October • 2021
Great experience working with Pedro! He's got an eye for capturing beautiful, compelling moments. An empathetic interviewer. And easy to work with. Looking forward to working with him again.
Pedro G.
Sacramento, CA, USA
5 reviews$650 - $1500 / Day
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I'm a documentary filmmaker with 9 years of experience in producing, filming, and editing for media organizations and businesses. My career started in a newsroom in Sacramento as part of their special projects unit. I now own a production company and have worked to create docs, and other forms of video content for nationally recognized brands and TV networks like Footlocker, Nike, Adidas, VICE, AJ+, Bloomberg, Weather Channel, ATTN, MSNBC, and HEARST. My documentaries range in focus from massive fire issues in California, to water rights all over the U.S. I've earned 9x regional Emmy awards, a Cronkite, an Edward R Murrow award, and my cinematography is featured in Ron Howard’s latest film with National Geographic, “Re-building Paradise".
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- Documentary DP
- 4 reviews
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- 1 review
- Production Company
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Clients
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December • 2022
Pedro is wonderful to work with.
Top Projects
4.0 Produced for CNBC Digital Video
CNBC seeking documentary-style shooter for Tesla ride-along in San Francisco
Tesla’s FSD Beta, which stands for ‘full-self driving’ beta, can best be summarized as a host of new driver assistant features that are not yet debugged. Chief among them is “autosteer on city streets,” which enables drivers to automatically navigate around complex urban environments without moving the steering wheel with their own hands. Elon Musk has promised driverless cars since 2016, but FSD is not even close to a fully autonomous vehicle yet. The beta program is heavily scrutinized by regulators and has earned Tesla side-eye from competitors, who usually have professionally trained drivers, not customers, test driver assist features in their vehicles. But for now, FSD Beta still available for thousands of Tesla owners to access, without the knowledge of drivers and pedestrians around them. CNBC went for a ride with three FSD Beta testers in different parts of the country to see how the system performs in the real world and explore what this program could mean for the future of vehicle automation.
- Documentary DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
5.0 Produced for Bloomberg Originals Shorts
Every Drop: California Episode, Dry Wells
In 2021, 973 residential wells came up dry throughout California — versus 85 the year before. Most are in agriculture-dominated San Joaquin Valley where residents and farms are in fierce competition for the state’s water supply. We spoke to residents in Madera
- Documentary DP
5.0 Produced for AJPlus
Water Rights on Maui
Hawai’i’s sugar industry drained streams to irrigate its crops for over a century, often displacing Native Hawaiian farmers who relied on the water. The last sugar plantation closed in 2016. So why are Native Hawaiian farmers still fighting for their water rights?
- Documentary DP
Produced for AJPlus
Hawaii Housing
Many Native Hawaiians can’t afford to live in Hawai’i. This summer, the average price for a single-family home in Maui hit $1.1 million. But an average salary for a worker in the tourism industry is less than $40,000 per year.
- Documentary DP
Produced for Vice News
Vets Are Glueing Skin to Animals Burned by Wildfires
What happens to animals in a wildfire? With yet another season of unprecedented drought and fire in full swing, the lives of California’s animals have been thrown into turmoil. From wildcats to snakes to birds of prey, we tell the stories of these animals and the people who care for them in times of crisis.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Produced for Vice News
California Is Fighting Over Two Dozen Major Wildfires — In The Middle of a Pandemic
FROM VICE: This is how firefighters are handling some of California's biggest fires... during a global pandemic.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Equipment
Camera
- 4K Camera
- Drone Camera
Audio
- Directional Microphone
- Lavalier Microphone
Miscellaneous
- External Recorder
- Shoulder Rig
- Slider
- Stabilizer
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Production Support
- Documentary DP
- Commercial DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Corporate Videographer
- Drone Operator
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
Post Production
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Colorist
- Video Editor - Commercial
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