Sarah Simka Jaffe is a Bay Area-based Director of Photography and Focus Puller. She studied filmmaking at University of California Santa Cruz. She is interested in narrative & documentary film making, and making weird music videos with her friends.

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DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

2018 "Land is Life" - Documentary

2018 "Empower Me Academy" Advertisement

2018 "CYCLES" dir Latajh Weaver, Series

2018 "Face to Face - Kendra McKinley" dir Staci Degagne, Music Video

2018 "Art vs the World" dir Leila Block, Doc

2018 "eBay Fashion" Campaign

2017 "Jean-Paul Bourdier" Documentary

2017 "Tales from Ten Forward, Episode 5" dir Evie Vincent, Web Series

2017 "Just Peanuts - Salami Rose Joe Louis" Music Video

2015 "Boxers" - 2min

2015 "Losing Sleep Over the Cretaceous - Salami Rose Joe Louis" - 2min

2015 "Rock the Club" dir. Rex Winterbottom - 20min

2014 "Lipstick" dir. Rogelio Pizano - 3min

2014 "Part 5 - Claire Williams" 2min

2014 "Argument" dir. Tennessee Reed - 2min

2012 "Nachos - Easton Allyn" 3min

2011 "Beatrice" 6min

2010 "How I Hope to Meet You" 6min

2010 "Healthy and Happy Adults" 3min

2010 "Video Message to an Elephant" 2min

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DIRECTOR

2017 "Jean-Paul Bourdier" Documentary - 20min

2015 "Inundatie" 4min

2015 "Boxers" - 2min

2015 "Losing Sleep Over the Cretaceous - Salami Rose Joe Louis" - 2min

2014 "Part 5 - Claire Williams" 2min

2012 "Nachos - Easton Allyn" 3min

2011 "Wikipedia to Pure Reason" 2min

2011 "Beatrice" 6min

2010 "How I Hope to Meet You" 6min

2010 "Healthy and Happy Adults" 3min

2010 "Video Message to an Elephant" 2min

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PRODUCTION DESIGN

2015 "Inundatie" 4min

2015 "Boxers" - 2min

2015 "Losing Sleep Over the Cretaceous - Salami Rose Joe Louis" - 2min

2014 "Part 5 - Claire Williams" 2min

2011 "Peaking Lights - Hey Sparrow" dir. Cam Archer - 4min

2011 "Beatrice" 6min

2010 "How I Hope to Meet You" 6min

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FESTIVALS

2018 Films to the People, Berkeley, CA - "CYCLES"

2015 Not Another Film Festival, Berkeley, CA - "Inundatie"

2015 Festival Silencio, Lisbon - "Part 5 - Claire Williams"

2011 Santa Cruz Int'l Film Festival, Santa Cruz, CA - "Wikipedia to Pure Reason"

CAMERA OPERATOR

• Wish - 2019

• Sephora Promos - 2018

• Slack & WeWork Promo - 2018

• eBay Fashion - RG/A - 2018

• Adobe - emotion studioes - 2018

• Facebook - Hello Design - 2018

• Slack & Panasonic Promo - 2018

• Zoom Conferencing Live Stream - Williams Signal - 2018

• So Sick, Documentary - 2017

• Hollister presents "This is Summer!" - AwesomenessTV - 2017

• June Life - 2017-19

• Burma Superstar Tea Leaf Salad - 2016

• One of Many Documentary - 2017

• V-Dog Lifestyle Videos - 2016

• Hampton Creek Recipe Videos - 2016

• CSFPS Live Stream - Maas Clinic - 2016

• Art vs the World - 2016-2019

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1st AC / Focus Puller

• AirBnB - DP Caleb Hellerman - 2019

• "In Case of You" - DP Favienne Howsepienne - 2019

• "Micky" - DP Andy Hoffman, 2018

• Google AI video - DP Cisco Rivera, 2018

• Adobe Promo - DP Cisco Rivera, 2018

• GitHub - Paths to the Future - DP Heyjin Jun, 2018

• Slack Technologies - DP Heyjin Jun, 2018

• Tangible Play - DP Daphne Wu - 2018

• "Lie Here" Music Video DP Natalie Newman, 2018

• "Standstill" Short Film - DP Jordan Castro - 2018

• "The Statue" Short Film - DP Natalie Newman - 2017

• Target Promo - DP Natalie Newman - Sept 2017

• Auster - Victor Wang Studios - August 2017

• ProBar - Victor Wang Studios - Jan. 2017

• Empower ME Ad - Victor Wang Studios - Nov. 2016

• "Superherorolemodel" - DP Elysia Liaw - May 2016

• Adrift in Sunset - DP Natalie Newman - 2015

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Film & Digital Media - University of California, Santa Cruz - 2011

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Multimedia Dept. Film Production - Berkeley City College - 2014-2016