5 Emmy Nominations
including
Best Documentary Series
McMIllion$
(2020) Documentary Series 6 part
HBO Documentary Films
Director: James Hernandez, Brian Lazarte
Cinematographer: Jeff Dolen
Nominated for 5 Emmy Awards including Best Documentary Series. From Executive Producer Mark Wahlberg, McMillions chronicles the stranger-than-fiction story of an ex-cop turned security auditor who rigged McDonald’s Monopoly game promotion for a decade, stealing millions of dollars and building a vast network of co-conspirators across the U.S. Premiered at Sundance 2020 and aired on HBO.
WINNER
Emmy Award for Best
Travel Adventure Documentary
Wonder Women
(2017) Documentary Series 6 part
Hallmark / Feeln
Episode 1: Sound of My Drum (India)
Director: Tani Ikeda
Cinematographer: Jeff Dolen
“All across the globe, ordinary women are accomplishing extraordinary things, breaking down boundaries and carving their own paths. They’re the first into the flames in Mexico, battling poachers in South Africa, and exploring the icy depths of Japan. They are adventurers, heroes, trailblazers and explorers. Pioneers and groundbreakers in male dominated fields, making the world a better place anyway they can. These women are anything but ordinary. They’re Wonder Women,” says a description about the series.
Episode 1 showcases a group of women who are defying cultural norms and social traditions. In India, the Dalit are the lowest caste in the social order. Women are especially vulnerable to mistreatment, restrictions and control. But a group of young women from Dindigul are finding their voice and breaking tradition, drumming for equality in a prestigious and male dominated musical competition – the first female performers in its history.
Resist
(2017) Documentary Series 12 part
Black Pills / Pulse
Cinematographer: Episode 1-3
Director: Tani Ikeda
This season follows 5 activists as they fight to prevent the building of 2 new jails in LA County. Activists include Patrisse Khan Cullors, Black Lives Matter Co-Founder, an activist and mother Helen Jones-Phillip, formally incarcerated activist Jayda Rasberry, trans activist Bamby Salcedo and Immigrant Youth Coalition co-founder Jonathan Perez.
The Other Side of Home
(2016) Documentary Short
Feeln from Hallmark
Cinematographer: Jeff Dolen
Director: Naré Mkrtchyan
In 1915, estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Turks, during the Armenian Genocide. In 2015, a Turkish woman named Maya discovers that her great grandmother was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide. Maya embodies the conflict as she has two enemies living in her body: one side that suffers and the other side that denies. The documentary follows Maya as she decides to go to Armenia to take part in the 100th commemoration of the genocide and to explore her conflicted identity. This film is a universal story of identity, denial, and how the experience of genocide creates a ripple effect for future generations on both sides.
Best Documentary Short Subject Shortlist for the 89th ACADEMY AWARDS®
Winner of Best Documentary Film Award for the 19th Annual ARPA International Film Festival
Beyond Limits
(2010) Documentary Feature
Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Cinematographer: Jeff Dolen
Director: Kent Bassett
Best Documentary - Hill Country Film Festival
We Belong Together
(2017) Documentary Short
Nikkei Democracy Project
Cinematographer Jeff Dolen
Director: Tani Ikeda
We connect deeply to Leah’s story because of the legacy of immigration, exclusion, deportation and detention of our own families. Asian immigrants continue to be targeted, and are the fastest growing number of unauthorized immigration. When the democracy betrays one group, it betrays us all. Thank you to Leah and her family for inviting us on this journey, and inspiring us all to stand up together.
Iceland Drone Montage
Filmed in Iceland over 4 days
