Professional Work

My experience ranges from agency video and photography production, video content, corporate advertising, and short and long form documentary work. My background is run and gun, solo documentary type work, but also work on larger productions, akin to reality television.

Contact: chriscmotta@gmail.com | Linkedin | IG

Experience

Motion:

  • Camera Operator

  • Documentary camera

  • Documentary film editing

  • Film and commercial coloring

Software:

  • Macintosh OS workflow

  • Adobe Photoshop CC

  • Adobe Lightroom CC

  • Adobe Premiere Pro

  • Adobe Audition

  • Davinci Resolve

Camera:

  • Professional digital cinema cameras

  • Camera

    • Extensive experience operating Canon and Sony

  • Post-production color pipeline

  • Editing and coloring knowledge

Professional Background (Still Photography)

Education

  • MFA in Photography, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 2007

  • BA in Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1998

  • Photography Department, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA, 1999–2004

  • Documentary Filmmaking, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, 2019

  • Filmmaking, Cinematography, Editing, and Coloring, Maine Media Workshops, 2019-Present

  • National Outdoor Leadership School, Rockies Semester Course, Lander, WY, 1996

Teaching Experience

  • Lecturer, Photography, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2016-2018

  • Lecturer, Photography, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA, 2012

  • Color Darkroom, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2006–07