October • 2015
Jonathan did a great with the shooting but even better job with some out of the ordinary logistical challenges: setting up a panel of students, locating at shooting location, and decorating the set.
Jonathan S.
Malmö, Sweden
3 reviews$650 - $1000 / Day
About
Jonathan Saruk is a Blake Street Films cinematographer and producer who has created video content for the likes of ARTE, 3SAT, UNHCR, BBC, Al Jazeera, The Great Big Story, ORF, and and has worked on corporate productions for S.A.P., Sony Ericsson, E.ON, and Unibail-Rodamco. He was Director of Photography on the recent feature length documentary Truth Detectives, commissioned by German public broadcaster WDR/ARTE. His still images have been published in The New Yorker, Newsweek and The Sunday Times Magazine, and his first monograph, The Forbidden Reel, was selected as one of the best photography books of 2014 by Time Magazine. A graduate of the International Center of Photography, Jonathan also holds an M.A. in print journalism from New York University.
Top Services
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- 2 reviews
- Documentary DP
- 1 review
- Video Editor - News
Clients
Top Reviews
February • 2016
Jonathan was great to work with - and delivered beautiful footage
Top Projects
UNHCR: A New Start in Sweden
The final installment of a three part series about a Syrian refugee family that has settled in Sweden.
- Documentary DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
5.0 Produced for Great Big Story
Take Me There: The Bone Church (Footage Only)
The Sedlec Ossuary in the Czech Republic for The Great Big Story. All shot on a Freefly Movi M10.
- Documentary DP
5.0 Produced for AJPlus
Real Scandinavian Socialists Watch The US Presidential Debates
AJ+ asked young Swedes what they thought about the first US Democratic Presidential Debate.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
5.0 Produced for AJPlus
There's Something Rotten in the State of Denmark
While refugees are streaming across Denmark to get to Sweden, some are saying the Danish police are treating them worse than their Hungarian counterparts. The governments of Sweden and Denmark are treating the refugee crisis in very different ways -the liberal Swedish Government is welcoming them while the newly elected Danish Government is doing everything in its power to keep them away.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Produced for USA Today
USA Today -- M23 Rebellion in Congo
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Equipment
Video
- 2K video camera
- 4K video camera
- Full HD video camera
- Multiple cameras
- DSLR or equivalent
- GoPro or equivalent
Video
Audio
- Wireless lavalier mic
- Shotgun mic
Audio
Miscellaneous
- Lighting kit
- Stabilizer
- Shoulder rig
- Sliders
- Satellite phone
Miscellaneous
All Services
Production Support
- Documentary DP
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Production Support
Post Production
- Video Editor - News
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Video Editor - Commercial
Post Production