Discover Top Freelancers in Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Owner and co-founder – LoonarCity documentary production company. Northwestern Grad, 2012. Freelance DP and editor specializing in documentary and commercial video production. Twin Cities PBS, Fulbright Fellow 2014; Nine years producing videos from concept to completion in the US and overseas. Years spent in sub-Saharan Africa and South America on topics ranging from refugee ruby mines and natural resource migration to heavy metal in the Brazilian Northeast. I have worked with PBS, the Washington Post, NBC, Vox, CNN, Brut., and featured in the New York Times. We've shot video, photos and edited for brands including Miller Lite, Netflix, Zevia and Blue Moon Brewing.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Fixer
• Drone Operator

Guy is a videographer, photographer, journalist, field producer, writer, and editor based in the Midwest/Hawaii. He has worked with the Washington Post, NBC, The History Channel, Now This, Business Insider, U of St Thomas, and AJ+. Recent documentary contributions include Selfie Nation by Alexandra Pelosi, and Yes Men's Peace Pipeline. With a special interest in Politics and Business. -Light kit, Sony or Black Magic camera package, drone, gimbals, and more -Available for solo shoots and crews.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Commercial DP
• Production Company
• Field Producer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Grip
• Post-Production Manager
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Sound Designer
• Audio Storyteller
• Reporter / Journalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Fashion Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Event Photographer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Fixer
• TV News Producer
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Drone Operator
• Motion Graphics Designer

With a camera in hand I take on the world with the drive to tell genuine stories that connect people. I am an award winning director, editor, and producer creating exceptional video content for some of the largest companies in the world as well as individual clients with big dreams. A visual wizard with over 10+ years experience specializing in producing content with in depth storytelling regardless of budget across OTT, VOD, and social media platforms.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Drone Operator
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - News
• Production Company
• Post-Production Manager
• Social Media Producer
• Corporate Videographer

hello, I am a producer/director/filmmaker/visual storyteller. My heart work is in cultural documentaries, both long and short form. I learned my craft working in public television and then as an independent. I like finding stories that give voice to issues through intimate encounters with everyday people. I like to understand complex stories and focus them into accessible pieces. As people tell me their stories and share their intimate feelings, I understand that these stories can change the world. I think there is no more powerful form of connecting than visual storytellingconnecting truth, ideas and the essence of what it means to be a human being in a broken world. I am an intrepid maker. I have 28 years experience and have learned how to respectfully and kindly not take no for an answer. I am particularly attracted to social justice issues involving women, youth and cultural identity. I have a great interest in culture and the arts, the environment and relationships between disparate groups of people. The stories I seek are usually about resiliency and how people make chaos into order or not. I have a Canon c-100 camera and can go anywhere with it.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Field Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant

Angela Jimenez is freelance visual storyteller (still photography, motion, audio and production) based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she works on assignments and on documentary projects for non-profit and editorial clients. A long-time contributor to The New York Times, Angela is a contract photographer with the Getty Images creative department, does work with Minnesota Public Radio and has worked as a photo editor at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. She has published two monographs of her photography: Welcome Home: Building the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival (2009), about the worker community of one of the oldest and largest lesbian-feminist gatherings in the world, and Racing Age (2017), a collection of essays and photographs about competitive masters track & field athletes age 60 and older. Buy her books Her work has been honored by the Magenta Foundation, American Photography, Review Santa Fe and the Communication Arts Photo Annual, supported by grants from The Alexia Foundation student award, The Puffin Foundation and the Aspen Institute/Pluribus Project, and acquired into the permanent collection of the Leslie Lohman Museum for Gay & Lesbian Art. She has taught photojournalism & multimedia to graduate students in the NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and to art majors at Nassau Community College. In 2018-2019, her project Racing Age will tour senior centers in Minnesota through an Arts Tour grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Company
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Production Assistant

After graduating from Creighton University in Omaha, I moved back to my hometown of Kansas City to join Time Warner Cable SportsChannel, formerly known as Metro Sports. I started as the high school freelance sideline reporter before working full-time in Lincoln, Nebraska, where I spent three and a half years reporting on the Cornhuskers and Omaha Storm Chasers. Wherever the Huskers were, I was close behind. In June 2014, TWC transferred me back to KC where I spent the majority of my time covering the Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals and local KC high school athletics. Whether it was reporting about the Kansas City Chiefs’ first playoff victory in two decades or bringing Royals fans inside the clubhouse for a rowdy World Series celebration 29 years in the making, I loved every minute of being a sports reporter. In January 2017, my husband and I moved to St. Paul, Minnesota and I opened my own company, Falco Creative Media, a video production company. My ultimate goal is to capture and create innovative, unique video marketing content that makes my clients happy. I am dedicated to translating your vision into exceptional, compelling video that reaches and engages with your target audience. I strive to exceed expectations during production and post-production to make sure deadlines are met and the highest quality video is delivered. The driving force comes from my passion for videography, storytelling and editing. I am here to showcase your business, bring awareness to your brand and keep you relevant in today’s market.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - News
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Documentary DP

I'm a veteran communications professional primarily with a newspaper background, but also university communications and freelance magazine work. The bulk of my writing career has been in feature and sports writing. In features, my areas of specialty have been food (primarily cheese), local history and music. As a sports writer, I specialized in women's sports and was a nationally recognized women's basketball reporter. I sought and continue to seek out-of-the ordinary sports stories and topics. As an editor, I have led a sports copy desk, served as a copy editor in news, sports and features departments and had freelance copy editing/proofreading work for cookbooks, alumni publications and other manuscript work. I'm Wisconsin-based and my newspaper career includes the Wisconsin State Journal, The Capital Times, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, USA Today and the Des Moines Register. Freelance work includes Isthmus, an alt weekly newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin; Milwaukee Magazine; dsm and ia, two regional magazines based in Des Moines, Iowa.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Copy Editor
• Fixer

Eric Benson founded Bus-Stop Productions and graduated from the the University of Northern Iowa majoring in Electronic Media Production, Electronic Media Leadership with a Minor in Journalism. Eric also has a degree in Visual Communication from Hawaii Pacific University. Eric served for twelve years in the United States Navy as a Photojournalist and Mass Communications Specialist serving in over 35 countries. His primary service was in Asia and the Middle East and has experience working with various news agencies to include CNN, MSNBC, The Associated Press, and Reuters. During his twelve years of service Eric has learned that wearing a number of hats, has given him an intricate understanding of how mass media and corporate public affairs work. Eric has experience with photography (both film and digital), directing, producing, editing, lighting, and audio. He has worked on Nikon and Canon platforms for photography with Canon and Sony in his experience as a filmmaker.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

I am an editorial photographer and DP/cinematographer specializing in the fields of portrait photography, feature, and video production storytelling, but my background is a bit contradictory to my creative career. Despite my devotion to visual storytelling for more than a decade, I graduated with a degree in Biological Chemistry with a focus in Neuroscience from Grinnell College. Yes, you read that correctly… a photographer with an analytical mind and a penchant for science and experimentation. After earning my degree, I honed my visual storytelling abilities around the country in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and the Deseret News in Salt Lake City. Since then, I heard the siren song of the Midwest calling me home. I am now currently based in Minneapolis, Minnesota freelancing for The New York Times, Reuters, Bloomberg , and various editorial news outlets and global brands. From breaking spot news to in-depth features and every story in between, I am a photographer who delivers skillfully-crafted, compelling imagery across a plethora of subjects with a creative AND analytical mind. I focus on isolating peak moments of emotion, engagement, and access. I'm devoting my career to crafting authentic, engaging stories through both photography and video to uncover truly unique narratives and individuals for editorial, agency, and corporate clients. I am available for immediate contract and freelance work in Minnesota, the Midwest, and projects around the world. Additionally, I am an FAA Part 107 certified drone pilot, enabling me to craft multi-dimensional stories and perspectives for my creative partners

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Portrait Photographer

I have been a journalist for print and broadcast, a U.S. Senate press secretary, a college relations director, a journalism teacher and a freelance writer and consultant. I was an award-winning reporter at the Minneapolis Tribune from 1971-1981 covering everything from police to general assignment to legal affairs. I worked at WCCO-TV from 1981-1990 where I was assignment editor and then assistant news director and supervised the newsroom’s political coverage. I was the late Sen. Paul Wellstone’s first Washington, D.C., press secretary from 1991-1993. I was director of college relations at Macalester College from 1993-2008 where I worked on everything from promoting the visit of former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to campus to creation of a series of image advertisements in The New York Times to development of a lecture series in conjunction with Minnesota Public Radio to media relations work on behalf of faculty and staff. During that time, I also taught a journalism course every year. I am currently a communications and media consultant. A 1971 honors graduate of the University of Minnesota, I also spent a year at Stanford University on a journalism fellowship sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

• Copywriter
• Reporter / Journalist
• Field Producer

Hi, my name is Nick Clausen and I am a digital filmmaker from St. Paul, Minnesota. I started working in television news 20 years ago, and now I shoot and edit documentaries. Stories that are meaningful to me usually have a social element to them. I'm currently following a light-rail construction project that is tearing apart a neighborhood in Saint Paul. Coming from a news background there is a freedom to creating my own documentaries: it gives me time to tell a story in-depth, and allows me to create an intimacy with my characters, so in return, the audience will connect with the characters as well.

• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Drone Operator
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer

SOUND IS 50% OF THE EXPERIENCE. I CAN HELP YOU TELL YOUR STORY THROUGH WELL-RECORDED & ENGAGING SOUND. My name is Jeff DesLauriers. I have been an audio engineer for 20 years. I specialize in location sound - capturing high quality, usable, and well-organized sound for film, television, and commercial productions. I am an active member of both the Cinema Audio Society and IATSE 490. I have a professional, collaborative, and positive attitude on set. I thrive with fast-paced shooting schedules and am typically the calm and collected one in-high stress situations. Providing picture editors and the audio post production team with quality production sound is my number one priority.

• Sound Mixer

Sadie is a journalist, videographer, cinematographer, producer, writer, editor, photographer, and all around documentary filmmaker. Her work has appeared in The Progressive, Kosovo 2.0, Al Jazeera English, PBS News Hour, Now This, More Perfect Union, Hearst, Business Insider, Democracy Now, and numerous documentary films. She has had the privilege of collaborating with media producers including Haus der Kulturen der Welt, LineBreak Media, Nine Muses, Blink & Echo, the YEARS Project, and others.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Podcast Producer
• Corporate Videographer

-Seasoned broadcast professional with over 20 years of production experience -Experience with corporate clients, cable networks, independent production companies, and public television -Organized, highly motivated, and detail-driven problem solver Skills include: Project management, crew building, maintaining client relationships, promo writing and producing, rights and clearances, archival research and footage acquisition, talent recruiting and booking, field production logistics, content development, location scouting

• Field Producer
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Production Company
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• TV News Producer

As a multimedia journalist with extensive experience in all manner of visual and written storytelling, I strive to bring to life the stories I encounter. Based in St. Paul, Minnesota, I am currently accepting editorial freelance projects in video, photo and written realms. I specialize in short-form documentary style video and photo essay projects. I have covered multiple facets of the COVID-19 pandemic, arts and culture, lifestyle and a great deal in between.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - Documentary

I am a photographer and filmmaker with 15 years of experience, including staff photo positions at daily newspapers and universities. I have directed, produced, filmed and edited three award-winning short documentaries, and contributed as an assistant camera and drone operator to three feature-length documentaries. I am an enthusiastic visual communicator who is reliable, responsible, skilled and highly adaptable to any and all photo and film challenges.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant

Matthew Adams is a motion graphics artist, editor and cinematographer working out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has worked with 3M, Dell, Delta Airlines, Ecolab, Medtronic, Office Max, Fox Sports North, CBS Sports, The Discovery Channel, National Geographic as well as the many marketing agencies in his hometown of Minneapolis.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Non-Fiction Film Director

Producer and editor with a long track record of developing original video that drives revenue and audience. Staff experience at the New York Times, NBC News, Discovery and more. I specialize in building teams and producing documentary stories that push the boundaries of convention to create innovative, beautiful and informative content.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Post-Production Manager
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - News
• Production Company
• Executive Producer

Hi, My name is Fred Ebong. I have been in the video industry for about six years. I currently run a video production agency in the midwest. We have done various work in that time, including documentaries, commercials, customer testimonials/case studies, and cooperate videos.

• Commercial DP
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Creative Director
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

14 years of commercial, editorial, portrait, and real estate photography and videography. Available for travel. Drone certified. Minnesota's most awarded studio. Work published in MN Meetings and Events, Minnesota Lawyer, Travel and Leisure.

• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Commercial DP
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Corporate Videographer
• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Production Assistant
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Portrait Photographer