and commercials. My first short documentary Round Trip was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, pre-selected for the Goya Awards and broadcast on Public Spanish Television. My second documentary film One day in Smara screened in more than 20 international festivals, won several awards including Special Mention in 2011 at the London International Documentary Festival. It was also broadcast on The Community Channel in the UK. My third documentary The Visit screened in more than 30 international festival, won several awards Including Best short film at the Houston International Film & Video Festival; Best international documentary at the International Film Festival for Human Rights in Bogota and broadcast in the public TV in Denmark’s DR2. For the last four years, I have been working as a freelance on corporate videos (for brands such as IBM and Sony), music videos and as a film director at the Marketing Agency - Contentive - in London. The position required me to work in teams, contact clients, make budgets and ensure we met deadlines. As the director of the department, I developed leadership and creative skills and I dealt with organizations such as the International Olympic Committee and Google.

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Marianne was born in Caracas, Venezuela and moved to the sunny (and rainy) city of Miami when she was 13. Passionate about storytelling, Marianne studied filmmaking at Full Sail University and since then has worked in over a hundred productions. She started out as a camera operator and assistant for award-winning documentary films such as, the HBO Documentary "Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown," PBS Documentary "Half the Sky Movement," CNN's DocuSeries "Death Row Stories," and any more. After working with amazing Cinematographers and Directors, she decided to branch out on her own and open up a small production company where she works with small business owners to create compelling stories for their brands via video. Marianne currently works at Cafe Media, a digital media company with various online entities. She is a Video Producer and Editor for sites like www.vivala.com and www.revelist.com and brings all her experience from the past 7 years to create engaging visual content that represents Latinas and Millenials all over the world.

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• Creative Director
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• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Video Editor - News
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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Assistant
• Translator

Edgardo Antonio Jr. is a filmmaker, photographer and editor. He is currently based in Brooklyn, NY, and working as an Assistant Editor at Jigsaw Productions. With over 4 years of journalism and documentary filmmaking experience, Edgardo has worked as a staff reporter for Richmond Pulse, post-productuction coordinator and operations manager at Loteria Films, and many video production internships, and odd jobs. His film work includes Dignidad En Accion, a short documentary on domestic worker rights in the Bay Area, DACA: 2 Years After, a video series depicting the aftermath of DACA for two youth in Richmond, and Cristian, 19, a profile piece of a young man’s experience with juvenile detention, court school and reentry. His photography has appeared on Richmond Pulse, New America Media, and Diaspora Drama Zine, as well on his self-published site. In addition, Edgardo Antonio Jr. worked for Anna Deavere Smith on The Pipeline Project, a long term investigation into America’s education and youth criminal justice system and how youth are caught in its throes. He is a graduate of Stanford University with a degree in Urban Planning and a minor in Film and Media Studies, class of 2011. Edgardo’s visual work can be followed on Instagram @nomadedgardo, and on Tumblr nomadedgardo.tumblr.com.

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

Sooo......I guess this is where I'm supposed to talk aboot myself, eh? Well, the long and the short of it is I do audio things. Sometimes I do audio things at the Pancake Factory, other times I do audio out on location for film and media. Basically, I produce music, compose scores, dub ADR, record audio out in the field for film, ENG and docs. All the things. I started out as a post-guy, though. I was lucky enough to intern as an Engineer Assistant for Post Audio big-wigs Mike Wilhoit and Scott Wolf at Soundelux in Hollywood, CA (which is where I'm from, btw...). Upon graduating college, I wanted to put off the real world for a little while, so I enrolled in the Masters in Music Technology program at NYU. After that, I wanted to put off the real world for a little while more, so I opened up a recording studio in the rough and tumble neighborhood of Park Slope Brooklyn. Farm-to-Table Ethiopian restaurants. Bars with bocce ball and stroller parking on Sundays. Real gritty stuff. The Pancake Factory and I have been in the thick of this since 2007. ​I have worked on all sorts of projects: Documentaries. Feature Films. Reality TV. Scripted TV. Webseries. Commercials. Corporate. ENG. You name it, I've done it.

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Audrey Black is a NYC filmmaker with an eye for creating unique video content and Creative Director of Cinealpha Video. Audrey has had her work featured on leading television networks such as NBC, Televisa, Unicable and PBS. She has also worked with film industry veteran, producer and studio executive Sean Daniel. Audrey's versatile experience in video production lends to her ability to create film content that is highly viral. In 2011, she worked as Second Camera and Assistant Editor for the YouTube channel Tiffany Rothe Workouts, featuring fitness celebrity Tiffany Rothe. Several of the fitness videos were showcased on The Dr. Oz Show, including the popular “10 Minute Booty Shaking Workout,” which has over 27 million views online. As an Assistant Director, she did promotional video campaigns for Banyan Tree Residences, Mayakoba in 2012. She was also the Production Manager and Second Editor for a large scale project at the highly regarded, award-winning BPM Festival (2014 & 2015), where for ten days she oversaw a film crew that captured over 72 parties featuring 350 celebrity DJ’s. She was involved in producing the official video promotional marketing campaign materials for BPM, which has received more than triple the views on YouTube than the festival videos from past years. Recently, Audrey created the film Artists Evolved, a documentary about visual artists and musicians from the High School of Music & Art Class of ’69, which was picked up by PBS Channel 13 and aired on June 28th, 2015. Since its original air date, PBS has shown the documentary seven times in the last year. Audrey directed, filmed and edited this production. Today Audrey continues to develop beautiful videos across a wide range of genres. She serves as Creative Director for Cinealpha Video, where she oversees the creation of thought-provoking video content.

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• Creative Director
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant

I'm an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and journalist at Studio Koa, a full-service production studio based in New York, NY. My work falls all over the video spectrum, spanning narrative non-fiction film, branded content, commercials, and investigative journalism. Prior to November 2019, i was a staff producer and filmmaker at Great Big Story, CNN's digital network. Before that, I was a staff producer at ABC News and Reuters. My documentaries have also been published by The New York Times, Fusion, The Weather Channel, Al Jazeera English, and the Columbia Journalism Review, among other media outlets. In April, 2015, I was named one of the New York Times' "Selects," a group of filmmakers chosen to direct advertising campaigns for T Brand Studio, the Times' brand marketing unit. My first feature length film chronicled Kosovo's succession from Serbia in the late 2000s. I have since directed several short documentaries that have been award-winning entrants in film festivals throughout North America and Europe. As an educator, I have five years of teaching experience in journalism, digital media and video production at the graduate level. I'm currently an adjunct professor at NYU's graduate institute of journalism.

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• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary

Available as Director of Photography/Camera Operator/Lighting Director. I have an extensive background in shooting film and digital formats, both in fiction and nonfiction genres. I started my career from the ground up in Austria in 1978 and came to live and work in NY in 1997. I am not affiliated with any union, agency or political party. As my first language is German, many of my clients and projects are too. I am a legal permanent resident of the US, with an Austrian passport. I do great hand/shoulder held work, every flavor between shaky and steady, I am prepared to be a subordinate operator in case higher powers are in charge but I am also willing and able to take charge as a DP myself. I love to light spaces and people, cater to their vanities, very often to the delight of clients and subjects alike. I call it ‘gentle realism’. Also, I enjoy working with/helming a crew; I don’t push people around - on the set my motto is, “we’re all responsible and consenting adults.”

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

New York City-based sound engineer with extensive experience working in the film and television industries as a location sound mixer and sound supervisor. I have experience working in all types of productions, including narrative, documentary, reality, corporate, commercials, live sound, virtual reality, broadcast and ENG. I have complete sound equipment packages available including state-of-the-art mixers, multi-track recorders, microphones, 12+ channels wireless, 10+ IFBs / client monitoring receivers, timecode sync boxes and slates, etc. Some of my clients include A+E Networks, fyi Network, CBS, Discovery, Telemundo, NBC, TLC, Reebok, Foot Locker, Gatorade, JPMorgan Chase, American Express and Mountain Dew. I am fluent in English and Spanish as well as conversational in French. I am available for local productions in the tri-state area as well as productions that require travel across the country and the world. I am a Global Entry and TSA Pre member.

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Hi there! I'm a multi-award winning producer, reporter and storyteller. I recently moved to NYC, having spent the past few years producing for a national prime-time news and documentary program in Australia. I have produced both long and short form programming, documentaries and digital content. I have strong experience wearing both editorial and organizational hats. I have produced top rating + award winning shows on: Syria, cyborgs, virginity, Greek crisis, Afghanistan, Fetal Alcohol epidemic, stem cell cowboys, cancer breakthroughs, family violence, Indigenous teens, relinquishing care of a disabled child to the state, circumcision etc. Key skills include: Story proposals, extensive research, fact checking + analysis
 Book key guests & preinterview on-air talent 
 Field Produce + direct & rough edit video packages Script long + short form. Line produce from the control room Write web content + social media Production admin (eg releases, locations, call sheets)

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

Pete Chatmon is the guy you want behind the lens. His debut feature, “Premium”, starred Dorian Missick, Zoe Saldana, and Hill Harper and premiered on Showtime. Chatmon also wrote, produced, and directed “761st”, a documentary on the first black tank battalion in WWII, narrated by Andre Braugher. Chatmon received the 2008 Tribeca Film Institute “All Access” Program’s Creative Promise Narrative Award for the screenplay “$FREE.99”, written in collaboration with Candice Sanchez McFarlane. Through Double7 Images, his Digital Studio, he has directed content for ad agencies, Porsche, Proctor & Gamble, Lenovo, Universal Pictures, and other brands. Chatmon’s career began in 2001 with the Sundance selection of his NYU thesis film, “3D”, starring Kerry Washington. His current project, the short film “Black Card”, is traveling the international film festival circuit and will premiere on HBO in 2016.

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

Tânia Cypriano is a Brazilian native living in New York, and working in documentary film and television for over twenty years. Most recently, she has also directed and produced short-format episodes for documentary and travel series on the web. Her own films and videos have won several international awards, and screened around the world in places such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival. Her television credits include working on documentaries for PBS, the History Channel, the Wall Street Journal Television, NHK, GNT in Brazil and Channel 4 in England. Tânia has extended experience in camera, editing, stock footage research, associate and line production. In these capacities she has worked for clients such as Montefiore Medical Center and Portico Research, in documentaries with Bill Moyers, Martin Scorsese, Kent Jones, Heddy Honigmann and Nelson Pereira dos Santos.

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• Video Editor - News
• Fixer
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

PWPvideo is a full service production company specializing in video for nonprofits and green/sustainable businesses. It is our objective to create innovative media that is educational, entertaining, and genuine. We focus on our clients' missions, as well as our passion to produce quality videos. PWPvideo was founded in 2000. The company found its niche early on, assisting nonprofits with their video communication needs. In recent years, PWP has begun working with the sustainable business community as well. PWP is a boutique shop with a crew of dedicated, talented individuals, all of whom share a passion for the medium of moving pictures. With a variety of backgrounds and strengths, the PWP staff is ready, willing, and able to tackle problems and craft distinctive solutions tailored to the needs of our clients. Our staff are proud to be active members of the Sustainable Business Network of Philadelphia and a Certified B Corporation.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Drone Operator
• Corporate Videographer
• Executive Producer
• Field Producer
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• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Podcast Producer

I am a documentary Director/Producer based out of New Orleans and New York City. I work as a dp/camera operator and as a field producer for hire. I have made 2 feature length documentaries and several short form docs. My first film SHELL SHOCKED, which looks at gun violence in New Orleans from the perspective of the youth aired nationally on PBS’ America Reframed series in February of 2015. The film continues to be used as a training tool for law enforcement, teachers, and organizations that work with teens. My latest film 91% examines the national gun debate through our laws surrounding the background check system and was released through The Cinema Guild. I have worked on projects with Bravo, Comedy Central, Viacom, Sierra Club, City of New Orleans, and The Louisiana Endowment for The Humanities. I am known for bringing honesty in the telling of difficult stories while maintaining the integrity of the people and the truth.

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• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
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Christine Giraud is a videographer based in Boston, MA. She is a 2000 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin Radio-TV-Film Masters program. She has worked with film/video in various capacities: production, post production, film festival curation, and teaching. Since moving to Boston in 2006, she has produced various short docs and narratives as director, cameraperson, gaffer and editor. Companies she has worked for include: Girls Rock Campaign Boston, Counterfeit Cow Productions, producer Rachel Koteen, Dream a Little Dream Productions, Subaltern Games, Groupmuse, and more. From 2000-2002, she worked at the Ford Foundation in the Media Arts and Culture unit and helped grant money to film and radio producers. She also co-organized film festivals the Environmental Film Festival of Accra (2004-5) and the Boston Palestine Film Festival (2007-2010). While a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana, she taught documentary film at the National Film and Television Institute (2003-2005).

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• Video Editor - News
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Tiffany Cooper was born and raised in the sunny land of Miami, Florida. Since her youth Tiffany was interested in finding her voice in the arts. Both her Mother and Grandmother were very strong, encouraging, and positive guardians who influenced Tiffany to be so as well. Tiffany continued her education at the Rhode Island School of Design, with the hopes of growing/developing as an individual and as an artist. After RISD, she gained more knowledge of animation, video, and illustration. Now she lives in Brooklyn, New York and is focusing on Music Videos, Animation, Illustration, and Photography. Tiffany’s intentions as an Animator, Cinematographer, and Illustrator are to use her talents and expertise to help others give life to their ideas and stories One of her long-term goals is to own her own Animation Studio and to produce an animated television series that will stand the test of time.

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• Video Editor - Commercial