April • 2018
Nick is amazing!!! We gave him a big assignment with a lot of cooks in the kitchen and he knocked it out of the park. Thank you for documenting our Mozilla Fellows!
Nick S.
Orinda, CA, USA
5 reviews$1250 - $2250 / Day
About
I’m a New York-raised Californian, filmmaker, photographer, partner and dad. My first foray into independent filmmaking was aboard a 4-seat Cessna, documenting impacts of the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, I spent several years in New York working and learning as a Production Assistant and later a Cinematographer and Editor in collaboration with networks and brands including ABC, American Eagle and the MSG Network. Since moving to the Bay Area in 2015, I’ve focused on developing my voice through the stories I was drawn to in the beginning, about the natural systems around us and the spectrum of relationships humanity has with them. And I’ve continued to collaborate with other filmmakers, organizations, and brands including Bloomberg, Netflix and the Biden/Harris campaign. My latest effort, don’t feed the coyotes, began screening at film festivals across the country earlier this year. Through the observations of two starkly-different naturalists, the half-hour documentary chronicles several years in the intertwined lives of San Francisco’s urban coyotes.
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September • 2017
Nicholas was a pleasure to work with. Really professional and very attentive to our needs and communication. Will hire again!
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5.0 Produced for Mozilla
Video Shooter for Mozilla Fellows!
Shot and edited a series of vignettes featuring the work of six Mozilla Fellows.
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- Video Editor - Documentary
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Some Call It Home | No Assignment: Yellowstone's Unofficial Photographer
Tom Murphy has been photographing Yellowstone for over 40 years. But assignments aren't his thing, so he's constantly searching for something different to set his work apart. Some Call It Home is a documentary series about our last wild places and those who call them home. In Season 1, we visited Yellowstone National Park, guided by a Ranger, Trails Supervisor, Wildlife Photographer and more.
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IWFF Labs | Reconnecting the Spirit of Place
I was privileged to join the 2022 Int’l Wildlife Film Festival as a Labs Fellow, a unique program that brings filmmakers together to shoot and edit a short doc over four days. Teamed up with Missoula-based Lara Tomov and Mill Valley animator Jerry van de Beek, we shared the story of wildlife passages along Highway 93 in the Flathead Reservation and the work of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes to support coexistence along human and wildlife corridors.
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
don't feed the coyotes: a short-ish film by Nick Stone Schearer
And independent half-hour documentary about coyotes in San Francisco and the people who study and manage them.
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- Video Editor - Documentary
What is San Francisco Made of?
Brand video for San Francisco's Pier 70, a historic shipbuilding pier being redeveloped by Brookfield.
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The Role Models
First in a series of micro films for Rocketship Public Schools.
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- 2K video camera
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- Full HD video camera
- Multiple cameras
- DSLR or equivalent
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- Wireless lavalier mic
- Shotgun mic
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- Lighting kit
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