Director and DOP for DOCUMENTARIES
Marcus Hessenberg
Self Shooting Producer / Director and Director of Photography
I spend my time talking to strangers - and sometimes I film them. I direct video documentaries and profile content about people with passions and people with character. I produce videos and content from start to finish, filming interviews and editing the rushes and videos. Acting as video director and DoP on many video and documentary projects in the UK and internationally.
As a filmmaker and video director, I walk the streets of cities (and sometimes the countryside) and end up talking to people. I love people who really care about what they do, or think about life a little differently. From those holding on to their culture: a Pearly King who wants to make sure his legacy is secure, a Wurlitzer player, Orthodox Jewish Rabbi giving tours to his community, to the younger people discovering themselves and what makes them, them.
I can be commissioned as a Freelance Video Director, DoP, Video Editor or Producer Director for online and broadcast productions. I am an all round video producer and can take on filming projects at any stage of development. I am based in London but travel.
COMMERCIAL VIDEO DIRECTOR SHOWREEL
My 2023/4 Commercial and Branded Content showreel - featuring celebrity campaigns, vox pop videography and sit down contributor interviews. The work shown includes videos I have directed, edited or acted as lighting DoP.
A selection of my own short films directed and filmed by Me.
As well as directing and filming short form videos for Channel 4, BBC, Future Media and other production companies and creative agencies, I am deeply involved in the creation and filming of my own short films, wherein I organize interviews with intriguing characters I encounter. This typically involves wearing multiple hats, from producing and directing to handling the camera work. I excel as a versatile professional with expertise across various facets of video production. Delve into my video portfolio to encounter an array of individuals - from Rabbis to organists, sailors, artists, and DJs. Interviewing subjects and encapsulating their unique perspectives through my lens is a passion I ardently pursue.
HANGING WITH HASIDICS II
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY - I reunited by Yoni Katz to film what it takes to maintain a Jewish home in Brooklyn, New York. Self Shooter Producer Director and Video Editor (2022)
Hanging with Hasidics II - New York documentary
HANGING WITH HASIDICS
Film and profile video directed, filmed and edited by Marcus Hessenberg in New York. A tour around one of New York’s orthodox Jewish neighbour hoods by the charming Rabbi Yoni Katz. (2019)
Self Shooting Producer Director
WURLIZER
A video interview and performance with Phil Kelsall, in the Troxy, East London. Documenting the sound of one of London’s largest instrument. Filmed by Marcus Hessenberg (2019)
Self shooter Producer Director and Video Editor
HANGING WITH HASIDICS III
deScribing Judaism - My third film with the amazing Rabi Yoni Kataz back in New York.
Self shooter Producer Director and Video Editor (2022)
Hanging with Hasidics II - New York documentary
GIRLS ON STOOPS
Girls On Stoops (2021)
A film directed, filmed and edited by Marcus Hessenberg - A short film focusing on a conversation between two young women as they braid their hair.
Self shooter Producer Director and Video Editor
THE MAN WITH A MEGAPHONE
(2019 / 2022)
A film directed, filmed and edited by Marcus Hessenberg - An interview with Danny Shine, a man who shouts at people walking by in London.
Self shooter Producer Director and Video Editor
A Priest in Lockdown
Film and profile video directed, filmed and edited by Marcus Hessenberg in New York. Meet Kevin Robinson, a Roman Catholic Priest. (2020)
Self Shooting Producer Director
PEARLIES
George Major is one of the last true London Pearlies and is the Pearly King of Peckham. Filmed and directed by Marcus Hessenberg (2019)
Self Shooting Producer Director.
Rock My Print
Bashir Aziz talks about Vitiligo, art and confidence. DoP and Filmmaker - London (2023)
I’m Going to Rock My Print - Profile video filmed by filmmaker Marcus Hessenberg
DOMINO
Short film directed, filmed and edited by Marcus Hessenberg with assistance from Elam Forrester.
A short film interviewing domino players at the Golden Anchor in Nunhead, speaking about Caribbean culture in the UK. (2020)
Self Shooting Producer Director.
ROLLER SKATING GODDESS
A video interview and profile of Ayyskates, a roller skater from London. Filmed and directed by Marcus Hessenberg. (2020)
Self Shooting Producer Director.
LONDON: COMING OUT OF LOCKDOWN
Directed, filmed and edited by Marcus Hessenberg (2020). Filmed as the UK emerged from the first Coronavirus lockdown, I interviewed Londoners as the city slowly started to reopen, only to be locked down again after the summer.. (2020)
Self Shooting Producer Director
Documentary Film - Marcus Hessenberg Producer / Director and DoP
A COCKNEY KNEES UP
A good old cockney sing along - filmed as B-Roll for Pearlies (2019)
Self Shooting Producer Director.
TIM OKAMURA
An interview with Tim Okamura, an artist from Brooklyn New York. (2018) - Filmed and edited by Marcus Hessenberg.
Interview DoP and Self Shooting Producer Director
THE LAST OF THE CHELSEA HOTEL RESIDENTS: MERLE LISTER
Interview with Merle in the Chelsea Hotel New York. Sony Fs5. (2018)
Jabowen
A film about a tap dancer who performs in the New York subway.
Self Shooting Producer Director.
MARCUS HESSENBERG FEEDS PIGEONS
Marcus Hessenberg Feeds Pigeons - a short film about why I like pigeons (2022)
Self Shooting Producer Director.
TWO WEEKS IN NEW YORK
A collection of interviews and scenes from my trip to New York, interviewing the people I met along the way. (2018)
DYLAN THE GYPSY
Interview with model and DJ based in Brooklyn New York. Fs5.
SHERNITA ANDERSON
Shernita Anderson talks with me about Brooklyn, positivity and making money from being Shernita Anderson.
CLEVELAND WATKISS
Interview with Cleveland Watkiss, MOBO Best Jazz Nominee - filmed in Camberwell South London by Marcus Hessenberg - Video Director and DoP
PATRICK DOUGHER
Video interview with Patrick, discussing painting and the gentrification of Brooklyn. Sony Fs5.
VERLEEN KILLZ
Filmed in New York by Marcus Hessenberg - Verleen is an artist and curator in Brooklyn
VOICES OF THE PROTEST
Interviews with those attending a Black Lives Matter protest during the Corona pandemic. Sony Fs5. (2020)
BRUISED
NSFW!!!!
A short interview and film with Mistress An Li in Los Angeles, discovering the world of a dominatrix and her sub, Greg. Canon 5d. GRAPHIC CONTENT
