About Jeff Gatesman

Iam an award winning cinematographer and still photographer who has been working in film production for almost 20 years and have experience that spans all media from fine art photography and independent films to commercial television and very large budget studio features.

I am a graduate of Columbia College’s film program with focused studies in cinematography, and have studied Photography at the world famous FAMU in Prague, CZ.

Early on my career, Chicago Independent Magazine wrote of the Lifetime-aired feature film Solstice: “Jeff Gatesman graces Solstice with excellent cinematography not typically seen in independent films.”

Most recently I shot and directed Full Contact Scrabble–which has taken the audience choice award at the Third Screen Film Festival, won second prize from Samy’s HDSLR film contest, and screened at the Los Angeles Comedy Festival and the L.A. Shorts Festival.

Awards
Awarded Nominee in the Photography Masters Cup of the International Color Awards for the image Derby Doll.
Gold Aurora Award for Amazonas a documentary shot on location in the Brazilian Amazon
Honorable Mention from the Advertising Photographers of America for A Quiet Bright Reedsong, portrait of a Whirling Dervish.

Platinum Telly for Next Opinion, shot on location in Santo Domingo, D.R. for Microsoft.

I have shot all over the world, in Belfast, London, Cambridge, Johannesburg, Taipei, Hong Kong, Prague, Dominican Republic and Brazil, and am a member of The International Cinematographers Guild, and The Advertising Photographers of America. My experience with technology ranges from 16 and 35mm film to a long and varied history of digital cinema from the earliest AVID system in 1993 to today’s newest cameras and 3D technology, Digital still cameras and post production.