A young man with blonde curly hair and glasses looking directly at the camera, wearing a black hoodie, in a dimly lit indoor setting.

About


Daniel Hollis Diamond is a documentary cinematographer known for combining strong visual composition with emotional clarity. Specializing in verité, his work spans features, television, and commercial, with credits across Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Disney+, and more.

He has filmed in a wide range of environments — from war zones and grieving families to celebrity interviews and political figures. Subjects have included President Obama, Princess Märtha Louise, Spike Lee, Padma Lakshmi, Demi Lovato, Danny DeVito, J. Balvin, Peter Thiel, and the so-called “ISIS Beatles.” Whether working with vulnerable individuals or high-profile talent, Daniel’s strength lies in making people feel safe and seen.

In the commercial world, he’s delivered high-impact visuals for brands like MasterClass, Audemars Piguet, Richard Mille, Beats × Telfar, and Puma. He’s as comfortable working in a small & nimble footprint as he is leading large-scale, multi-camera productions — adapting seamlessly to the needs of each shoot.

Contact: dhd@danielhollisdiamond.com

Credits

    • Coming Soon: Untitled Feature — Directed by Morgan Neville — Tremolo Productions — Los Angeles, California

    • Coming Soon: Untitled Feature — Directed by Jeff Plunket — Muck Media — Los Angeles, California

    • Coming Soon: Untitled Short — Director of Photography — Directed by Cristina Costantini — Muck Media — Los Angeles & Oakland, California

    • Just Kids — Director of Photography — Feature — Directed by Gianna Toboni & Produced by Jacqueline Toboni — Mother Media — Texas, Minnesota, & South Carolina
      Official Selection — Tribeca Film Festival — 2025

    • Rebel Royals — Director of Photography — Feature — ft. Princess Märtha Louise of Norway — Directed by: Rebecca Chaiklin — Netflix — Library Films — Oslo, Alesund, & Geirangerfjord, Norway; Los Angeles, California

    • Thank You Very Much — Additional Cinematography — Feature — ft. Danny DeVito & James L. Brooks — Directed by Alex Braverman — Elara Pictures & Tremelo Productions — Los Angeles, California
      Winner ‘Best Documentary’ — Venice Film Festival — 2023
      Official Selection — Venice Film Festival — 2023

    • Between Life & Death: Terri Schiavo’s Story — Director of Photography — Feature — Directed by Nick Capote — Peacock — Latchkey Films

    • Taking Refuge: Target Tokyo — Director of Photography — Feature & Six Episode Series — Directed by Vanessa Hudson — VICE — Italy, Switzerland, India
      Winner — Gold Telly Award for ‘Online Documentary Series’ — 2021
      Winner — Best Documentary Feature — Jaipur International Film Festival — 2021
      ⬩Official Selection — Jaipur International Film Festival — 2021

    • For What It’s Worth — Director of Photography — Short — Directed by Brendan Gilliam — Union Docs — Long Island, Pennsylvania, & New Jersey
      Official Selection — HollyShorts Film Festival — 2018

    • Coming Soon: Untitled Doc Series — Directed by Chris Smith — Apple TV+ — Library Films — Las Vegas, Nevada & Idaho

    • Coming Soon: Untitled Doc Series — Directed by Morgan Neville — Tremolo Productions — Los Angeles, California

    • Savior Complex — Director of Photography — Three Episode Limited Series — Directed by Jackie Jesko — HBO — Latchkey Films — Kampala & Jinja, Uganda; Virginia, Washington, and Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
      Emmy Nomination — ‘Outstanding Investigative Documentary’ — 2024
      Official Selection — Tribeca Film Festival — 2023

    • The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking The Truth — Cinematographer — Three Episode Limited Series — Directed by Juliette Eisner — Hulu — Muck Media — Paris, France & Los Angeles, California
      Official Selection — Tribeca Film Festival — 2024

    • Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller — Cinematographer One Episode ‘Caught in an African Coup’ & Additional Cinematography Seven Episodes — National Geographic on Disney+ — Muck Media — Niger; Belize; Thailand; Los Angeles, New Orleans, & Phoenix, U.S.A.
      ⬩Most Emmy-nominated unscripted series in a single year in history — 2025

      Official Selection — Tribeca Film Festival — 2024

    • Shadowland — Director of Photography — Six Episode Series — Directed by Alex Braverman, Eve Van Dyke, and Stephen Bailey — Peacock — Radical Media — Washington D.C., Florida, Alabama, Texas, Michigan, U.S.A.
      Winner — Gold Telly Award for ‘Best Documentary Series’ — 2023
      ⬩Official Selection — The Atlantic Festival — 2023

    • Love on the Spectrum U.S. — Director of Photography Seasons 1 & 2 — Six Episodes per Season — Directed by Cian O’Clery — Netflix — Northern Pictures — Los Angeles, California; Boston, Massachusetts; Greenville, South Carolina
      Winner — Emmy for ‘Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program’ — 2022

    • Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi — Director of Photography One Episode ‘From Kabul with Love’ — Directed by Omar Mullick — Hulu — Part2 Pictures — Washington D.C.
      Emmy Nomination — ‘Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special’ — 2023

    • VICE on SHOW — Director of Photography — Three Episodes — Showtime — VICE — Syria
      Emmy Nomination — ‘Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special’ — 2020

    • VICE on HBO — Director of Photography — Ten Episodes — ft. President Obama — HBO — VICE — Manila & Cebu, Phillippines; Taipei, Taiwan; Baghdad, Iraq; Bordeaux, France; Puerto Rico; All across the U.S.A.
      Two Emmy Nominations — ‘Outstanding Informational Series or Special’ — 2017 & 2018

    • Call Her Alex — Additional Cinematography — ft. Alex Cooper — Directed by Ry Russo Young — Hulu — Los Angeles, California
      Official Selection — Tribeca Film Festival — 2025

    • Necaxa with Eva Longoria — Director of Photography — Two Episodes — Hulu — Hyphenate Media — Los Angeles, California

    • Hollywood Hustler — Cinematography — Three Episodes — Directed by Rebecca Chaiklin — Amazon — Library Films — Indianapolis, Indiana

    • A Great Day with J Balvin — Director of Photography — Six Episodes — Directed by Jedd Thomas — ft. Demi Lovato, Jimmy Butler, Anitta, Saweetie, and Xolo Maridueňa — Peacock — Exile Content Studio — Los Angeles, California & Miami, Florida

    • Polo — Director of Photography — Cinematographer — Five Episode Series — Directed by Miloš Balać — Netflix — Boardwalk Pictures & Archwell Productions — Palm Beach, Florida and Montecito, California

    • Demons & Saviors — Cinematographer — One Episode — Directed by Rochelle Widdowson & Alex Waterfield — Hulu — Latchkey Films — Columus, Ohio

    • Earthstorm — Cinematographer — One Episode — Directed by Adam Brown — Netflix — Fairbanks, Alaska

    • Will Reeve: Finding My Father — Director of Photography — Special — Directed by Jeanmarie Condon — ABC — Baja California, Mexico

    • The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet — Segment Director of Photography — Special — Directed by Rupert Smith — Executive Produced by David Attenborough & Prince William — BBC — Fairbanks, Alaska

    • The 1% — Director of Photography — Six Episode Series — Directed by Meher Ahmad, Adam Brown, and Tom Sheahan — CNN — RAW TV — Brazil, Taiwan, & India

    • The Innocence Files — Director of Photography — Three Episode Series — Netflix — Directed by Roger Ross Williams — One Story Up Productions — Mississippi, New York, & Georgia

    • Fringe Nation — Director of Photography — One Episode — Directed by Shawn Killebrew — VICE on TV — VICE — Portland, Oregon

    • Rogue Trip — Director of Photography — Two Episodes — ft. Bob Woodruff — Directed by Nick Capote & — Matt Horowitz Disney+ — ABC — Pakistan & Papua New Guinea

    • Virus Hunters — Director of Photography — Special — Directed by Drew Pulley — National Geographic — ABC — Liberia, Turkey, and Wisconsin, U.S.A.

    • MasterClass: A Sommelier's Snob-Free Guide to Wine with Emily Wines — Director of Photography — Directed by Alex Braverman — Special Order — San Francisco, California

    • MasterClass: Bet Smart: Top Sports Betting Strategies — Cinematographer — Directed by Alex Braverman — Special Order — Los Angeles, California

    • Audemars Piguet — U.S. Director of Photography — Directed by Guillame Mégroz — 23Bis — Miami, Florida

    • Ouster — Director of Photography — Directed by Tim Nesmith — Iraq & U.A.E.

    • Beats by Dre x Telfar — Director of Photography — Directed by Shelby Nico Diamond & Kathryn Zeledon — Paris, France

    • i-D x Richard Mille — Director of Photography — i-D Magazine — Joshua Tree, California

    • The Olympics: A Quiet Court — Director of Photography — Directed by Matt Vega — VICE — Washington D.C.

    • The Olympics: Feed the Flame — Cinematographer — Three Episode Series — Directed by Nina Meredith — VICE — Kazakhstan, Kenya, & Colombia

    • McDonald’s — Director of Photography — Three Episode Series — Directed by Simon Berry — Taylor Made — Texas & North Dakota, U.S.A. & Calgary, Canada

    • ECKO: Undefeated — ft. Danny Garcia — Director of Photography — Directed by Nina Meredith — VICE — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    • TAQA — Director of Photography — Directed by Nick Francis — Casual Films — Kurdistan, Iraq, and U.A.E.

    • Teen Vogue x Puma — New York Director of Photography — Two Episodes — Directed by: Nina Meredith — Condé Nast — New York, New York

    • Brooklyn Made — Director of Photography — ft. Spike Lee — Spike DDB — Brooklyn, New York

    • American Express — Director of Photography — Two Episodes — Directed by Simon Tatum — Taylor Made — Charleston, South Carolina & Oakland, California

    • CVS — Director of Photography — Directed by Shawn Killebrew — Taylor Made — Charlotte, North Carolina

    • Purepoint Financial — Director of Photography — Two Episodes — Directed by Richard Butterworth — Courageous Studios — Vermont & Iowa

    • Google AdWords — Director of Photography — Directed by Anne Hollowday— Lonelyleap — Miami, Florida

    • New York Magazine — Director of Photography — Directed by Adam Ruddick — Casual Films — New York, New York

    • Samsung: Beyond the Frame — Director of Photography — Directed by Tati Barrantes — VICE — Washington D.C.

    • Peroni — Director of Photography — Directed by Mashinka Fourie — SABMiller — New York, New York

    • Old Blue Last TVC — Cinematographer — VICE — Brooklyn, New York

    • Bacardi Old Cuban — Director of Photography — Directed by Berry English — VICE, Brooklyn, New York

    • Shinola TVC — Director of Photography — Directed by Nina Meredith — VICE — Detroit, Michigan

    • Nagico Insurance — Director of Photography — Directed by Tom Silverstone — Casual Films — Trinidad & Tobago

    • The Hidden Third with Mariana van Zeller — Series Cinematography Consultant — Muck Media — Los Angeles, California

    • Interesting Times — Cinematographer — Episode ft. Peter Thiel — The New York Times — Los Angeles, California

    • The Interview — Cinematographer — Episode ft. Cameron Crow — The New York Times — Los Angeles, California