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Katherine O.

Berkeley, CA, USA

6 reviews

$750 - $1500 / Day

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About

Kat O’Toole is a documentary cinematographer based in Oakland, California. She delights in falling into the rhythm of another person’s life while filming handheld. She loves collaborating with directors so that the images they make together can best support the story. She creates beautiful, comfortable and intimate interview setups that allow her collaborators to sink in and open up. Most of all, Kat takes pride in pre-production planning because having all the tools you need frees you up to follow an unexpected thread to someplace even better than you planned to go. Kat studied at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke. Her work has been shown on PBS, the BBC and at Sundance Satellite Programming.

Top Services

News Shooter / Video Journalist
5 reviews
Documentary DP
1 review
Field Producer
1 review

Clients

Top Reviews

  • November • 2017

    Kat is so wonderful to work with - great collaborator all around!

    Jessica at Aljazeera DNR
  • January • 2022

    Very easy to work with, great communication!

    Chris at Weather Group Television, LLC

Top Projects

Equipment

Camera

  • Sony FX6

Audio

  • Audio Recorder
  • Directional Microphone
  • Lavalier Microphone
  • Wireless Microphone
  • XLR Microphone

Miscellaneous

  • Shoulder Rig

Lighting

  • LED Lights

Lenses

  • Prime
  • Standard Zoom
  • Telephoto

Editing

  • Adobe Premiere Pro

All Services

Production Support

  • Documentary DP
  • News Shooter / Video Journalist
  • Field Producer
  • Reporter / Journalist
  • Production Assistant

Post Production

  • Video Editor - Documentary

Miscellaneous

  • Production Company
  • Creative Director