Discover Top Documentary DPs in Rochester, New York, USA

I started my career in filmmaking working on independent films in Seattle in the 1990s. I joined I.A.T.S.E Local 488 as a grip and worked on features and television series including DISCLOSURE, NORTHERN EXPOSURE, and others. In 1997, I left the film industry to attend graduate school and then teach filmmaking at Emerson College and Ithaca College while still working on independent films. In 2010, I was a delegate to Poland for the American Documentary Showcase with my short film NOTES ON LIBERTY. From 2013 to 2018, I was one of the primary filmmakers for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology where I shot and produced numerous short-form documentaries on birds and their habitats. I was the Director of Photography for the award-winning noir web series THE CHANTICLEER and in 2017 lived in Vienna, Austria as a Fulbright Scholar. I hold an MFA in Film and Video Production from the University of Iowa Graduate College.

• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Stephen has earned screen credits as a director, story editor, producer, field producer, director of photography, and editor on over 100 national television shows and projects. These have included programs for every one of the major networks, NBC, CBS, ABC, National Geographic, United Nations Films, Paramount, CNN, The History Channel, PBS, AP, Reuters, Discovery Networks, FOX News Channel, Travel Channel, Food Network and more. He has worked as a field producer for the 2010 Olympic Games. He has also served as a judge for the EMMY Awards, the International Documentary Association, and has also worked teaching media studies at The Park School of Buffalo. In addition to his documentary and television experience Stephen has directed and produced hundreds of promotional videos for corporate and NGO clients. Conflict Zone experience. Former medic.

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• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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• Production Coordinator / Crewing
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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Fixer
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• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Creative Director
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I've been in the video production field since 2011; in that time I've amassed a body of work from around the globe. I am currently Director, Editor, and Founder at Big River Film Co. Over the past seven years, I have worked to produce, direct, and edit commercials, social media campaigns, and an award-winning short film. My clients have included large national and international brands, such as Macy's, Pinterest, and Bacardí, as well as small businesses in the technology, construction, and tourism sectors. When I'm not pursuing my next creative project you can find me winding through back roads on my motorcycle, paddling in the nearest body of water, or shaking up a favorite cocktail. Utica, NY

• Documentary DP
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• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

With over a decade in the production industry, I have extensive experience with managing on-location shoots locally and nationally, both directly and as a freelance operator. Specializing in promotional productions for businesses and organizations, I routinely have a hand in everything from pre-production to editing, but my first love and primary role is as DP and camera operator. I’m able to provide a variety of experienced crew and equipment locally for projects large and small, and am happy to chat in more detail if you have any questions whatsoever. It would be my pleasure to work with you, and thank you for your consideration!

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• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Creative Director
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• Video Editor - Commercial
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I recently switched over to freelancing after full time work for Time Inc. editorial brands in LA and spent many years before that at VICE, Yahoo and NBC in New York. My experience is mainly shooting and producing in the field (topics range widely from sensitive/trauma - to cute and informational) and editing. I have many examples of short form documentary content at www.michellerknight.com with reels and full work examples. I have been shooting with cinema style large-sensor cameras and DSLRs as well as capturing audio and shaping appropriate lighting most of my career.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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• Field Producer
• Video Editor - Documentary
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We are independent thinking creators, editors, and passionate about everything we do. At our inception we made a conscious decision to move away from the traditional and cliche things about videography. Instead we want to give our audience an honest, clear, cinematic film that will truly connect them to the bride, presenter, actor, author, or prop. Using the most high tech equipment available to create the illusion that there is no equipment at all and that you are right there with them.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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I'm a video journalist and documentary filmmaker with over 14 years of experience. I started my career as a commercial editor and director of photography before transitioning to documentary and journalism in 2019. In 2021 I cofounded Focus Journalism, an investigative visual journalism outlet reporting on and in Northeastern Pennsylvania. So far my visual journalism work has earned 14 Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy nominations and a 2022 Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy.

• Documentary DP
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• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Gaffer
• Fixer
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• Colorist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
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My name is Bret Moses, I own and operate Otto Media and done so since 2003, but have been making films my entire life. Television commercials, corporate videos, drone footage, you name it, for companies large and small. LIstening is what I do best to make sure I can capture my clients' vision.

• Documentary DP
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• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Drone Operator
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
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• Video Editor - Commercial
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Solid Pink Productions LLC is a production company owned by Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli who has been working in moving image for 20 years professionally and experimentally. She has worked with museums across the country for over 10 years supporting the creation of original content that illuminates the work of the most important artists and thinkers of our time. Her first video was a short film shot on VHS and edited on an analog JVC linear editing system at Buffalo-based Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center during high school, and she has continued working with video and film ever since, gaining a bachelor's degree in film and a master of fine arts in the process. After years running documentary film productions and web productions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago she founded Solid Pink Productions to diversify her work on projects as a producer, director, cinematographer, and editor across genres, ranging from documentary to sci-fi noir comedy. Lavatelli works remotely and on-site in various cities including Chicago, New York, Mexico City, and LA—y habla español.

• Documentary DP
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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Production Assistant
• Post-Production Manager
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• Content Strategist

I am a reality Camera Operator with 10 years experience! I love to travel and have worked with many different cameras and on many diverse productions. I am hardworking, dependable and also fun to work with.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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• Documentary DP

Award Winning documentary filmmaker, director, editor, camera operator, cinematographer.

• Corporate Videographer
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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - News
• Social Media Producer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Creative Director
• Commercial DP
• Drone Operator

Well rounded freelancer that’s eager to work :)

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• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator

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I started my journey in video by working for a Army training center in Fort Polk Louisiana. While news style shooting appealed to me, it was the imagery, and how the frame could add to the story that really caught my attention. I began getting more into photography, framing, composition, lighting. After several years as a freelancer I decided to get a degree in production. Formal learning fanned the flames of my interest in cinematography, and taught me that I could create amazing images rather than just finding them. I've been lucky to maintain that passion for more than a decade, and I've been even more lucky to find other amazing crew members to work on productions with. My heart is working with a camera, and the artful and technical aspects that a imaging device helps me create.

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I have owned a production company and have been producing and directing video projects for nearly 20 years. I have directed everything from music videos to feature films, including over 200 TV commercials and dozens of business industrials and website landing videos. I have also done over 100 videos for multiple fortune 100 global brands (under NDA, so I can't disclose them). You can find several links to samples in this PDF: http://www.kevinhicks.com/KevinHicksSamples.pdf I am a Cornell graduate, and have extensive resources to cover any production situation needed.

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• Drone Operator
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Video journalist with a passion for traveling, food, sports, nature, news. I shoot, produce, write and report from all over the world. Italian from Napoli, I live in NYC and I speak and write English, French, Italian, Spanish and a little of Portuguese. I own a Sony PMW-200 and a small Panasonic XC-X920.

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• Sound Mixer

I'm a freelance photojournalist based in eastern Iowa. I like use my education in Sociology to focus on unique subcultures ranging from metal-heads, juggalos, and drag shows to body modification and everyday oddities. I am passionate about visual storytelling and am genuinely interested in the meanings brought out through other people's passions. Whatever they may be. jamesyear.com

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I've produced, shot and edited nearly 100 video segments, 40 of which were on CNN. My videos have been also been promoted by The Daily Beast, Smithsonian Channel, Rockstar Games and One Day on Earth. Reel: https://vimeo.com/89386155 other videos: ireport.cnn.com/people/alexpreditor

• Documentary DP
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• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
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Yuhan Zhao (Jaynee) is a broadcast & digital journalism graduate of Syracuse University. She has worked for CBS, Bytedance and more, skilful in cross-cultural storytelling and video editing. She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

• Documentary DP
• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Production Assistant