November • 2020
Monica pitched a great story for our series and executed it brilliantly. I look forward to working with her again in the future.
Monica W.
Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
6 reviews$600 - $1200 / Day
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Monica Wise is a Colombian American documentary filmmaker & DP who has been working in Latin America independently and with organizations since 2017 (BBC, Guardian, Ford Foundation, Sundance). Lupita, her documentary short, premiered at Mexico’s Ambulante, Sheffield Doc/Fest and Doc NYC in 2020. Cinematographer on Netflix’s Trials of Gabriel Fernández, Iliana Sosa’s feature What We Leave Behind (2022 SXSW award winner, NYT Critic Pick, and Gotham Awards Nominee for Best Doc feature), After the Flood (Vice, 2022 Emmy Winner), and Niñas // Somos el Fuego (2022 Premio Gabo Winner). Producer and DP of Outlaw, and the DP of The School of Hope.
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September • 2017
Monica asked pertinent follow up questions and kept the our vision for the project in mind while filming. She has great storytelling instincts and is very resourceful. I would definitely hire her again!
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Produced for BBC
Colombia’s indomitable ‘horse whisperer’
Multimedia Project. Video by me: Colombia has long been home to one of the most rugged and machista cowboy cultures on Earth. Today, Natalia Salazar is breaking barriers from the backs of horses.
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Produced for BBC
In Guatemala, the Maya World untouched for centuries
I shot, field produced and co-edited a three part series on archeologists in Guatemala using Lidar technology to better understand excavation and preserve the rainforest. This is the 6 minute lift for BBCTRAVEL.
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Produced for BBC Reel
BBC Reel: The Maya world untouched for centuries
3 Part docuseries Shot and field produced summer ’19 and edited by me. Released: 18 NOVEMBER 2020 Archaeologists have suspected there was more to the Maya sites - Tikal, El Zotz and Holmul. But it wasn’t until recently that proof came – in the form of Lidar, a type of remote sensing technology.
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Produced for teleSUR
TeleSUR -- Trump & DAPL
Indigenous people and environmental activists scored a huge victory last December, when they pressured former President Barack Obama’s administration to bring construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (#DAPL) to a temporary halt. But now with Donald Trump as President, many say the fight is just beginning. This is another one of the videos I co-produced for TeleSUR English.
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Produced for teleSUR
TeleSUR -- The Water Protectors Who Stayed at Standing Rock
Water protectors at Standing Rock fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline are showing resilience as hundreds continue to stay at the camps braving harsh storms and sub-zero temperatures. I co-produced this video with Intercultural Productions for TeleSUR English while at Standing Rock, ND in early January 2017.
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Produced for teleSUR
TeleSUR -- Oceti Sakowin transición ESP
Cientos de personas que se describieron como "protectores de agua" han permanecido en el campamento Oceti Sakowin (consejo de siete fuegos), en la ruta del oleoducto en el sur de Dakota del Norte. Ahora esta comunidad debe trasladarse a zonas elevadas por las inundaciones que se esperan con el comienzo de la primavera. Co-produjo este reportaje especial para TeleSUR.
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