AWARDS
CINEMATOGRAPHER
2020
NOMINATED
Best Broadcast Cinematography for TIGERLAND
2016
WINNER
Outstanding Cinematography for a Non-Fiction Program for CARTEL LAND
2016
WINNER
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for CARTEL LAND
2015
WINNER
Special Jury Prize for Best Cinematography - US Documentary for CARTEL LAND
CINEMATOGRAPHER
2023
Apple+
Directed by:
Matthew Hamachek
Written by:
Jeff Benedict
Produced by:
Vin D'Anton
Dallas Brennan
Sara Bernstein
Brian Glazer
Ron Howard
THE DYNASTY is a 10-part series featuring never-before-seen footage of the New England Patriots' 20-year journey from struggling franchise to football dynasty. In the process, Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and Robert Kraft reveal the cost of greatness.
2023
Showtime
Directed by:
Pat Kondelis
Produced by:
Lauren Barker
CATCHING LIGHTNING is a riveting four-part documentary series chronicling infamous mixed martial arts fighter ‘Lightning’ Lee Murray and his role in one of the largest cash heists in history. CATCHING LIGHTNING tells the surreal tale of Great Britain’s Securitas Depot robbery in 2006, in which nearly £53 million in cash (more than $92 million USD at the time) was stolen.
2022
CNN Original Series
Directed by:
Pat Kondelis
Produced by:
Lynsey Jones​
LBJ: Triumph and Tragedy is a four-part CNN Original Series that offers a captivating look at one of the most consequential and enigmatic presidents in American history. Thrust into the presidency under tragic circumstances, LBJ used the office to pass the most significant civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. While managing to reshape the social fabric of the nation, he simultaneously escalated one of America’s most controversial wars, that subsequently overshadowed his domestic accomplishments. LBJ: Triumph and Tragedy examines the larger-than-life figure full of fascinating contradictions, that left behind a complicated and polarizing legacy.
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2021
Salted Media, LLC
Directed by:
Cathryne Czubek, Hugo Perez
Produced by:
Gigi Diment, Philip A. Sanchez, Sarah Dowland, Matt Porwoll
In the slums of Kampala, two men from opposite sides of the world come together over a shared love for America’s greatest hero: Rambo. Against all odds, the two make their own action movies with no money — and bring joy to millions of people on the internet. Welcome to “Wakaliwood.” Through comedy and kung-fu, Once Upon a Time in Uganda chronicles the unlikely friendship between Isaac Nabwana, a director hailed as “Africa’s Tarantino,” and Alan Hofmanis, a film programmer from New York. While Isaac tirelessly makes feature after feature, Alan brings his films to international audiences. But tensions flare as Isaac’s star rises — threatening their partnership and all of Wakaliwood.
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- 2020 SXSW Film Festival
- 2021 DOC NYC - US Competition Grand Jury Winner
2021
M30A Films
Directed by:
Hugo Perez
Produced by:
Dana Kuznetzkoff, Frida Torresblanco, Danelle Eliav,
Ann Lewnes
An uplifting, entertaining profile of the grande dame of Cuban music, Omara Portuondo, the internationally beloved chanteuse best known in the States as a member of the famed Buena Vista Social Club. The filmmakers follow octogenarian Omara—feisty, charming, with a naughty sense of humor, and still in possession of her fantastic voice—on her third “final” world tour as she sings to and with those she’s inspired around the globe, demonstrating her impressive range and continued relevance as an artist.
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- 2021 DOC NYC
2021
HBO
Directed by:
Matthew Hamacheck,
Matthew Heineman
Produced by:
Alex Gibney,
Sam Pollard
Tiger is a two-part documentary offering a revealing look at the rise, fall, and epic comeback of global icon Tiger Woods. The series paints an intimate picture of the prodigy whose dedication and obsession with the game of golf not only took his fame and success to new heights, but also down a dark, spiraling road that eventually led to a legendary sports comeback, culminated by his victory at the 2019 Masters.
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2020
Radical Media
Directed by:
John Hoffman,
Kahane Cooperman
Produced by:
Andrea Berman,
Jennifer Galvin,
Peter Nauffts
The Antidote is about everyday people who make the intentional choice to lift others up, despite the fundamentally unkind ways of our society, which are at once facts of life in America and yet deeply antithetical to our founding ideals.
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- 2020 Montclair Film Festival
2020
HBO
Directed by:
Simon Ardizzone, Russell Michaels and Sarah Teale
Produced by:
Michael Hirschorn, Amy Wallace and Harry Leadbeater
In advance of the 2020 Presidential election, Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections takes a deep dive into the weaknesses of today’s election technology, investigating the startling vulnerabilities in America’s voting systems and the alarming risks they pose to our democracy.
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- NOMINATED 2021 News & Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Documentary
2020
HBO
Directed by:
Pat Kondelis
Produced by:
Lynsey Tamsen Jones
On September 26, 2017, an extensive two-year undercover FBI investigation into a basketball corruption scandal led to the arrest of executives at Adidas and assistant coaches at major college programs. At the center of it all was Christian Dawkins, an unassuming and unknown 25-year-old who was allegedly part of a criminal enterprise that infiltrated college basketball teams and funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to steer recruits to prominent athletic programs. For the first time ever, Dawkins explains how a kid from Saginaw, Michigan wound up in a hotel suite surrounded by FBI agents with a warrant for his arrest.
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- 2020 SXSW Film Festival
2020
HBO
Directed by:
Varda Bar-Kar
Produced by:
Kabir Sehgal, Pedro González Kuhn,
Doug Davis
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Exec Produced by:
Quincy Jones,
Carlos Santana,
Andrew Young
Fandango at the Wall follows Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra founder/conductor Arturo O'Farrill to the remotest regions of Veracruz, Mexico, where he meets and jams with the masters of son jarocho. Son jarocho is 300-year-old folk music rooted in the land that combines African, Indigenous and Spanish traditions. After Arturo's inspiring journey, he and his orchestra join the masters of son jarocho at the border between the United States and Mexico for a son jarocho music and dance festival called Fandango Fronterizo. The festival takes place simultaneously on both sides of the United States/Mexican border transforming this object that divides to one that unites. With a poetic musical approach inspired by the son jarocho tradition, Fandango at the Wall reveals a Mexico seldom depicted, and delves into the current mass human migrations spurred by violence, poverty, and corruption.
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- 2020 Cleveland International Film Festival
2019
Emergent Order
Directed by:
John Papola
Produced by:
Teryn Fogel, Marshall Walker Lee, Spencer Stoner
Professional musician turned intrepid economist Arthur Brooks travels around the globe in search of an answer to the question: How can we lift up the world together, starting with those at the margins of society? His journey takes him through the chaotic streets of Mumbai, a town in Kentucky left behind by the global economy, a homeless shelter in New York, a street protest in Barcelona, and a Himalayan Buddhist monastery. Along the way, he discovers the secrets not only to material progress for the least fortunate, but also true and lasting happiness for all.
2019
Discovery
Directed by:
Ross Kauffman
Produced by:
Fisher Stevens, Xan Parker, Zara Duffy
50 years ago, a young forest officer in India rallied the world to save tigers from extinction. Today, the creed is carried on in Far East Russia by the guardians of the last Siberian tigers, who risk everything to save the species.
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- 2019 Sundance Film Festival
- NOMINATED 2019 Cinema Eye Honor for Outstanding Broadcast Cinematography
2018
Showtime
Directed by:
Matthew Heineman
Produced by:
Pagan Harleman
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Co-DPs:
Peter Hutchens, Max Preiss, Ross McDonnell
This documentary series from Oscar®-nominated, Emmy®-winning director Matthew Heineman offers a visceral look at illicit industries, and tells the stories of those most affected by them. Season 1 goes inside the opioid epidemic, from cartel-controlled Mexico to heartland America where addicts and law enforcement combat the cycles of drug abuse.
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- 2018 Sundance Film Festival
2018
OXYGEN
Directed by:
Joe Berlinger
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Produced by:
Lisa Bryant, Kevin Huffman
Documents the murder of Jessica Chambers, talks to friends and family of both Jessica and Quentin Tellis (man accused of killing her) discusses the evidence there is (or isn't) and has parts of the court trial(s) that have taken place.
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2017
SPIKE TV
Directed by:
Joe Berlinger
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Series DPs:
Bob Richman, Luke Geissbuhler, Tony Hardmon
A gripping eight-part documentary series follows Academy Award nominated filmmaker, Joe Berlinger, as he investigates a series of mysterious deaths and disappearances in the small rust-belt town of Chillicothe, Ohio.
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2016
Fusion
Directed by:
Catherine Tambini
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Produced by:
Jorge Ramos, Dax Tejera, Veronica Bautista
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Award-winning journalist Jorge Ramos gets rare, exclusive access to the Neo-Nazi, Ku Klux Klan and "Alt-Right" movements, whose hateful rhetoric against innocent Americans is on the rise in part because of the extraordinary 2016 election season.
2016
Cat Tails, LLC
Directed by:
Catherine Tambini
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Produced by:
Ethel Sheffer
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Symphony Space co-founder and the resonant voice of Selected Shorts on public radio, Isaiah Sheffer was an actor, director, radio announcer, playwright, lyricist, singer, mentor, cultural entrepreneur, creative thinker, loyal friend, champion of those he worked with, dreamer, and impresario. The documentary film is an enduring portrait of a beloved figure in the arts community and in the hearts of many.
2015
A&E Indie Films
Directed by:
Matthew Heineman
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Produced by:
Tom Yellin, Kathryn Bigelow
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With unprecedented access, is a riveting, on-the-ground look at the journeys of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy – the murderous Mexican drug cartels.
Cartel Land is a chilling, visceral meditation on the breakdown of order and the blurry line between good and evil.
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- WINNER 2015 Sundance Special Jury Prize for Cinematography
- WINNER 2016 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography for Non-Fiction Programming
- WINNER 2016 Cinema Eye Honor for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
- NOMINATED 2016 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
2021
Nat Geo
Directed by:
Matthew Heineman
Produced by:
Matthew Heineman, Jenna Millman,
Leslie Norville
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Cinematographers:
Ross McDonnell, Thorsten Thielow, Brian Dawson, Matthew Heineman, Alex Pritz
When Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman (Cartel Land; City of Ghosts) gained unique access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems. The resulting film focuses on the doctors, nurses, and patients on the frontlines during the “first wave” from March to June 2020. Their distinct storylines each serve as a microcosm to understand how the city persevered through the worst pandemic in a century.
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- 2021 Hamptons International Film Festival (Opening Night Film)
- 2021 DOC NYC (Closing Night Film)
2021
Showtime
Directed by:
Jenny Carchman
Produced by:
Sara Bernstein
Justin Wilkes
Brian Grazer
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Cinematographer:
Wolfgang Held
Juicy docuseries on the rise of tabloid media and the cut-throat players who blew up the news, GOSSIP digs into the ascent of Rupert Murdoch and America's appetite for dirt - featuring Cindy Adams and a who's-who of insider interviews.
2021
Nat Geo
Directed by:
John Hoffman
Janet Tobias
Produced by:
John Bardin
Carolyn Bernstein
Dan Cogan
Liz Garbus
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Cinematographer:
Claudia Raschke
A glimpse into infectious disease specialist, Dr. Anthony Fauci who has led the U.S. fight against every epidemic the country has faced from AIDS to SARS to Ebola, and the ongoing COVID-19.
2020
Hulu / Neon
Directed by:
Alex Gibney
Suzanne Hillinger
Produced by:
Alex Gibney
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Cinematographer:
Ben Bloodwell
On January 20th, 2020 the US and South Korea both discovered their first cases of COVID-19. However, 9 months later, the novel Coronavirus has claimed the lives of almost 200,000 Americans and caused staggering economic damage, while in South Korea, there were no significant lockdowns and, in an urbanized population of 51 million, only 344 lives have been lost. Where did we go wrong? As the presidential election nears, Americans are increasingly enraged by a lack of clear leadership, endemic political corruption and left to wonder how did the wealthiest and most powerful country in the world manage to fail so thoroughly in its response to a global pandemic?
2020
Focus Features
Directed by:
Dawn Porter
Produced by:
Laura Dern,
Evan Hayes,
Jayme Lemons
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Cinematographers:
Keith Walker,
Clair Popkin
Inspired by the New York Times #1 bestseller comes Dawn Porter's The Way I See It, an unprecedented look behind the scenes of two of the most iconic Presidents in American History, Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan, as seen through the eyes of renowned photographer Pete Souza. As Official White House Photographer, Souza was an eyewitness to the unique and tremendous responsibilities of being the most powerful person on Earth. The movie reveals how Souza transforms from a respected photojournalist to a searing commentator on the issues we face as a country and a people.
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- 2020 Telluride Film Festival
- 2020 Toronto International Film Festival
2017
Amazon Studios
Directed by:
Matthew Heineman
Produced by:
Molly Thompson, Alex Gibney
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Cinematographer:
Matthew Heineman
With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of "Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently"—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by ISIS—as they risk their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.
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- 2017 Sundance Film Festival
2016
The Ink Connection
Directed by:
Pierre Bismuth
Produced by:
Madeleine Molyneaux
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Cinematographer:
David Raedeker
Oscar winner Pierre Bismuth hires a private investigator to find the L.A. master's missing rock in the Mojave Desert in 'Where's Rocky II?' Art experts, actors and screenwriters also join the hunt for the mythical piece, which hasn't been seen for nearly 40 years.
2014
Aubin Pictures
Directed by:
Catherine Gund
Produced by:
Tanya Selvaratnam
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Cinematographers:
Kirsten Johnson, Albert Maysles
Feature documentary that traces the evolution of Elizabeth Streb Dance Company’s movement philosophy as Streb pushes herself and her performers from the ground to the sky.
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- 2014 SXSW Film Festival
- 2014 Full Frame Film Festival
- Sheffield Doc/Fest
2014
HBO
Directed by:
Ellen Goosenberg Kent
Produced by:
Dana Perry
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Cinematographer:
Tony Hardmon
Short documentary that spotlights the traumas endured by America’s veterans, as seen through the work of the hotline’s trained responders, who provide immediate intervention and support in hopes of saving the lives of service members.
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- WINNER 2015 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
2012
CNN Films
Directed by:
Matthew Heineman, Susan Froemke
Produced by:
Doug Scott
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Cinematographer:
Wolfgang Held
Feature documentary that tackles one of the most pressing issues of our time: how can we save our badly broken healthcare system? ESCAPE FIRE is about finding a way out. It's about saving the health of a nation.
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- 2012 Sundance Film Festival
- WINNER 2012 Full Frame Film Festival Human Rights Award
- WINNER 2012 Silverdocs Film Festival Social Issue Award
- NOMINATED 2013 News & Documentary Emmy
2008
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Directed by:
Adam Yauch
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Produced by:
Jon Doran
On the corner of 155th and Frederick Douglas Boulevard in Harlem lies Rucker Park. By appearances, the concrete pavement, anchored on one side by its run down slab bleachers, is no different than any other basketball court in the city, but this is the place where nicknames are indelibly branded, and legends are born. On Sept. 1, 2006, the top 24 high school basketball players in the nation stepped out on this court, that once saw the likes of Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Dr. J to compete in the first annual "Elite 24" all-star game
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- 2008 Tribeca Film Festival