Washington, DC, USA
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Request a demoRay Whitehouse (he/him) works at the intersection of documentary film and journalism. After growing up in Chicago, he lived in San Antonio, Texas, before moving to Washington, D.C. He works primarily as a director of photography. His feature-length directorial debut, A RUN FOR MORE, had its world premiere at Frameline in June 2022 and screened more than 30 festivals across the U.S. He served as the Second Unit DP on TO THE END, directed by Rachel Lears, which premiered at Sundance in 2022. BRING THEM HOME, a documentary short he co-directed and DP’d, premiered at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in 2022. He was part of the Washington Post team that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for reporting about the Capitol insurrection and its aftermath. He’s worked as a cinematographer on more than 20 documentary features and filmed, produced and edited projects for The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, and Univision, among others. He is community coordinator for the D.C. chapter of Video Consortium and a regional co-chair of the Documentary Producers Alliance. He holds an M.A. in documentary journalism from UNC Chapel Hill and a B.S. in journalism from Northwestern University. The core tenets of his practice are transparency, collaboration and critical reflexivity.
June • 2018
Ray was terrific . In 30 years I have worked with many photographers, videographers, journalists- Ray is right up there with the best. He has a terrific eye, a sense of story, he works incredibly hard and has great skills, compassion and empathy-all attributes of great storyteller. Would love to work with Ray again.
June • 2019
Ray was an absolute pleasure to work with. He was professional, on time, and engaged with our interviewee. The deliverables were very high quality — great interview shot framing, excellent audio quality, beautiful b-roll, and all delivered super quickly. Highly recommend him!
March • 2021
Ray is always great! Highly recommend working with him!
In a Louisiana town, a mother navigates racial tensions that flare up around her son’s wish to take a knee during the national anthem, and her own wish to have a local Confederate monument removed. ROLE: Cinematographer and Drone Operator
Produced for NBCUniversal
As the Olympic Games wrap in PyeonChang, policy expert John Rennie Short joins us to discuss who really benefits from the Games and who bears the costs. Short is the author of the upcoming book, “Hosting the Olympic Games: The Real Costs for Cities.”
Cinco Ranch was designed to be flooded. So after Hurricane Harvey hit, the Texas suburb was sacrificed to save the city of Houston. We followed homeowners as they decided whether to cut their losses or rebuild, knowing it could happen again.
Produced for TelevisaUnivision
Produced for TelevisaUnivision
Produced for NBCUniversal
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