April • 2024
Very professional, delivered great footage in a timely manner. Was able to self-produce the shoot when a producer was not able to be present.
Micah G.
New York, NY, USA
12 reviews$500 - $1200 / Day
About
Micah Garen is a documentary filmmaker, photographer and writer. He has over fifteen years experience all over the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan. He directed five Al Jazeera Correspondent documentaries including Identity and Exile, a two-part film that won the Golden Nymph for best news documentary at the Monte Carlo Festival of Television and Film in 2014. His short film from Afghanistan, Call Me Ehsaan, was a New York Times Op-Doc editor’s choice and has traveled nationally and internationally to film festivals. His news and documentary film work has appeared on television and online on Vanity Fair, Al Jazeera English, HDNet World Report, BBC America, the New York Times, the Financial Times, PBS, Newsweek, Granta Magazine and Michael Moore’s award-winning film Fahrenheit 9-11. His writing and photography has been published in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, the Financial Times, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel among others. His first book, American Hostage, a memoir about Micah Garen’s kidnapping in Iraq in 2004 and the efforts to secure his release, was published by Simon and Schuster in October 2005 and received starred reviews in both Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly. Micah and Marie-Hélène lecture often about their work in Iraq and overseas at various universities and conferences, including Yale, Harvard, Columbia, PopTech and UNESCO. They and their work have been profiled on CBS Sunday Morning, which was nominated for an Emmy. They speak often on television and radio programs, and have been awarded fellowships at the MacDowell Colony and Ucross artist residencies, Film Independent and IFP.
Top Services
- Documentary DP
- 7 reviews
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- 5 reviews
- Video Editor - Documentary
- 2 reviews
Clients
Top Reviews
May • 2019
Very easy to work with, professional, kept to schedule, made good recommendations to improve project. I'd work again with Micah.
August • 2020
Micah and his crew were very thorough and went above and beyond with all the interviews / footage we needed for the story!
Top Projects
The Battle for Oak Flat
Chí’chil Biłdagoteel - otherwise known as Oak Flat, Arizona – is regarded as sacred ancestral land by the Apache people. With the territory at risk of being sold for copper mining to a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, resident Wendsler Nosie has set up a protest movement from his tipi, alongside his daughter and granddaughter. With no support from the courts, Wendsler and the community are anxiously hoping the Biden administration will pause the land transfer.
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Field Producer
Call Me Ehsaan
“Call Me Ehsaan” is a look at the United States war in Afghanistan through the eyes of Lt. Col. John Darin Loftis, who was killed in February while working at the Ministry of Interior in Kabul. I met Colonel Loftis when he was a public information officer attached to the provincial reconstruction team in Zabul Province in 2010.
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
Off the Rails: A Journey Through Japan
Al Jazeera's Ramsey Zarifeh first travelled to Japan soon after graduation to teach English. Fascinated by the futuristic bullet trains and the country’s unique train network, he got to know Japan through its railways.
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
Once Upon a Time in Sarajevo
Can three comedians from Bosnia overcome the bitterness of the past to reunite and reconcile?
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
VIDEO: THE DAILY STRUGGLE OF LEBANON’S ONE MILLION SYRIAN REFUGEES
The human cost of Syria’s civil war, now in its third year, continues to rise. According to the U.N., Syria now has the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
Death in the Family
Dying is big business. For a long time, however, it was a family business, and no more so than for Blake Sifton. He was born into a family that cares for the dead, and for almost 90 years his family has overseen most of the funerals in a small town in Canada. Blake wanted a different future and decided to leave the family business. As his father is set to retire, the future of the family busine
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
Equipment
Video
- 2K video camera
- 4K video camera
- Full HD video camera
- Multiple cameras
- DSLR or equivalent
- GoPro or equivalent
- Drone
Video
Audio
- External recorder
- Wireless lavalier mic
- Shotgun mic
Audio
Miscellaneous
- Lighting kit
- Stabilizer
- Shoulder rig
- Sliders
- Dolly
- Live streaming equipment
- Satellite phone
Miscellaneous
All Services
Production Support
- Documentary DP
- Reporter / Journalist
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Field Producer
- Commercial DP
- Corporate Videographer
- Non-Fiction Film Director
Production Support
Post Production
- Video Editor - Documentary
Post Production