Documentary Reel - 2023
Production Company: SmashWerks Films
Release Date: August 15, 2023
Director: Various
Director of Photography: Jacopo Campaiola
Description: Compilation of current documentary work
Photographer
Production Companies: Little Monster Films for National Geographic
Release Date: March 18, 2024
Directors: E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Director of Photography: Jacopo Campaiola (Episode “Anand Varma: Hidden Wonders”)
Description: This six-part docu series flips the lens on some of the world’s most extraordinary visual storytellers to see what makes them click
Sisters of Ukraine
Production Company: Marauder Entertainment
Release Date: August 6, 2023
Director: Mike Dorsey
Director of Photography: Terence Pratt and Jacopo Campaiola
Description: Two volunteers from Barcelona travel to a convent in western Ukraine where nuns are aiding refugees following the Russian invasion. As the missile attacks on all of Ukraine surge to unprecedented levels following the bombing of the Kerch Bridge in Crimea, the nuns and volunteers take a group of three-dozen refugees and families of soldiers fighting in the war on a three-day journey across Europe to housing near Barcelona.
Retrograde
Production Companies: Our Time Projects, National Geographic
Release Date: November 2022
Director: Matthew Heineman
Cinematographer: Jacopo Campaiola (Colorado Unit)
Description: This film captures the final nine months of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan from multiple perspectives: one of the last U.S. Special Forces units deployed there, a young Afghan general and his corps fighting to defend their homeland against all odds, and the civilians desperately attempting to flee as the country collapses and the Taliban take over.
Nominations: 95th Academy Awards Shortlist for Best Documentary Feature Film
The Trade: Season 2
Production Companies: Our Time Projects, Showtime Networks
Release Date: January 2020 (Sundance Film Festival)
Director: Matthew Heineman
Directors of Photography: Jacopo Campaiola, Pablo Durana, Nick Kraus, Ross McDonnell, Max Preiss
Description: This four-part season follows Central Americans on an odyssey to the United States (and others heading back home
after being deported), while also delving into the shadow industries that prey on them every step of the way.
Awards: Winner of two 2021 Emmy’s for Outstanding Direction: Documentary and Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary. Nominated for Best Documentary and Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary.
The Boy From Medellín
Production Companies: Our Time Projects, SB Projects, Amazon Studios
Release Date: May 7, 2021
Director: Matthew Heineman
Cinematographer: Jacopo Campaiola (Medellín Unit)
Description: Colombian Reggaeton singer J Balvin prepares for his 2019 homecoming concert amid intense political turmoil.
This Is Not Financial Advice
Production Companies: Mr. Wizard Productions, Legion M, Optimist
Release Date: June 10, 2023 (Tribeca Film Festival), January 11, 2024 (AppleTV/Amazon Prime)
Directors: Zach Ingrasci and Chris Temple
Additional Cinematographer: Jacopo Campaiola
Description: Glauber Contessoto gambles his life savings on a joke cryptocurrency. Two months later, he becomes "The Dogecoin Millionaire" and an internet legend. While it might seem easy to get rich online, it's even easier to lose it all.
Bridging The Gap
Production Company: SmashWerks Films
Release Date: 2020
Director, DP, Editor: Jacopo Campaiola
Description: A glance into the lives of the homeless community in Los Angeles. Short film.
Patagonia Eclipse
Production Company: SmashWerks Films
Release Date: TBD
Director, DP, Editor: Jacopo Campaiola
Description: The trials and tribulations of building a gathering amidst political unrest and a global pandemic.
We The People
Production Company: SmashWerks Films
Release Date: June 2020
Director, DP, Editor: Jacopo Campaiola
Description: Black Lives Matter movement in Los Angeles, CA, 2020
A Better Life Foundation
Production Company: SmashWerks Films
Release Date: September 2017
Director, DP, Editor: Jacopo Campaiola
Description: A documentary short for A Better Life Foundation, a non-profit organization helping put children through school, in Burkina Faso, one of Africa's poorest countries. ABLF covers uniforms, school supplies, books, basic health care, eyeglasses for poor vision, wheelchairs for those with mobility issues, and they monitor academic progress monthly throughout the school year as well as provide counseling to address any domestic concerns.
Circle of Doors
Production Company: SmashWerks Films
Release Date: November 2022
Director, DP, Editor: Jacopo Campaiola
Description: Artists Jill Sutherland and Anne Staveley make their pilgrimage to Black Rock City after 9 years to bring back their art installation the Circle of Doors. It returns with 4 outposts that bring together the remaining minor arcana to complete the tarot deck.
JonMarc Edwards: FLUTTER
Production Company: SmashWerks Films
Release Date: September 2018
Director, DP, Editor: Jacopo Campaiola
Description: A short documentary on artist JonMarc Edwards as he prepares and executes his immersive art installation FLUTTER.
Art et Industrie
Production Company: SmashWerks Films
Release Date: TBD
Director: Pandora Castelli
Director of Photography and Editor: Jacopo Campaiola
Description: Art et Industrie was a gallery founded by Rick Kaufmann in 1977. For 20 years it featured art furniture… This is the story.
