Maria Jose C.

Oakland, CA, USA

4 reviews

$400 - $800 / Day

About

Maria Jose Calderon is an independent documentary filmmaker from Chile based in Oakland. She has produced and edited documentaries for public television and major networks such as Netflix, Fusion, Univision and ESPN. She holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

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Produced for GBH
COVID's Hidden Toll
FRONTLINE examines how the COVID crisis has hit vulnerable immigrants and undocumented workers. The documentary follows the coronavirus pandemic’s invisible victims, including crucial farm and meat-packing workers who lack protections and have been getting sick. AWARDS: Recognized by the Scripps Howard Awards with the Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize for excellence in national/international investigative reporting. NOMINATED: The Peabody Awards, 2022 duPont-Columbia Awards Finalist
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Produced for Latino Public Broadcasting
A Pescador in the Town
Meet PanchoPescador, a self-taught Chilean artist and teacher, who spends his pandemic-era days bringing art and life to the struggling streets of Oakland.
- Video Editor - Documentary
Documental “Lugares desaparecidos. Rastros de los centros de tortura y exterminio en Santiago”
Trabajo fue realizado en el marco del proyecto FONDECYT titulado "Campos de prisioneros en Chile. Reconfiguración de los lugares y las subjetividad" a cargo del Dr. José Santos Herceg. Créditos: Dirigido por Iván Iturriaga Producido por Mario Montano Editado por Majo Calderón. Fotos: Javiera Santos Pizarro
- Video Editor - Documentary
Produced for Outpost for Fusion
FUSION: Chile’s old-school street musicians
The chinchinero is a distinctly old-fashioned, traditional Chilean street performer, and the Familia Bombo Trío is a group of young Chileans keeping that tradition alive. Outpost caught up with them as they roamed the streets of Santiago to find out how they’re putting new life into an old-school art. http://fusion.net/video/396494/the-chinchinero-music-dance-street-performance-in-chile/
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Produced for Huinka Cine
CNN: Italia district, Santiago's new trendy hotspot
I was editor for this short piece for CNN's Square meter show.
- Reporter / Journalist
ESPN: 30 FOR 20 "The opposition"
I was researcher and field producer for this documentary that part of the 30 for 30 ESPN documentary series directed by the Academy award winner Ezra Edelman. In 1973, Cold War politics and a bloody coup affected the outcome of a World Cup qualifier between the former Soviet Union and Chile. Spurning a dictator.
- Reporter / Journalist

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Glimmer Studios

Documental “Lugares desaparecidos. Rastros de los centros de tortura y exterminio en Santiago”

MICRO-DOCUMENTARIES: Fighting world hunger one school child at a time

MICRO-DOCUMENTARIES: FEED and Clarins in Honduras

MICRO-DOCUMENTARIES: Columbia Basin Health Association and the Best in Patient Services

FUSION: Chile’s old-school street musicians

Maria Jose C.

About

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Clients

Top Projects

COVID's Hidden Toll

A Pescador in the Town

Documental “Lugares desaparecidos. Rastros de los centros de tortura y exterminio en Santiago”

FUSION: Chile’s old-school street musicians

CNN: Italia district, Santiago's new trendy hotspot

ESPN: 30 FOR 20 "The opposition"

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Audio

Miscellaneous

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