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Sony Mentorship Program (2021)
A six-month-long tailored mentorship program, supported by Sony, by and for emerging nonfiction filmmakers and visual journalists to develop their projects and professional network.
The Video Consortium’s inaugural community-wide mentorship program, sponsored by Sony, is a six-month-long initiative built by and for emerging nonfiction filmmakers and visual journalists to develop their projects and professional network.
Taking place from July 2021 through January 2022, this unique program — supporting 16 mentorship pairs — was crafted from the ground up by a small team of VC members, with the intention to create the resources and connections they wish they’d had coming up through the industry. The program included deep industry relationship-building, Sony gear rentals, tailored master classes, and more.
Sony Mentorship
2021 Mentees
J.P. Dobrin
Filmmaker and cinematographer, self-employed
Nikki Dodd
Director of Photography
Kaylee Domzalski
Video Producer, Education Week
Dave Kalema
Editor
Hai-Li Kong
Assistant Editor, Associate Editor, Editor
Jamiya Leach
Jelina Liu
Sophia Loren Heriveaux
Producer and Director
Mackie Mallison
Director, Editor, Cinematographer
Marquise Mays
Raji Ramanathan
Senior Supervising Producer, Wall Street Journal
Joris Skudra
Director / DP / Video Editor
Alicia Soller
Shan Wallace
Photographer, Director,
Joshua Wallman
Darian Woehr
Film Director/Editor, The Home CollectiveSony Mentorship
2021 Mentors
Sadie Bass
Producer
Zach Caldwell
Director of Photography, VICE News
Colleen Cassingham
Producer, Multitude Films
SHAMINDER DULAI
Editor, Producer, Director, Showrunner, Documentary photographer/filmmaker, Creative Director, Freelance
Brian Gersten
Editor, Sufficient Films LLC
Melissa Hacker
Editor, Director, Wandering Professor
Anne Hollowday
Sarah Joseph
Director, Impact Story Lab, National Geographic Society
Jia Li
Cinematographer
Erik Ljung
Director of Photography, Director, Producer, www.erikljung.tv
H. Paul Moon
Filmmaker, Zen Violence Films LLC
Zoeann Murphy
Visual Journalist
Neha Shastry
Director / Producer
Vaishali Sinha
Director/Producer, Coast to Coast Films
Francesca Trianni
Video ProducerSony Mentorship
Mentorship Team
The team behind the program, who made it run!
