Discover Top Video Editors - Documentary in Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan

Born and raised in Taipei City, William Chen holds BA in Radio and Television, minored in Ethnology, and MA in Religious Study from National Cheng-Chi University. At that time he became one of the first group of students using DV and NLE to make their own short films other than filming for school assignment. In 2007 his animated short “Cultural Reproduction Machine” was screened in Urban Nomad Film Festival. In 2010 he co-directed feature documentary “Dreams, a journey toward Wan Wan” with award-winning director Jim Wang with a theatrical release. After that he mainly working in media industry and international indie productions. In 2017, he wrote the narration for Discovery Channel for program “Secrets of Pangolin”. In 2018, his short film “Uncle Buddy” was screened in Urban Nomad Film Festival and a feature documentary “Metal Politics Taiwan”, which he worked as assistant director and editor has been broadcasted on ARTE.

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

I-Hwa Cheng is a Taiwanese photojournalist based in Taipei, Taiwan. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2012 before beginning her photojournalism career. She started out as a staff photographer for the national newspaper the United Daily News in Taiwan for 5 years before venturing into freelancing. Currently she’s been working mostly for Bloomberg, Reuters and Agence France-Presse as a multimedia journalist producing both photos and videos. Her works have been published globally with titles including New York Times, CNN, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Initium Media, AFP, The Daily Telegraph, Financial Times,Libération. She also received two Honorable Mention from the International Photography Awards 2021 of her photography works.  She also has been working as a filmmaker with Eastern Standard Times which is a Los Angeles-based media platform sharing stories from Asia to the world. Other than journalistic assignments, she is also a documentary-style birth photographer specializing in raw, honest stories of new life and motherhood. Email: x Instagram: ihwacheng More video works: vimeo.com/ihwacheng

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Drone Operator
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

Joy Chang is a video journalist and producer. She writes, produces, films, and edits videos both independently and collaboratively. Previously based in New York, she has covered stories on China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the US. She has worked with various international news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Deutsche Welle, Radio Free Asia, CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), the South China Morning Post and more. She’s fluent in English, Mandarin and Taiwanese; professional working proficiency in Cantonese.

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

Over 15 years of experience in TV & film production for the international market. EP/Producer/Director of long-form projects for such international platforms as Discovery Channel, TLC, Nat Geo, Fox Sports and History Channel. Producer/Director of short-form content for global digital platforms like Buzzfeed, AJ+, CNN's Great Big Story, Reuters TV and Canada's CBC.

• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• TV News Producer
• Production Company
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Drone Operator
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Music Composer
• Sound Mixer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Reporter / Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host

Wen-Yee Lee is a video and broadcast based in Taipei, Taiwan. She has reported in Taiwan, China, South Africa and the U.S. Her work has been published on NBC, DW, Business Insider, Voice of America, Military Times and Star-Telegram. She has also covered Taiwan’s semiconductor industry for three years.

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

I'm a Producer/Director/DP from Canada, now running a production company in Taipei, Taiwan. I shoot commercials, documentary, corporates and features. https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm2531898?s=b8c56f93-de9b-2ec1-14eb-381f602910ef&site_preference=normal Our website is www.stonesoupproduction.com

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• Fixer
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Commercial DP
• Sound Mixer
• Creative Director
• Gaffer
• Grip
• Corporate Videographer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Colorist
• Copywriter

I have been reporting from Taiwan and other Asian countries since 2008. Before moving to Taiwan, I worked for German public TV stations (NDR, ZDF) in Hamburg and Mainz.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

An entomologist and factual television producer. Golden Bell Award Winner (Scientific Program Award 2015). Have 3 years experience on TV production and local fixing. Speaks English, Spanish, Mandarin (Native language) and Taiwanese. I started in science program production by assisting on “Insect Centennial in Taiwan”, a public TV program produced with a graduate institute at National Taiwan University. Then joined Beach House Pictures in 2013, working experience includes researcher/writer and producer/director. Have worked on factual content for National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, and Taiwan’s public television service. Previous work on TV program: GRAND ACES (PTS), TAIWAN MADE (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific), SMART TAIWAN – SERVE YOU RIGHT (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific), TAIWAN MADE Season 2 (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific) & INSIDE OUT - The Secret life of Steel (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific) Previous work on local fixing: VOL 920 - Taiwan Episode (TVA), SEA MONSTER - (Shark Teeth Film), CESAR'S RECRUIT ASIA (National Geographic Channel) & SMALL SPACES - Taiwan Episode (HGTV Asia)

• Field Producer
• Fixer
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Assistant

Olivier Marceny studied photography in Paris before moving to New York to study filmmaking.  After graduating, he started his career as a camera assistant to Albert Maysles of documentary duo, the Maysles Brothers. Shortly after, Marceny started directing music videos and photographing music bands for record labels and magazines. In 2003 he moved to Berlin after receiving the Nipkow Grant for fiction film writing. Upon returning to France in 2005, Marceny worked as a director of TV commercials and corporate films while indulging his passion for cinema and photography, taking assignments from international film festivals to shoot photo portraits of filmmakers and actors. Over the past decade Marceny has also been involved as a DoP in documentaries and short films such as Brooklyn02 and Valentine (both selected at Locarno and Venice Film Festivals). In 2014 he was cameraman and editor for the feature documentary Flowers of Taipei, directed by Chinlin Hsieh (Venice Film Festival 2014).

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

I am a French production manager with 8 years’ experience in organizing film shootings all around the world. I know the production line perfectly, from cost estimation to project delivery. I have coordinated the production of documentaries, short-films and over 200 episodes of TV and Snapchat shows, managing all the workflows simultaneously, improving processes and acting as an intermediary between the creative and technical crew and the producer, the client or the channel. I am currently living in Taipei in order to learn Mandarin language and to apprehend the Taiwanese culture and way of life. Therefore, I am open to new missions and work opportunities. Application skills : • Project management (finances, planning, recruitment, teamwork, logistics) • Budget monitoring (from cost estimation to final account balancing) • Administrative follow-up (employee contracts, wages, expenditures) Soft skills : • Dependability and involvement at work • Flexibility and adaptability • Curiosity and willingness to learn Hobbies: Movies / Natural wine (WSET 3 certificate) / Audio podcast "échappées libres" & "states of flow" / Effective altruism / Languages (French - native, English - fluent, Spanish - conversational, Russian - CEFR level B1 and Chinese - CEFR level B1)

• Line Producer / On-Location
• Executive Producer
• Production Assistant
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Post-Production Manager
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Fixer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Podcast Producer
• Corporate Videographer
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

- Educational Background: Sept. 2006 - June. 2010 National Taiwan University of Arts, Bachelor of Motion Picture Department - Language Ability: Mandarin Chinese- Master in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. English- Master in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Taiwanese- Fluent in listening and speaking. - Work Experiences: 1) “Silence” / Martin Scorsese (Feature Film) / Horse Department, Horse Master PA & Translator 2) 9th Taiwan National Documentary Festival / Event Coordinator 3) “A Rolling Stone” (Documentary) / 15th 2013 TAIPEI FILM FESTIVAL - Grand Prize Winner / Production Manager 4) “After School”(Short Documentary) CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE FOUNDATION / Production Manager 5) “Dream Big”(Short Documentary) ASUS China Youth Dream Project/ Production Manager å7) “The Upcoming Show”(Visual Artist Work) / Producer 8) “Burt’s Buzz” / Taiwan co-producer

• Fixer
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary

Jose L. Amaral was born (1977) and raised in Luxembourg. After studying Visual Communication Jose started his first Photojournalistic experience in 2009 with a small Newspaper for the Portuguese community in Luxembourg where he documented the different activities of the Portuguese community. Today, Jose Lopes Amaral is based in Taiwan (since 2013) and focuses on documenting Human rights issues, social issues, unrest, animal rights, environmental issues, and natural catastrophes in Asia, but not only. His work is published in Die Welt, The Times, L'Express, Asia Times, MediaPart, South China Morning Post, The Wall Street Journal, DeLand, Chicago Tribune, Le Journal du Dimanche, and other News media around the World. He is distributed by Hans Lucas, NurPhoto, and works with other news organizations by doing Photography and Video work at the international level. ​

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Graphic Designer
• Drone Operator
• Motion Graphics Designer

My name is CHEN-CHIH CHAN based in Taipei, Taiwan. I graduated from Tainan National University of the Arts (Master Degree in Graduate Institute of Animation and Film Art 2007). I attended New York Film Academy for 8 weeks filmmaking program workshop and 1 Year Diploma in Cinematography Program in 2009. I started my career as a camera assist in a camera rental company in Taipei in 2006. I'm currently a freelancer cinematographer mainly shooting commercial films, documentaries, short films and music videos. I've also worked on a few feature films as the 1st AC/ 2nd AC including the hollywood film "Life of Pi". I've participated some Discovery Channel shows shot in Taiwan as well. The link below is some of my works that I've uploaded online. http://goo.gl/ssTQdA

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Island (Yi-Lun An) was born in Taiwan, and has developed his skills in Australia. Inspired by an image from an old camera, has since known it’s the new world he’s going to devote himself to. Island graduated from the ‘International Film School Sydney’, receiving an Advanced Diploma in Screen and Media; specializing in cinematography. He immerses himself into numerous productions with various genres from horror, to action or romance as well as exploring different styles in lms. With such abundant experience in various short lms, he is confident that he can provide both talent and professionalism as a cinematgrapher. Online Resume：http://db.tt/Z2tuPB0e

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Charlie is an executive producer for LUCKYSPARKS, an integrated production company with a love for human stories and imagination. We craft video content by our core principles and ideas, one that allows our viewers to build a deeper and personal connection with the world around them. Our talented pool of directors and experienced producers make for a well-balanced team, taking on ideas with efficiency and flair always looking to bring on a new perspective. Our understanding of eastern and western values makes for a unique blend, while our diverse team offer a novel experience that we hope is truly one-of-a-kind.

• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Nobuhiro Awata is a cross-disciplinary film maker and strategy consultant of Passages, working at the intersection of business, art, science, photography and publishing. He has developed an interdisciplinary approach to filmmaking and seeking synergy across a number of industries. He also enjoys working on documentaries and non-profit based video library of life experience project “the “Gloval Lives Project”. Nobu worked for Taiwanese feature film “Seediq bale” to start his feature film currier in Taiwan. After worked for “The Rooftop” he established Passages to start developing own feature film project and also consulting variety of cross-countries projects.

• Commercial DP
• Fixer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Translator
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

I am Claire Wang, and I speak Mandarin and English. I completed my M.F.A in Film Production, and I also attended the University of Film, Television, and Photography (FAMU) at Prague in Czech to learn 35mm filmmaking and directing. My works have been shown worldwide in the film festivals in Taipei, Hong Kong, New York, California, Amsterdam, Miami, Mumbai, Canada, and Syracuse areas, etc. I have a keen interest in the photography, film and TV field. I'm very interested in film production and develop intriguing stories. I love to write stories and making films.

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

Tobie Openshaw is a South African-born DOP/Producer/ Director/Photographer who has been working in visual media for over 20 years. He has filmed and traveled from desert to city to jungle, in Africa, Europe, the US, and Asia-Pacific. He has a day job teaching film production at a private high school in Taipei, while continuing to do personal video and photo projects. A few times a year he gets to shoot for channels such as Discovery, National Geographic, Al Jazeera, BBC or Sky. His recent work include an insert on funeral pole dancers in Taiwan for National Geographic’s Taboo series, and a report for France24 on Taiwan's Sunflower Movement.

• Fixer
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary

- Professional photographer 80's - Learned video production from music videos mid 80's onwards - Own TV music magazine show "Date with a Superstar" for Sanli Cable TV 90's - Producer, director, fixer with a range of clients that include internationally known networks such as: Food Network, TLC network, Microsoft, Lucasfilm, Jet Li, Harper's Bazaar, Facebook, BBC, etc. - Largest production as Country Producer for Peking Express - cast and crew of 125 in 32 locations and 22 teams - Have reference letters from recent projects - feel free to ask

• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Translator
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• TV News Producer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Full-Service Live Production
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Audio Storyteller

Sean is a New Zealand film maker and producer living in Taiwan. He has produced a variety of short films there and worked on feature films also. Sean has an intimate knowledge of Taiwan and its locations. He has access to dual language crew members including directors, DOP's, and sound and lighting people. Sean is a well known production coordinator and has helped several overseas companies meet their production goals whilst filming in Taiwan. He has appeared in several TV commercials and stage shows in Taiwan.

• Creative Director
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• TV News Producer
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Assistant