Monica W.
Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
$700 - $1500
6 reviewsMónica Wise Robles is a Colombian-American documentary filmmaker based in Mexico City. Her work focuses on intimate stories of resistance highlighting feminist, LGBTQ+, and indigenous narratives. She has produced work with The Guardian, NYT and the BBC among other outlets. Her first short documentary Lupita, about a Maya massacre survivor, premiered at the Ambulante festival in Mexico, Sheffield Doc/Fest and Doc NYC in 2020, receiving awards from several others. Mónica was a cinematographer on Netflix’s Trials of Gabriel Fernández (2018), Iliana Sosa’s feature What We Leave Behind (2022 SXSW award winner, NYT Critic Pick, and Gotham Awards Nominee for Best Documentary feature), After the Flood (Vice, 2022 Emmy Winner), Niñas // Somos el Fuego (2022, Premio Gabo Winner). She is also the DP of Vena Aquatica, a documentary in production about ecofeminists in El Salvador. She is an IWMF fellow, a Ford Foundation and Sundance Institute grantee, a UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program Associate.
- Documentary DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Commercial DP
- Field Producer
- Production Company
- Fixer
- TV News Producer
- Video Editor - News
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Video Editor - Commercial
- Production Assistant
- Creative Director
- Drone Operator
- Translator
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Corporate Videographer