// About
Michael Cimpher is a freelance documentary director and cinematographer based in Kingston, New York.
He has produced, directed, and filmed work for PBS, NOVA, BBC, HBO Max, Discovery+, HGTV, National Geographic, Amazon Prime, A&E, and Windfall Films, spanning broadcast documentary and unscripted television.
He served as producer and director on For the Love of Kitchens (HBO Max), a Daytime Emmy-nominated series.
He is currently finishing his first feature documentary, ‘And it was only a dream’.
And is currently filming the feature documentary, ‘Hit that like button’.
// Awards
Arts Mid-Hudson Grant winner for the project ‘And it was only a dream’, 2025
NY Emmy Nomination, Camera Operator, Branded Content, 2025
Winner - Best 360 Feature Film, Producer, Indirect Actions, Horsetooth, Int’l Film Festival, 2020
Winner - Fulldome Film Long Form, Producer, Indirect Actions, Macon Film Festival, 2020
Winner - Impact Award, Producer, Indirect Actions, Fivars, 2020
Winner - Best Documentary Dome Feature, Producer, Indirect Actions, DTLA 2019
Bronze Telly Award, Editor, Craft-Use of 360, 2018
// Press
First Showing - David Bowie Documentary, ‘Final Act’
PBS documentary, ‘Extreme Engineering’
Director Ian Derry’s COVID documentary, ‘Eyewitness’
// Training
2021 OSHA 10-hour Safety Training
2018 PADI Open Water certification
2017 MSHA Certification
2010 MA in Film Production, London Film School - Focus on camera/directing
2003 16mm filmmaking, London Film Academy
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I’m currently focused on making my own films.
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