director of photography | commercial / documentary / narrative
Hi! I'm Helena.
I'm a queer and nonbinary Austrian-American freelance cinematographer, cam op, and FAA-certified drone operator based in Denver, Colorado.
My favorite projects are those that tell stories not often told. I'm deeply committed to creating safe sets and uplifting marginalized voices. I believe that all media should be created with rigorous intentionality.
I have a bachelor's degree from Grinnell College and FAMU, Prague in Film Production, Communications, and Media Studies. I'm a 2020 Thomas J. Watson Fellow and I have academic and practical experience in digital and celluloid film production, digital and film photography, film development, animation, museum curation and installation, and book publication.
Let's chat!
email: helena@hiddenwoodsfilm.com
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Trailblaze (commercial documentary)
CHHAYA (short film)
Against All Odds (documentary)
Homebound (commercial)
UAP - The Truth (documentary film)
Zero to Sixty (music video)
Evinced Cafe (commercial)
Grand Lakes (commercial)
Practicing Freedom (documentary)
Solid Power (commercial)
Plural (Love) (short film)
UFOs - The Facts (documentary)
Neat Loans (commercial)
Unsupervised (commercial)
Jetson Adventure (commercial)
Father of Lies // The Velveteers (music video)
Making Her(Story) (TV series)
Happy Birthday Charlie (feature narrative)
Raise the Future (corporate series)
Harnessing Fear (feature doc)
Womanhood (TV series)
Synergy ADHA (corporate)
Gobi Heat (commercial series)
Beneath the Mansion (feature doc)
American Homes 4 Rent (commercial)
SnackCrate (commercial series)
Proposition 115 (mini-doc)
PVREA Colorado Wildfire (mini-doc)
Heartbreak + Bad Jokes (published book)
Kamal for Iowa 2020 (social media campaign)
Then + Now: A Mixed Memory Exhibition
Hidden Woods Media (social media campaign)
ECCNC Spot (corporate)
Myths, Lyrics, and Landscapes (mini-doc)
Alma Lasers (corporate)
Compost Colorado (commercial)
Postmortem // FAMU (short film)
Hodit se k Sobe (Dovetail) // FAMU (short film)
Hy-Vee “EZ-PZ” (ad series)
Country Clipper (ad series)
Conditions // Squirrel Flower (music video)
Just for You // Riverbed Theatre Co (theatre)
Quest Deferment (short film)
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