Shaul Schwarz

Personal Info

Known For Director

Shaul Schwarz

Biography

Shaul Schwarz is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, cinematographer and photojournalist based in Brooklyn, NY. His debut documentary, Narco Cultura, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013. He is also a regular photographic contributor to Time magazine and National Geographic and has directed content for Netflix, Discovery Channel, History Channel and CNN. In 2016, he directed the Emmy-winning series A Year in Space, produced with Time’s Red Border Films, co-directed the documentary Aida's Secrets, which premiered at Hot Docs in 2016, and co-directed the Emmy-winning documentary, Trophy, which premiered at Sundance in 2017. Shaul is the co-founder of Reel Peak Films with Christina Clusiau. He was an executive producer and cinematographer on the Netflix documentary series Unnatural Selection and director and executive producer of Immigration Nation. Most recently, Shaul produced Tantura, directed by Alon Schwarz, which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Known For

Director

2024
Fly

as Director

2020
Immigration Nation

as Director

2017
Trophy

as Director

2017
Beyond Silence

as Director

2016
A Year in Space

as Director

2016
Aida's Secrets

as Director

2013
Narco Cultura

as Director

Producer

2024
Fly

as Producer

2023
Shaun White: The Last Run

as Executive Producer

2022
Tantura

as Producer

2019
Unnatural Selection

as Executive Producer

Camera

2015
Southern Rites

as Camera Operator

2013
Miracle Rising: South Africa

as Director of Photography

2013
Narco Cultura

as Director of Photography

Writer

2022
Tantura

as Writer

2013
Narco Cultura

as Writer

Creator

2020