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Hunter J.

Chicago, IL, USA

$700 - $900 / Day

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About

Hunter Johnson is a documentary filmmaker, editor, and photographer based in Chicago. For four years he worked with The Perennial Plate, shooting and editing human-focused short documentaries featured on PBS and The Atlantic. Hunter has created videos for Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, and recently produced a series of films for the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights. In 2020, he directed a viral PSA video featuring four Minnesota Governors, garnering over four million views. In 2021, he completed Until We Find Them, an award-winning short documentary that screened at 11 international festivals. Among other commercial and documentary projects, he currently works as a recurring DP and editor for CBS Reports. He holds a Master's in Human Rights from the University of Minnesota Humphrey School and a bachelor's in Film and Media Arts at Temple University. Hunter is fluent in Spanish.

Top Services

Documentary DP
Video Editor - Documentary
Video Editor - Commercial

Top Projects

Equipment

Camera

  • 4K Camera
  • Canon EOS C70
  • Canon EOS R5
  • DJI Osmo

Audio

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

Miscellaneous

  • Shoulder Rig

Lighting

  • LED Lights
  • Studio Panel Lighting Kit

Lenses

  • Macro
  • Prime
  • Standard Zoom
  • Telephoto

Editing

  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Premiere Pro

All Services

Production Support

  • News Shooter / Video Journalist
  • Documentary DP
  • Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
  • Portrait Photographer
  • Landscape Photographer
  • Non-Fiction Film Director
  • Commercial DP

Post Production

  • Video Editor - Documentary
  • Video Editor - Commercial

Miscellaneous

  • Senior Producer / Project Manager