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I am a Peabody and Emmy Award-Winning documentary filmmaker and visual journalist. My work combines the power of immersive visual storytelling with unflinching investigative journalism. My stories have appeared on the BBC, PBS, ITVS, Aljazeera English, The New York Times, Univision, VICE News as well as theatrical distribution. I produce, direct and edit thought-provoking documentaries on conflict, human rights, the environment, sports, health and politics across the U.S., the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. I specialize in cinematography, lighting and camera work, including drone photography as well as Steadycam and gimbal work for news, documentary and commercial. Currently using Canon C500MK2 with color matched cinema lenses and cinema zooms. My cinematography workflow is camera-to-cloud ready, which can give remote producers and directors live opportunities for real-time collaboration between filming location and editing suite. I am also skilled in all aspects of location sound recording and can run professional broadcast audio while filming. Based in Detroit, Michigan.
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Network: AJ+ Role: Director of Photography Context: Black male voters are in the hot seat. U.S. news media paint a narrative of a wave of Black men moving toward the Republican Party and supporting Donald Trump. Black men are heavily coveted voters and heavily scrutinized voters. And the truth is, the U.S.’ election system has placed them in this position – a position where some see the only way to exert their political power is to sit out the presidential election. In the 2020 presidential rematch, election turnout in key areas will determine the U.S.’ next leader.
Charlottesville: Race and Terror – 25:00 (Credit: Director of Photography - HBO - VICE News Tonight, Aug 2017) 72 hours inside the Unite the Right white supremacists rally and terror attack in Charlottesville, VA. Winner of 4 Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award for News, George Polk Award, Sidney Award, Picture of the Year (POYI) 2017. Listed by Time Magazine as the No. 1 TV program to watch in 2017.
Pulled Over: The Hannah Fizer Case -16:00 (Credit:Director/Producer/Cinematographer/Editor - ITVS Stories for Justice - The Kansas City Star Dec 2021) Hannah Fizer was fatally shot after being pulled over for speeding in rural Missouri. Her family’s fight for justice is hampered by the tight-knit relationship between rural prosecutors and local police, as well as a national legal standard that favors officers.
A Thousand Cuts – 99:52 (credit: Additional Camera, Directed by Ramona Diaz, PBS Frontline 2020) Journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa risks her life and freedom as an outspoken critic of Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. Peabody Award 2021.
Life Under Bombs as Armenia and Azerbaijan Return to War - (Credit: Director of Photography - Vice News October 2020) Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh has intensified sharply, as both sides accused the other of targeting civilian areas with missiles. Emmy Nomination for Outstanding News Story in a Newscast, 2020
The Central African Republic Is Enlisting Russians in Its War Against Rebels – 11:49 (Credit: Director of Photography – Vice News April 2021) A new rebel movement in the Central African Republic is pushing to take the capital and has displaced over 400,000 people along the way. And the government has enlisted shadowy Russian mercenaries to fight back. VICE News travels to rebel territory to meet players on both sides and the civilians caught in between. Emmy Nomination for Outstanding News Story 2021
Toxic Farmland - 42:00 (Credit: Director of Photography - A Vice Special Report, June 2023) The result of a nearly yearlong investigation, this film examines the role one Michigan automotive supplier has played in spreading toxic ‘forever chemicals’ to neighboring farms. Nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Environmental Story 2024.
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