Victor Tadashi Suarez is an American director of photography recognized for his documentary filmmaking. He is the cinematographer for The Weekly,[1] from The New York Times.

Victor Tadashi Suarez
Born
Orange, California, United States
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia University
Known forCinematographer
AwardsNews and Documentary Emmy
Websitehttp://www.tadashi.tv

Victor is the director of photography for several feature films including The Infinite Race (2020)[2], for ESPN's 30 for 30 series, and Harvest Season (2018) from Independent Lens[3][4].

In 2020, he received the Edward R Murrow award for his work on Collision, a New York Times documentary following Rukmini Callimachi as she investigates the deaths of two American cyclists in Tajikistan.[5]

From 2013 - 2018 he was the cinematographer for the Al Jazeera English docu-series, Fault Lines, during which time he received seven News and Documentary Emmy nominations for his filmmaking.[6]

Victor graduated from Columbia University in New York in 2011,[7]

Awards and nominations

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  • 2020 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Video Journalism, Collision[8]
  • 2020 - News & Documentary Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine, The Siege of Culiacan[8]
  • 2020 - Overseas Press Club winner of the Edward R Murrow Award, Collision[9]
  • 2018 - News & Documentary Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine, The Ban[10]
  • 2018 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Science, Medical, and Environmental Report, Heroin's Children[10]
  • 2018 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Best Story in a News Magazine, Heroin's Children[10]
  • 2017 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Science, Medical, and Environmental Report, Standing Rock and the Battle Beyond[11]
  • 2016 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine, Forgotten Youth: Inside America's Prisons[12]
  • 2016 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a News Magazine, Conflicted: The Fight for Congo's Minerals[12]
  • 2016 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine, Baltimore Rising[12]
  • 2015 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine, Ferguson: City Under Siege[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Inside a Wildfire Inferno". The New York Times. 2021-01-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  2. ^ "The Infinite Race". Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  3. ^ Fontoura, Maria (2019-06-06). "How Documentarian Bernardo Ruiz Went From Drug Wars to Wine Country". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  4. ^ Anderson, John (2019-05-09). "'Harvest Season' Review: A Field Worth Exploring". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  5. ^ "The New York Times Wins Five O.P.C. Awards". The New York Times Company. 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  6. ^ "Víctor Tadashi Suárez". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  7. ^ "Student Spotlight: Victor Suarez '11 | Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  8. ^ a b Pillitteri, Paul (21 September 2020). "Winners in Television News Programming for the 41st Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards Announced" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
  9. ^ "08 The Edward R. Murrow Award Archives". OPC. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  10. ^ a b c "News & Documentary Emmy Awards (2018)". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  11. ^ "News & Documentary Emmy Awards (2017)". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  12. ^ a b c "News & Documentary Emmy Awards (2016)". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  13. ^ "News & Documentary Emmy Awards (2015)". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
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