July • 2022
Bernarda was wonderful! She went above and beyond and produced beautiful results. Very grateful to have found her and hope to work with her again.
Bernarda C.
Quito, Ecuador
1 review$300 - $1000 / Day
About
Bernarda Cornejo, DOP and Fixer. Since 2019, she has worked as a cinematographer for the feature length documentary “among us women I በኛ በሴቶች መካከል” directed by Sarah Noa Bozenhardt and co directed by Daniel Abate Tilahun that tells the story of midwives in rural Ethiopia. It premiered in Dok Leipzig 2021 where it won a mention under the international competition. She has also worked as a DOP for other short films including Medanit (Dok Leipzig 2015) and El Sagrado Fuego de los Muertos (2021). She also worked as the second camera unit for Magical Andes (screened in Netflix). She is living and based in Quito, Ecuador since 2015 and has worked as a Fixer for multiple projects for Tambo films including: Earth Form Space (BBC), Volcano 24 (True to Nature - for BBC2), Terra X-Off the Road (Spiegel TV - for ZDF), The Sound of Tiink (research phases for Ostinanto Cine). She studied Audiovisual Arts at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, Canada. In 2015, he made the stop motion short film Aguacero that premiered at the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF 2015).
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- Documentary DP
- 1 review
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- 1 review
- Fixer
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5.0 Produced for Grovers Corners Productions
interview with Nicholas
- Documentary DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Produced for Evolution Film
among us women I በኛ በሴቶች መካከል
Premiered at Dok Leipzig 2021, Honourable Mention at the International Competition. Best Cinematographer price at MIFF India. among us women follows young farmer Huluager Endeshaw (25), who is awaiting the birth of her fourth child. Swimming in a river of change, Hulu finds herself caught between modern and traditional systems of midwifery in her rural village of Megendi. On one hand, she regularly attends check-ups at the local health post and follows the advice from medical midwives. On the other, Hulu is apprehensive of a system in which she feels unheard, turning to the traditional midwife Endal Gedif (70) for support and comfort. Although Endal is aware of Hulu's needs, she can only do so much with her limited resources. Complications during Hulu’s home birth stress the conflicts between the ladies in scrubs and the women on fields. Surrounded by many varying female perspectives, Hulu wrestles with the role she is expected to play as a mother, a wife and a woman. To unravel her personal wants and needs, she takes the film’s narrative into her own hands, exploring her burning past and her uncertain future. Both because of her fellow women and despite them, Hulu holds on to the desire to define her own path and gradually unveils the secrets she has kept close to her chest.
- Documentary DP
Produced for Independent
Medanit
Set in a shared home for single mothers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and drawing on a wealth of local folklore, songs and stories, Medanit explores the every-day life of Aster Assefa, A23 year old, visually impaired mother and her changing relationship with her little girl.
- Documentary DP
Produced for Tambo Films
Earth From Space
Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand new perspective. At a time when the Earth’s surface is changing faster than ever in human history, watch cities grow, forest disappear and glaciers melt.
- Fixer
Produced for Tambo Films
Magical Andes
I worked as a Camera B-Unit and Camera Assistant for the Ecuador episode on Season 2. From Argentina to Colombia, journey through South America's mountains and meet the people whose bond with the Andes has led them to live unique lives.
- Documentary DP
Produced for Tambo Films
Girls Meet World - Wain al heen
Three Saudi women travel around the world. I worked on the final episode for Season 2, where they go to the Ecuadorean Amazon to learn about the imporance of fighting to preserve it. I worked as an Fixer Assitant
- Fixer
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- 4K video camera
- Full HD video camera
- DSLR or equivalent
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- Wireless lavalier mic
- Shotgun mic
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Miscellaneous
- Lighting kit
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Production Support
- Documentary DP
- Corporate Videographer
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Field Producer
- Line Producer / On-Location
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Miscellaneous
- Fixer
- Translator
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