Bios Archive

Kunitaro Ohi

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Kunitaro Ohi is a cinematographer based out of Washington, DC. He received his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University with a concentration in Photo/Film. Notable works include the documentary series Years of Living Dangerously (Showtime Channel) and Paul Harrill’s debut feature Something, Anything (NYT Critics’ Pick.) Recently, several of his music videos have been featured in publications such as Rolling Stone, Billboard and BOOOOOOOM TV. When he’s not working you can see him wandering the streets taking photos of abandoned shopping carts.

Mario Montero

Mario Montero was born in Los Angeles, and at the age of 14 he went to live in Costa Rica and worked in the family photo studio. This lead to a passion for photography and cinematography and to become a camera assistant for the first time in the film “El Dorado” (Carlos Saura).

He worked as a focus puller and later as camera operator, mainly as the right hand of José Luís Alcaine, with such prestigious directors as George Lucas, Bryan Gibson, Carlos Saura, Fernando Trueba, Vicente Aranda or Bigas Luna.

This lead to him becoming a well known cinematographer in Europe and the United States.

Currently working as director of photography in advertising and film, working with directors such as Jaume Balagueró, Julio Medem, Manuel Huerga, José Corbacho, Silvia Munt, Ventura Pons or Maria Ripoll.

He splits his time between Barcelona and New York. 

Tommy Agriodimas

A New York based Cinematographer specializing in narrative, editorial and commercial projects. Formally trained in still photography Tommy expanded in to films and high production video projects focusing on Fashion and Narrative content since 2013.

Antonio Gomez-Pan

Antonio Gómez-Pan was born in Madrid in 1985 and is currently living between Los Angeles, Barcelona and his hometown. He has been appointed as an Academic of the Spanish Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Academy (2017) and he just won the Gold Medal for Best Editing in Berlin.

Even before he had finished his BA in Film Editing at the prestigious film school ESCAC, he edited “Mi Amigo Invisible” (2010) and “Elefante” (2012). They won, respectively, the Best Short Film Award at the L.A. Film Festival and at the Sitges Film Festival, along with many others. They were selected in dozens more, some of them as relevant as Sundance or Clermont-Ferrand. “Mi Amigo Invisible” even managed to be pre-selected for the 2010 Hollywood Academy Awards (Oscars). In 2014 he edited “De quoi je me mêle”, produced by Michel Gondry and his upcoming short film is directed by the well-known photographer Eugenio Recuenco.

He has also edited feature films like “Puzzled Love” (2011), which premiered at the San Sebastian International Film Festival (2011); “Otelo” (2012), also selected at the San Sebastian International Film Festival and winner of the European Independent Film Festival (among many others) and last but not least, “Hooked Up”(2013), which premiered in Sitges 2013 official competition and recently has been bought by the influential Spanish director Jaume Collet Serra.

In the documentary field, he has edited “Limbo Starr, Diez Cuenta Atrás” (2010), which premiered at the In-Edit Beefeater Documentary Festival and “Coses Estranyes que Brillen” (2013).

Antonio has also edited innumerable music videos for artists like Avril Lavigne, Becky G, Luis Fonsi, Rosalía, C.Tangana or Bunbury among others, and is currently represented by Therapy and TruLove, for which he has edited advertisements for brands as well-known as Adidas, Coca-Cola, Chanel, Unicef, Volkswagen, Nike, Ikea, Toyota…

Dyanna Taylor

Dyanna Taylor is an Emmy award winning Director and Director of Photography whose prominent career in documentaries and features has earned her a Peabody Award as well as the honored Muse Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Vision and Achievement in Cinematography from New York Women in Film and Television.

Currently, Dyanna is directing portions of an upcoming Disney feature to be released early 2020.

Now playing in theaters is “WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY” for which Dyanna was the DoP. A compelling drama about the secret Warsaw Ghetto archives, it was filmed on location in Poland.

As Director/Director of Photography, Dyanna produced DOROTHEA LANGE: GRAB A HUNK OF LIGHTNING which aired on PBS’s American Masters Series, as well as Canadian and European Channels. The film has special meaning for her. She is Lange’s granddaughter, and has been deeply influenced by her grandmother’s sensibility and esthetic.

Dyanna began in the film business in San Francisco producing and directing documentaries and local commercials and later moved to NY were she became among the early women to be admitted to IATSE. Her extensive credits include work for all of the major US network and cable media organizations including HBO, PBS, NETFLIX, ABC, CBS, National Geographic, and Disney.

Petros Antoniadis

Petros Antoniadis is an award-winning cinematographer who was born in Chania, Greece.

Petros is the Grandson of the noted painter and photographer Petros Vlahakis, who introduced him to paintings and art at an early age.

Following this exposure, Petros became obsessed with pictures and moving images and at the age of 10 he decided to become a film maker and shot his first live action film The poor man who became rich.

By the age of 14 Petros had completed 2 more short films. It was in the same year, that he had the good fortune to be introduced to the Oscar winning cinematographer Walter Lassally, who became his mentor, and taught and guided him up until Lassally’s passing in 2017.

Petros is best known for his work in Alter, Without Milk, Follow the Wind and Heimlich as well as the single-shot music video Lightsaber for the Greek rock-star Panos Mouzourakis, among other distinguished work.

He has completed 2 feature films, over 20 short films and a number of commercials and music videos. As of today we are happily counting 22 International Awards for his wonderful cinematography!

Joseph Bearese

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Native New Yorker, Joe Bearese, is a director of photography with a keen eye for capturing movement.  His ten years of experience encompass four feature films and a broad range of short-form content, including branded and commercial, dance, music video, and serialized comedy. Joe is also co-owner of Metro Camera Cars, specializing in running footage, action, stunts, and anything automotive.

Owen Donovan

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Owen Donovan is an American Cinematographer based in New York. His work has been screened at prestigious film festivals such as Berlinale and the Stockholm Film Festival and has received GRAND JURY PRIZES at The Los Angeles Film Festival for Out of My Hand and European Independent Film Festival for Cornershop. His work in Music Videos has premiered through major outlets such as ROLLING STONE and THE NEW YORK TIMES.

He holds dual American and Irish citizenship.

Michael Pfleghar

Michael Pfleghar took his director’s education at Universal Studios / NYFA in Los Angeles.

Michael has an extensive portfolio consisting of successfull viral online campaigns, one reaching over 27 million hits globally, as well as highly acclaimed advertising work, that has earned him several nominations in the industry, among others,the prestigious Clio Awards in the United States.

Michael loves to push the boundries in genres such as humor, action and adventure, always bringing great passion, originality and dedication to every project he takes on.

Amanda Alvarez Resume Director / Producer

Amanda Alvarez Resume Producer/Director

 

Amanda Alvarez Díaz was born in Spain. She lives and works on both sides of the Atlantic: Europe and United States. She graduated in Communication in Seville University, and took part of the first European Master in Performing Arts, where she got in touch with young artists of theater, arts and cinema.

In 2010, Amanda got a Talentia scholarship to complete her studies in New York, where she graduated in the Filmmaking Program at the New York Film Academy.

Amanda directed a number of short films that got international recognition, and music videos for artists like Maya Beiser or Neave Trio.