ZEISS Full Exposure

Filmmaker Robin Hauser is a proven storyteller of complex topics. In her award-winning documentary, "Code—Debugging the Gender Gap" she examined the dearth of women in computer coding.

Now, in her la…

Brooklyn-based Barbara Vekarić is an emerging producer, director and writer originally from Croatia. Barbara’s first feature length-film is “Aleksi” – ‘Lazy. Crazy. Sexy.’ – a slice of life comedy se…

Producer-director Jenna Ricker has worked solely in narrative film until now. In “Qualified,” her first non-fiction feature, the film’s subject is a pioneer in motor sports — and feminism — Janet Gut…

Emerging cinematographer Andi Obarski has shot numerous documentaries, short and long form narratives and music videos. Her ceaseless drive and energy is a great example of how to make it in today’s …

Sasha Gordon is a Russian-born now New York City-based award-winning writer, director and composer. Following on her critically acclaimed 2016 romantic comedy “It Had to Be You”, Sasha’s South by Sou…

LA-based writer, director, actor and rock cellist! Kestrin Pantera arrived in Austin in style aboard her lime green karaoke RV to promote her latest dramedy premiering at South by Southwest. “Mother…

Filmmaker Christine Chen wears many hats: a writer, director, photographer, entrepreneur and an Academy-qualified producer/director.

She fell in love with capturing images and telling stories through…

Rory Doyle is the winner of the 2019 Zeiss Photography Award.

A native of Maine, Rory moved to the delta town of Cleveland, Mississippi to teach when he happened on a sight that struck him; African-A…

Cinematographer Josh Silfen dreamed of making movies from an early age which eventually led him to NYU film school to study cinematography. He met director Emily Ting through mutual friends at NYU, a…

On today’s episode, we spoke with documentary cinematographer Amy Bench. We initially spoke with Amy about shooting Deresha Kyi’s doc short “Trans in America: Texas Strong” screened here in Austin. A…

We begin our extensive coverage of the SXSW Film Festival with guest host Snehal Patel, Zeiss Cine Sales Manager, Americas, interviewing Ava Berkofsky, Cinematographer.

Ava Berkofsky was born in Wale…

On this episode of Full Exposure we pay another visit to one of our favorite Manhattan locations -- the Union Square daylight studio of photographer Andrew French. We spoke with Andy about the amazin…

As an award-winning writer, director, producer, editor and actor, Ann Lupo wears a lot of hats. A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, she has worked as an editor on music videos, commercials …

For over thirty years award-winning documentary photographer, filmmaker and journalist, Richard Falco has covered the world for major magazines and published books on the September 11th attacks and p…

On episode sixteen of Full Exposure, we met Sean Weiner and several filmmakers from the Creative Culture program at the Jacob Burns Media Center in New York. On today’s show, we caught up with some o…

The Jacob Burns Film Center, north of New York City is a growing hub for cinema education and media literacy giving a platform to emerging filmmakers within its Creative Culture Fellowship program.

G…

Victoria Negri is an award-winning writer, director, producer and actor.

She made her feature directorial debut in the 2016 film Gold Star, it’s a story of a music school dropout resistant to connect…

Delphine Diallo is a New York City-based French/Senegalese visual artist and photographer.

Graduating from the Académie Charpentier School of Visual Art in Paris, she started working in the music ind…

For our first show of 2019, cinematographer Adrian Peng Correia joined us in the studio. Adrian found his joy of cinema in college after leaving an engineering program to pursue history and sociology…

On our year-end episode of ZEISS Full Exposure for 2018, we’re joined by husband and wife filmmaking team Rachel and Richard Prendergast. For their first narrative film, the UK-based production team …