Discover Top Gaffers in San Francisco, California, USA

Crystal Wong is an Emmy-nominated journalist, documentary producer and cinematographer. Born into the Handover period of Hong Kong, her identity is, likewise, fluid and in question. After graduating from the journalism school at CUHK, she relocated to New York City to gain experience in video production. She established herself as a freelance filmmaker by the time she returned to Hong Kong to document the city’s biggest protests in history. She developed a strong interest in long-form documentaries after being an assistant director for an independent documentary, Faceless, which had been screened at various festivals including the Busan International Film Festival 2021. She is currently directing a long-term project addressing the evolving identity of Hongkongers and the Hong Kong diaspora. Crystal currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She welcomes any type of visual and journalism projects. Her works have appeared on VICE, PBS FRONTLINE, Quartz, RTHK and UnionDocs.

• Documentary DP
• TV News Producer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Corporate Videographer
• Gaffer
• Grip

Emily Fraser is an Oakland based documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. Her work has screened at Doc NYC, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, LUNAFEST, the International Wildlife Film Festival, and the Pacific Film Archive, among others. She also teaches film production and eco cinema classes at Santa Clara University and California College of the Arts. In a previous life, she worked as an environmental consultant, focusing on projects in conservation, resource management, and alternative energy. Emily holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental policy and art/architecture from the College of William and Mary and an M.F.A in Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University. She shoots primarily on a C300mii.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Commercial DP
• Production Company
• Gaffer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Emmy Award winning Bay Area / Sac based DP, camera operator, FAA certified drone operator and sound recordist with over 20 years experience. Owner of a Sony FX9, FX3, Canon C300 Mark II, Blackmagic Pocket 6K, Phantom 4 drone, 1080 HD Sony PMW-500 XDcam, Sound Devices 664 audio mixer / recorder with Lectrosonics 411a Series lavs. News, corporate, documentaries are his specialties with clients such as The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Late Show with David Letterman, CNN, MSNBC, ESPN, MLBtv, Bloomberg TV, The History Channel, PBS etc. Based out of Sacramento and serving the Bay Area and Los Angeles, Felix has full audio and video gear available on request: (c-stands, HMI's, LED's, silk scrims, light kits, Dana Dolly, booms)

• Sound Mixer
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Gaffer
• Corporate Videographer
• Video Editor - News
• Event Photographer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Drone Operator
• Production Company

Kevin is an award winning director, producer, shooter and editor based in San Francisco. He has created videos for Bloomberg, CNBC, CNET, Reuters and various independent clients. He has experience as a one-man-band videographer as well as a director of full tv production crews. His passion for video storytelling has allowed him to travel across the US and internationally. He has over two decades of professional experience with cameras, lenses, lighting, sound, editing software and music production. He 2009 He has received numerous accolades and awards including two Emmy Awards in Videography and Producer/Editor for his work at Plum TV in Vail, CO.

• Art Director
• Music Composer
• Sound Designer
• Creative Director
• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
• Field Producer
• Gaffer
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Motion Graphics Designer

I am a cinematographer. I studied journalism at Seattle University and cinematography at Brooks Institute of Film & Photography in Santa Barbara. Since then, I’ve worked on documentaries, commercial productions and short films. I currently work as a freelance cinematographer and as an associate producer with Filmless. You can find me on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Or send me an email.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Company
• Gaffer
• Grip

Commercial Director / Cinematographer and editor based out of Northern California and willing to travel anywhere. If you're looking for emotionally charged content from concept to completion, I'm your man. I also have storyboarding abilities to help keep productions on track. You can view my work and my company site at www.becomevariant.com Cheers!

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Gaffer

Brenda has worked as a fiction and documentary filmmaker in Mexico and the United States. Her films focus on education as well as migrant and women's rights. Strong production skills, DP and editor. English and Spanish proficiency. She is based in Santa Cruz, California, where she works as a freelance filmmaker and teaches about film and Human Rights at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Gaffer
• Field Producer
• Production Assistant
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director
• Executive Producer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Corporate Videographer

Erik J Scanlon is a Bay Area video professional with several years of experience both behind the camera and in post. He previously worked full-time as in-house videographer for the Fiilex LED film lighting brand.

• Corporate Videographer
• Colorist
• Grip
• Production Assistant
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Gaffer
• Documentary DP
• HD Live Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

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

Documentaries, commercials, and branded content

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP

• Digital Content Creator
• Gaffer
• Event Photographer
• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

• Corporate Videographer
• Production Assistant
• Gaffer
• Grip
• Event Photographer
• Documentary DP

• Sound Mixer
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator
• Commercial DP
• Gaffer

I am a documentary filmmaker based in the Bay Area, Calif. I've made videos for The Washington Post, Buzzfeed and The Advocate. Licensed drone operator.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Gaffer
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Field Producer

Anthony “Mogli” Maureal is no stranger to the nomadic life. He was born on the island of Cebu in the Philippines, and spent 3 years living in Seoul, Korea as a child before his family immigrated to the United States. Mogli majored in Sound Arts at Ex’pression College for Digital Arts, and eventually found his home base in Oakland, CA, making his own way as an international photographer, filmmaker, and touring musician. Mogli’s work has been featured in outlets such as Business Insider, Quartz, California magazine and many more. He is a founding member, photographer, cinematographer and music producer of the award winning film, theater, and music collective RADIX Troupe. His recent projects include an independent feature film, Kaneko’s Owl (2022), four short documentaries with California Magazine, a feature-length documentary about the Marshallese community in Arkansas, and a short documentary with Business Insider about potato farmers surviving the economic crisis caused by the pandemic. Mogli owns and operates his own multi-media production business called, The Mogli, where he creates compelling visual content for businesses, non- profits, and media outlets, as well as fellow artists and musicians in the local Bay Area community. In addition, he's an avid traveller, very adaptable and have experience shooting photos and videos in many different environments, including the Amazon jungle, Peru, West Africa, Philippines and many others. We are currently working on our first original feature film and I am working as 2nd AC, DIT and On Set Photography.

• Production Company
• Music Composer
• Sound Designer
• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Sound Mixer
• Grip
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Assistant
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Gaffer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer
• Colorist
• Landscape Photographer
• Audio Storyteller
• Portrait Photographer
• Event Photographer
• Fashion Photographer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Product Photographer
• Drone Operator

Jonathan Smith is a Director of Photography and editor from Pontiac, MI. He moved to Oakland, CA, in the summer of 2017, after graduating from Eastern Michigan University with his B.S. in Electronic Media and Film Studies. Jonathan uses his passions for photography, videography, and storytelling as conduits for others to share their stories. From 2014-2017 in Michigan, Jonathan worked as an ESPN cameraman and radio host for WEMU 89.1. Since 2017 in California, Jonathan formally served as Control Room Operator for KTOP TV-10, Oakland's government television station, as Social Media and Graphic Design Director for Oakland-based nonprofit Safe Passages, and as Visual Media Director for Berkeley Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Berkeley, CA. Jonathan currently serves as the Worship Projection Operator at the historic Allen Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Oakland, CA. Additionally, he is working in collaboration with acclaimed documentary filmmaker Cheryl Fabio as Director of Photography for her upcoming film Baseline.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Portrait Photographer
• Fashion Photographer
• Corporate Videographer

Nick Marchuk is a 27-year-old independent filmmaker originating from Minsk, Belarus. At the age of 8, his family and he immigrated to Northern California where he was raised and developed his passion for storytelling through film. In addition to his work as a filmmaker, he is also deeply interested in technology and how it continues to shape and advance society. His natural curiosity drives him to seek out new experiences and challenges, and he brings this innovative approach to his work as a filmmaker. He is known for his award-winning short films PREMONITION, and ROBBERY INTERMISSION. When he’s not writing or directing his own projects he works on various freelance projects. Most frequently as a Gaffer/Grip on sets and Editor in post production.

• Grip
• Digital Content Creator
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Gaffer
• Production Assistant
• Senior Editor

My name is Loi Almeron, a video producer and editor based in San Francisco Bay Area. I have produced and edited news and feature videos, and full-length investigative documentaries for various media outlets in California and the Philippines. I also earned my master's degree in journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, focusing on investigative video journalism. Before that, I worked in the production of investigative documentaries in the Philippines with the renowned Probe Team. I am knowledgeable in editing videos with Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro 7, and After Effects.

• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Fixer
• Gaffer
• Grip
• Translator
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Audio Storyteller
• On-Air Reporter / Host

Chris Ward is a sound mixer, and documentary filmmaker based in New Haven, CT. His short films have screened at numerous national and international venues including Dok Leipzig, Big Sky, Boston Independent, and Imagine Science Film Festivals. His work as a freelance producer, cinematographer and sound mixer has been featured on Netflix, PBS and Wired.com. He is a graduate of the Documentary Film and Video Program at Stanford University.

• Sound Mixer
• Gaffer
• Documentary DP
• Fixer

I am a freelancer with photography & video production skills in the San Francisco Bay Area. I have assisted and second shot for several production companies for many video productions, conferences, weddings, etc. for 10 years. I own Canon C200, Canon 5D Mark 4, Sony a7s III, Panasonic GH6 cameras as well as many microphones and audio recorders.

• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer
• Production Company
• Production Assistant
• Commercial DP
• Gaffer
• Grip
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Full-Service Live Production