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Mori Rothman

(He/Him)
Producer/Cinematographer
Brooklyn, New York US
Available for Freelance
Open To Virtual Coffee
I'm a producer and cinematographer who has worked in news and documentary for the past 10 years. Always down to collaborate on a story, a shoot or anything in between.

About

Mori Rothman is a producer and cinematographer who has created content for PBS, CNN, CBS and Netflix. His work has taken him everywhere from far flung locations like an uninhabited island in the South Pacific to the oil fields of North Dakota. He has worked in a variety of formats from short web videos and news stories to multi-part documentary series. He is an FAA certified drone pilot with two drones- Movrick and Goose.

Featured Work

In the Red Tape: The Endless Paperwork of the Pandemic

Short documentary telling the story of Lisa who finds herself drowning in the endless paperwork required for her clients, and family, to receive the benefits and services they need.

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View People and Power: Fighting for Space

People and Power: Fighting for Space

The commercial possibilities of space offer the potential to empower the roughly three billion people who are currently without broadband internet and provide an invaluable tool for researchers. But there is potential peril embedded in the promise. Expanded internet access increases the surveillance capabilities of government and private entities. The military use of satellites has already resulted in sabre-rattling between world powers. Reflected light from satellites could change the way we see the stars in the night sky. And every new satellite increases the chance of a disastrous collision which could set off a chain of events that could render the Earth’s orbit unusable.

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