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
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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 — 2025Rebel 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 — 2023Between 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 — 2021For 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
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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 — 2023The 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 — 2024Trafficked 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 — 2024Shadowland — 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 — 2023Love 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’ — 2022Taste 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’ — 2023VICE on SHOW — Director of Photography — Three Episodes — Showtime — VICE — Syria
⬩Emmy Nomination — ‘Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special’ — 2020VICE 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 & 2018Call Her Alex — Additional Cinematography — ft. Alex Cooper — Directed by Ry Russo Young — Hulu — Los Angeles, California
⬩Official Selection — Tribeca Film Festival — 2025Necaxa 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.
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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
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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