Brent E. Huffman

Current

• Assistant Professor at Northwestern University
• Documentary Filmmaker/Writer/Cinematographer at PBS
• President and Owner at German Camera Productions

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Past

• Digital Journalist with NBC and The Weather Channel at NBC Universal
• Full-time Faculty Member at The Brooks Institute
• Producer/Cinematographer at The Discovery Channel

• Lead Filmmaker, Director, Cinematographer, Editor at China Exploration and Research Society
• Segment Producer at KTSF
• Producer/Director/Cinematographer at Frontline/World - PBS TV Show

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Education

• University of California, Berkeley
• Antioch University

Recommended

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Connections

402 connections

Industry

Motion Pictures and Film

Websites

• IMDB (Internet Movie Database)

Brent E. Huffman’s Summary

Brent E. Huffman is an award-winning director, writer, and cinematographer of documentaries and television programs. His work ranges from documentaries aired on The Discovery Channel and The National Geographic Channel, to Sundance Film Festival winners, to films made for FRONTLINE/World on PBS.
Huffman has been making social issue documentaries and environmental films for over ten years in Ohio, California, Afghanistan, China, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. These films have gone on to win numerous awards including a Primetime Emmy, Best Conservation Film, two Cine Golden Eagle awards, a College Emmy, a Student Academy Award, and a Grand Jury Award at AFI’s SILVERDOCS 2004 in Washington DC.
Huffman was also an editor and shooter of Julia Reichert's and Steven Bognar's Primetime Emmy winning PBS documentary series A Lion in the House about children battling cancer.
Huffman is also a writer whose work has been featured in Bust Magazine, The Wilson Quarterly, Frontline/World’s website, and The China Digital Times. He recently completed a book about his experiences in China called Life in the Heart of China: Diary from a Forbidden World.

Huffman was a former student of the documentary program at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley under Academy Award-winning director and cinematographer Jon Else.

Brent Huffman lives in Ojai, California with his wife filmmaker Xiaoli Zhou.

Brent E. Huffman’s Specialties:

Directing and producing documentaries and TV news stories, cinematography and sound recording, editing and post production. I am also a writer and still photographer. My work has appeared in Bust Magazine, Frontline/World's website, Sportsshooter.com, Community Magazine, and The Wilson Quarterly. I specialize in U.S. and Asian stories in remote and dangerous areas.

Brent E. Huffman’s Experience

• Assistant Professor

  Northwestern University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Tenure-track assistant professorship at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University teaching documentary and broadcast journalism.

• Documentary Filmmaker/Writer/Cinematographer

  PBS

  (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  German Camera Productions, LLC is a full-service award-winning independent production company that has been making documentaries about social and environmental issues since 1998. We specialize in telling American and Asian stories to a world wide audience on a relatively low budget using HD technology. Our clients include National Geographic Channel and Discovery Channel. www.germancamera.com

• President and Owner

  German Camera Productions

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  October 1998 — Present (11 years 2 months)

• Digital Journalist with NBC and The Weather Channel

  NBC Universal

  (Public Company; GE; Entertainment industry)

  April 2009 — July 2009 (4 months)

• Full-time Faculty Member

  The Brooks Institute

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2006 — December 2008 (3 years )

  • Taught beginning, intermediate, and advanced video production, technique, and theory. Instruction also included cinematography, lighting, editing, and sound design.
  • Created the Brooks Documentary Film Festival.
  • Member of the Ventura Film Festival board of directors.
  • Continued to direct, shoot, and edit documentaries while maintaining faculty position.

• Producer/Cinematographer

  The Discovery Channel

  (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  January 2006 — February 2008 (2 years 2 months)

• Lead Filmmaker, Director, Cinematographer, Editor

  China Exploration and Research Society

  (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  January 2005 — January 2008 (3 years 1 month)

• Segment Producer

  KTSF

  (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  2005 — 2007 (2 years )

• Producer/Director/Cinematographer

  Frontline/World - PBS TV Show

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  January 2002 — January 2005 (3 years 1 month)

Brent E. Huffman’s Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  MJ , Journalism, Documentary Filmmaking , 2003 — 2005

• Antioch University

  BFA , Anthropology/Documentary Filmmaking , 1998 — 2002

  Also attended WSU in Dayton, Ohio.

Additional Information

Brent E. Huffman’s Websites:

• IMDB (Internet Movie Database)

Brent E. Huffman’s Groups:

PBS' FRONTLINE/World, The Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, WGBH, China Exploration and Research Society (CERS), German Camera Productions, The Brooks Institute, Film Arts, The Independent Documentary Association (IDA), Human Rights Watch, Afghans 4 Tomorrow, Women Make Movies

•    Opportunity Green
•    ThoseinMedia
•    Habitat for Humanity [official group]
•    Documentarians
•    Film TV Professionals
•    Cal Alumni in Arts & Entertainment Club
•    Cal Alumni Association | UC Berkeley
•    Think Green
•    REEL COMMUNITY ACTION
•    Reynolds School of Journalism Alumni and Friends
•    International Press Association
•    Reality TV Professionals

Brent E. Huffman’s Honors:

Primetime Emmy, Best Wildlife Film, Student Academy Award 2005, College Emmy 2004, Two CINE Golden Eagle Awards 2005 and 2007, Honorable Mention from The Discovery Channel's Silverdocs 2004, Nominated for an International Documentary Award 2006, Best Editing from The San Francisco International Film Festival