December • 2016
"Gustavo Mora found a story about an Afro Mexican dance troop and shot it beautifully. We really appreciate his excellent use of available light to make stories stand out." - Tupac Saavedra, AJ+ Latin America editor
GUSTAVO M.
Oaxaca, Mexico
8 reviews$300 - $2000 / Day
About
I am filmmaker, director, producer and DP based in Oaxaca, México, since 1997. Throughout those 25 years I’ve traveled several times around the whole state and made a lot of documentaries for TV and social media channels like History Channel, Nat Geo, Discovery Channel, Playground México, Al Jazeera+, Brut México, ZoominTV from Netherlands, Canal Infinito from Argentina, Channel 4 from London, among others. Also spend almost 4 years traveling all the state of Oaxaca making short documentary films for mexican federal dependence Secretaría de Salud about health issues in indigenous communities, and made a series of three TV programs for Secretaría de Cultura about music roots in Oaxaca communities. I have my own truck to move around and I am also a drone operator if we need some aerial shots.
Top Services
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- 8 reviews
- Documentary DP
- 3 reviews
- Video Editor - News
Clients
Top Reviews
July • 2016
Gustavo is very thorough and will track down exactly what you're looking for, he shoots well and is communicative.
Top Projects
5.0 Produced for AJPlus
AJ+ Afro-Mexicans: Dancing Their Way Back To Their Roots (11 mill.)
The Obatalas are a group of young mexican black girls in a poor afro-mexican community in southern Mexico, who dance to feel closer to Mother Africa. Too far and too poor to travel, the only way they found to learn how to dance is Youtube. They see videos whit african people dancing and copy the steps. Far from the first world, Internet let the girls be one step closer to Africa.
- Documentary DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
4.0 Produced for AJPlus
AJ+ POR SEGUNDA VEZ EN 56 AÑOS LOS VECINOS DE JALAPA DEL MARQUES REGRESAN A SU IGLESIA A REZAR PARA QUE LLUEVA (426k)
La sequía hizo que por segunda vez en 56 años la presa Benito Juarez en Jalapa del Marqués se quedara sin agua. Un templo dominico del sXVI volvió a quedar al descubierto, y por segunda vez los pobladores regresan a su iglesia a celebrar misa para pedir que llueva. El cambio climático ha hecho que la presa Benito Juarez reciba cada vez menos agua, de la que dependen los pobladores para su sustento
- Documentary DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
5.0 Produced for G/O Media
Oaxaca Protests
- Documentary DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
5.0 Produced for Brut
Mezcal con M de mujer (380k)
A young woman leads mezcal industry in Oaxaca
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
4.0 Produced for AJPlus
AJ+ En San Mateo del Mar los peces se pescan con papalote (429k)
Los ikoots son una comunidad indígena que desarrollaron una particular técnica para pescar en mar abierto al que no pueden acceder con sus botes por el fuerte oleaje. Atan una red a la cola de un papalote, lo remontan hasta entrar al mar abierto y sueltan la red para poder pescar. De esta manera aprovecharon un elemento tradicional de la comunidad para resolver un problema práctico de subsistencia
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
4.0 Produced for AJPlus
AJ+ TE IMAGINAS UNA MOTO ECOLOGICA QUE SE CARGA SOLO UNA VEZ AL AÑO? (18 mill.))
VICTOR ESTUDIANTE DE MECATRONICA HA LOGRADO DISEÑAR UNA MOTOCICLETA ELECTRICA QUE NO NECESITA RECARGAS PERIODICAS. EL PROYECTO ESTA PENSADO PARA LAS COMUNIDADES RURALES INDIGENAS DE OAXACA QUE DEBEN RECORRER LARGAS DISTANCIAS Y NO CUENTAN CON ENERGIA ELECTRICA O GASOLINERAS EN MUCHOS KILOMETROS A LA REDONDA. EL MODELO TODAVIA ES UN PROTOTIPO Y VICTOR ESPERA EN DOS AÑOS TENER LA ECO MOTO TERMINADA
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Equipment
Video
- DSLR or equivalent
- 4K video camera
- Drone
- GoPro or equivalent
Video
Audio
- External recorder
- Wireless lavalier mic
- Shotgun mic
Audio
Miscellaneous
- Lighting kit
- Stabilizer
- Shoulder rig
- Dolly
Miscellaneous
All Services
Production Support
- Documentary DP
- Commercial DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Production Support
Post Production
- Sound Mixer
- Video Editor - News
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Video Editor - Commercial
Post Production
Miscellaneous
- Fixer
Miscellaneous