Matt Landfield, Founder, Filmmaker

A native New Yorker, Matt Landfield is a director and cinematographer for narrative, documentary and interactive content including film, video, and live broadcasting. He is a Co-Founder of TimeTravlr Creative. Matt has shot and directed documentary work for the United Nations Global Compact, the Associated Press, Jazz at Lincoln Center and 3Generations, among many other clients. He has also produced and directed documentary-based work for Google, Microsoft, Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, Pfizer, Astrazeneca, Toyota, and nonprofits and philanthropies including the William G. McGowan Fund and The JM Kaplan Fund. The From the Ground Up documentary series about community development in Brownsville, Brooklyn that he conceived and developed for JPMorgan Chase won the 2015 Contently Award. Recently, Matt Landfield directed and produced the feature documentary Educating Leaders in an Uncertain World: The McGowan Fellowship, which received a silver award at the Spotlight Documentary Film Awards. 

Landfield’s cinematography work also includes the narrative short films Plot, winner of best mockumentary at the Austin Comedy Short Film Festival, and Consider the Sparrow, nominated for best short at New York Shorts International Film Festival and winner of best lighting at the Nomadic International Film Festival.

He most recently shot the documentary Here Lived (2024) for 3Generations, and is currently directing and producing Private Money Public Power, a documentary about the history of philanthropy in the United States.

Sophia Betz, Co-Founder Emeritus, Editor

Sophia Betz is a filmmaker, Co-Founder Emeritus of TimeTravlr Creative, and video editor living in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a BA in Film from Vassar College and enjoys working on a variety of projects from web shorts to features, corporate marketing videos to experimental films. She has worked on feature films such as 'We Could Be King' (Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Documentary, 2015), and ‘Keepers of the Game’ (Tribeca Film Festival Official Selection, 2016), and the short film ‘Lightning Bugs in a Jar’ (Cannes Short Film Corner, 2015). She has also produced and edited mini-docs for Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center, including the series ‘A Night in the Life’ (Webby Awards Official Honoree, 2016). She plays guitar and piano for Kyle Tigges and Mississippi Cotten, and is a hobbyist photographer.

Patrice Bowman, Colorist & Producer, Bowman Pictures

Established in 2018 by award-winning writer/director and colorist Patrice D. Bowman, Bowman Pictures is an independent production and post-production company located in New York City. Bowman Pictures develops and produces award-winning original films, produces commissioned short-form projects for creatives, and provides coloring services for the projects of talented filmmakers (who have screened at the Tribeca Festival and on PBS Reel South) and of many well-known brands, such as Target and Nike. Through our work on narrative films, documentaries, commercials, and branded content, we focus on underrepresented stories that inspire, entertain, and educate.

Sara Kinney, Cinematographer

Sara Kinney

Sara Kinney is an American cinematographer known for an emotionally resonant, poetic naturalism. She’s shot for National Geographic, HBO, Vice News, Showtime, Channel4, and Disney+ on issues such as political conflict, women’s rights, wildlife conservation, gender identity, and the intersection of art and technology. She’s known for stories about marginalized cultures and visionary outsiders. Her work has screened at Sundance, TriBeCa, SXSW, The Cannes Short Film Corner, and festivals all over the world.

Sara holds a BFA from Pratt Institute, and an MFA in cinematography from the American Film Institute, where she was nominated for an ASC student heritage award. 

A member of the Society of Camera Operators, Sara shoots aerials (FAA-107 certified), enjoys shooting underwater (PADI certified diver), is a Phantom technician, and makes her own hot sauce.

Jason Joseffer, Cinematographer

Jason Joseffer is a San Francisco based Cinematographer. Cinematography is a true passion of Jason’s. He finds every aspect of filmmaking fascinating, from the collaboration of artists to the science of optics and light.

According to Jason: “I’ve always been a do-it yourself person, believing in the sense of pride and satisfaction in creating something.  I build my own camera parts, re-house vintage lenses and hope, one day, to design and grind my own optics.  I believe in the personal touch and the power of fusing one’s energy into the craft.  Gaffer, Yann Duarte whom I respect dearly, once told me, “The great films are comprised of many small details, and it’s the small details that make great film.”  These words resonate encouraging experimentation, taking-chances, bold decisions and tending to every detail no matter how big or small.”

Jason’s high school years coincided with the heyday of Cable-Access television in San Francisco.  One afternoon, while flipping through channels, Jason happened upon a Public Service Announcement offering free training on how to produce a TV show.  Learning how to work with a camera ignited a passion that ultimately lead him to pursue a degree in filmmaking at UC Santa Cruz.  

Jason’s first job post-graduation was working as a local news camera operator.   Working the night-shift freed up daylight hours, thereby allowing him to pursue Craigslist crew listings to work as a Production Assistant, Boom Operator, camera trainee or any other role available.   At this time, Jason met an octogenarian camera assistant on a short film who later trained him as a film-loader.  Honing in on camera department, he eventually moved up to focus-pulling, exposing him to talented cinematographers from all over the world.  Watching them work, Jason could see his own place in the film industry and enthusiastically resolved to further his career in cinematography.

In 2010 Jason lensed his first feature film, Coldwood  and has been working solely as a cinematographer ever since.  Between films, he’s shot countless commercials, documentaries and music videos.  In 2017 his music video On the Road was featured in Film and Digital Times magazine and praised for his ingenuity of designing and machining a pinhole lens.  In  2019, a Sci-Fi feature he photographed, The Alternate, screened at major festivals around the world and won prizes in cinematography.  His recent doc feature, Like A Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres. premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and is available on Netflix.  

In 2021 Jason was admitted into the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Vision Mentorship program, where he has benefitted from access to, and guidance from, America’s top cinematographers.  This has become a place where he can ask questions, seek insight and continue advancing his craft.  At the start of 2022 Jason officially qualified for, and became a member of, the International Cinematographers Guild (Local 600), where he now looks forward to furthering his exploration into long-form storytelling.

Declan Zimmerman, Animator, Perpetual Motion

Perpetual Motion Graphics runs on solid design fundamentals, relentless exploration and falafel from the corner deli.

In a design and motion graphics career spanning two decades, founder and principal Declan Zimmermann has created work for the world’s leading entertainment companies and brands, including Disney, HBO, PBS, Nike, Adidas and Toyota, as well as titles and visual effects for feature films. His roles have included strategic consulting, creative direction, art direction, project management, motion design and animation.

Routinely delivering work that is above and beyond the ordinary, Declan brings to each project broad creative and technical expertise as well as the ability to assemble top-notch teams to meet new challenges.

Declan graduated Summa Cum Laude from Williams College with a BA in English and minors in Studio Art and Computer Science. He has continued his education in graphic design at School of Visual Arts and filmmaking at Film In The Cities. He teaches animation at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the Brooklyn College Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema.

Ali Cotterill, Editor

Ali Cotterill is a filmmaker and editor with 15 years experience editing stories about real people. She brings a filmmaker’s eye for story to every edit. She’s edited 250+ short doc films for Fortune 500 companies and non-profits alike, as well as documentary features and series for PBS. She recently relocated from Brooklyn, NY to Amsterdam, Netherlands where she is biking all over town and checking out all the retro video game arcades.

Ann Hamilton & Jeremy Folmer, A&J Creative

A & J Creative is a creative partnership between Jeremy Folmer and Ann Hamilton, formed in 2016. Under this production company, they have partnered with other like-minded creatives and produced two award-winning original short films, with a third in post-production. Jeremy is an actor, director, producer, editor, and a photographer. Ann is an actor, producer, writer, acting coach and teacher. They also write and shoot footage for actor’s reels together.