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wes

Wes Browning has spent the past ten years as a filmmaker dedicated to telling stories that capture the human spirit. His passion is creating documentary films, both for film festivals and for non-profit clients. His work with non-profits allows these organizations to tell their story and describe their mission to their supporters and potential donors.

Wes has a particular passion for stories that relate to Africa. He and his wife, Melissa Browning, have traveled throughout the sub-Saharan Africa region and lived for two years in Kenya working with refugees and street children. Wes just returned from a year in Tanzania where he was doing research for a feature film on child-headed households. The children in the film were orphaned by HIV/AIDS and now live alone, caring for themselves and their siblings.

Wes currently lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife Melissa and his daughter, Olivia.

 

Filmography

Corporate and Non-profit Pieces

  • All Terrain Marketing - Empress by Sean John Sampling Event, Atlanta, Georgia (2011)
  • Cancer Treatment Centers of America - Groundbreaking Ceremony, Newnan, Georgia (2011)
  • Passport Camps - Offering promotion for China Emphasis (2011)
  • Cooperative Baptist Fellowship - Offering for Global Missions promotion (2011)
  • Cooperative Baptist Fellowship - Offering for Global Missions promotion (2010)
  • Touching Miami with Love - Promotional Video - Miami, Florida (2010)
  • Africa Exchange - Promotional Video - Nairobi, Kenya (2010)
  • Cooperative Baptist Fellowship - Offering for Global Missions promotion (2009)
  • Cooperative Baptist Fellowship - CBF Disaster Response (2008)
  • Loyola University Chicago - Joan and Bill Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage, lecture series (2008)
  • Cooperative Baptist Fellowship - Ethiopia, Hardings News Piece (2007)
  • Obama campaign neighborhood gathering (volunteer created web video) (2007)
  • First Slice - Short Documentary - Director and Cinematographer (2006)
  • Passport Inc. - Youth Camp Promotional Video (2004, 2005)
  • Passport Inc. - Kids Camp Promotional Video (2004, 2005)
  • Passport Inc. - Echo Camp Promotional Video (2005)
  • Passport Inc. - Antiphony event review (2005)
  • Passport Inc. - Kenya Camp Video (2003, 2005)
  • Bridging the Gap Promotional Video - Pokot, Kenya (2003)
  • Africa Exchange Short Promotional Video - Nairobi, Kenya (2003)
  • Baylor University - African Studies Department - Jon Jonnson lecture series (2002)
  • Cooperative Baptist Fellowship - NYC ministries video gathering (2002)
  • Calvary Baptist Church, Celebrating our Gifts - Waco, Texas (2002)
  • Baylor University - Center for American Jewish Studies, lecture series (2001-2002)
  • Baylor University - Alpha Chi Omega rush video (2001-2002)
  • Cooperative Baptist Fellowship - Nairobi, Kenya video gathering (2001)
  • Africa Exchange Promotional Video - Nairobi, Kenya (2001)
  • McLennan Community College - Adult Education Year in Review (2001)

Documentaries and Narrative Films

  • Ethnography as Feminist Praxis (2010) Short Documentary - Director, Cinematographer, Editor
  • Good Coffee (In Post Production, releases in 2011) Short Documentary - Director, Cinematographer, Editor
  • Love Delivered (2010)- Short Documentary - Director, Cinematographer
  • James Bond: a Story of a Chicago Projectionist (2010) - Cinematographer, editor
  • Embodied Participatory Learning (Loyola University, filmed in South Africa and Chicago) - Director, Cinematographer, Editor (2007)
  • A BIGGER Place (2007) Short Narrative - Director, Cinematographer, Editor
  • What's Inside? (2007) Short Narrative - Director, Editor
  • Jenga and Hyde (2007) Short Narrative - Unit Production Manager
  • Morning Swim (2007) Short Narrative - Director, Cinematographer, Editor
  • Jack's Day (2007) Short Documentary - Director, Cinematographer, Editor
  • First Slice (2006) Short Documentary - Director, Cinematographer, Editor
  • The Devil's Dominoes (2006) Feature Film - Production Assistant
  • Hunger Pains (2006) Short Narrative - Unit Production Manager

Memberships/Affilliations

  • IDA - International Documentary Association
  • IFP - Independent Feature Project

Equipment Experience

Current

  • Shooting in HD with the Sony’s XDCam PMW-EX1
  • Editing with Apple’s Final Cut Pro Studio System

Past Experience

  • Bolex 16mm Camera
  • Panasonic HVX200
  • Panasonic DVX100
  • Sony PD170
  • Sony DSR250
  • Avid Xpress Pro
  • Avid Media Composer