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Christian D.

North Smithfield, RI, USA

$700 - $1500 / Day

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About Christian

CHRISTIAN DE REZENDES – Director, Producer, Cinematographer and Editor. Through his company Breaking Branches Pictures (est. 1996), Christian has received over 35 filmmaking awards for his work as a Director, Cinematographer and Editor. He has over 20 directing credits, and many of his films have been distributed, screened internationally at film festivals, and have been broadcast regionally on PBS. His films cover a wide range of topics such as the Station Nightclub fire, art therapy, epilepsy, children with special needs, spirituality and faith-based services, LGBTQ rights and historic preservation. Christian has directed and produced critically acclaimed and award-winning films, including the documentary features Alzira’s Story (2000), 41 (2007) and Raising Matty Christian (2014), and the fully improvised dramedy feature Getting Out of Rhode Island (2003). His short documentaries such as Zach: A Film about Epilepsy (2009), Thinking Through the Drink (2010) REVEALED: Portraits Beneath One’s Surface (2011), Fred and Emile (2015), Fueling Fierce: The Shannon Heil Story (2016) and Love Is the Energy (2019), have also received international attention. Christian has also directed multi-award-winning short narratives, such as the comedy Cat Scratch (2012), and Memories for Sale (2013), a short drama based on the play by Jerry Bisantz, and in a co-production with Image Theater in Lowell, MA, and the comedy It Might Be Me (2016). In 2014, Christian directed and edited the feature doc Raising Matty Christian, about the life of Matthew G. Christian (1983-2009), who was born without full limbs and accomplished inspiring acts. The film won 10 top film festival awards including the Best of Fest Audience Award at the Woods Hole Film Festival and has been officially selected by 16 festivals nationwide. The film is now available through Amazon Prime. He is currently directing the historical documentary series Slatersville: America’s First Mill Village. The film will be his most ambitious work to date, and is slated to premiere in 2021. Christian continues to offer film production and post-production services for corporate, commercial and non-profit clientele throughout New England in the fields of medical equipment, ballet performance, faith-based youth programs, services for troubled youth, health care, jewelry sales, traffic engineering and energy medicine schooling, musical performance and the homeless.... to name a few.

Top Services

  • Documentary DP

  • Video Editor - Documentary

  • Non-Fiction Film Director

Top Projects

  • Love Is the Energy

    • Documentary DP
    • Non-Fiction Film Director
    • Video Editor - Documentary

    I directed, filmed and edited this short documentary about the Episcopal Conference Center Camp in Pascoag, RI. It premiered before an audience of 400 at their fundraising gala on June 1, 2019.

  • Raising Matty Christian

    • Documentary DP
    • Non-Fiction Film Director
    • Video Editor - Documentary

    This is the trailer for the multi-award-winning documentary feature RAISING MATTY CHRISTIAN, which is now available on Amazon Prime. raisingmattychristian.com

  • Fueling Fierce: The Shannon Heil Story

    • Documentary DP
    • Video Editor - Documentary

    I directed, filmed and edited this short multi award-winning documentary.

  • Baxter's Jewelry 2017 Holiday Commercial

    • Commercial DP
    • Video Editor - Commercial

    Directed, Filmed and Edited this commercial for Baxter's Jewelry with Sullivan & Company, featuring Jamie Dufault

  • PACE RI Commercial

    • Production Company

    Directed, Filmed and Edited this commercial in 2018 for PACE RI with actors Benita Arroyo and Phoenyx Williams, and crew Christian de Rezendes, Steve Bautista, Mary K. Talbot, Jesse Dufault, Ashleigh Taylor and Julian Borges. Check out paceri.org :-)

Equipment

Video

  • 2K video camera
  • 4K video camera
  • Full HD video camera
  • DSLR or equivalent
  • GoPro or equivalent

Audio

  • External recorder
  • Wireless lavalier mic
  • Shotgun mic

Miscellaneous

  • Lighting kit
  • Stabilizer

All Services

Pre-Production

  • Production Company

Production Support

  • Non-Fiction Film Director
  • Commercial DP
  • Documentary DP

Post-Production

  • Video Editor - Commercial
  • Video Editor - Documentary

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