Documentary Cinematographer in Florida
Documentary is where Hundred Films lives most often. Recent work includes ESPN College Gameday's Lee Corso special "Not So Fast, My Friend," series and feature work for Google Cloud, WebMD, and the New York Times, and Florida stories like "Protect Our Paradise" and "The Comeback." Pete Gill shoots as a documentary DP across Florida and travels worldwide.
WORKED WITH: ESPN · GOOGLE CLOUD · WEBMD · NEW YORK TIMES · AMEX
Pete Gill is a 4x Emmy Award–winning director of photography based in Florida, shooting documentary, branded content, commercial, and tabletop food work for clients including ESPN, NBC, CBS, Netflix, Prime Video, Disney, Coca-Cola, and American Express.
More about documentary work
Shooting documentary in the field
Documentary cinematography is mostly a problem of readiness. The moment that makes the film usually happens once, often in a room nobody scouted, and the DP's job is to have already solved the light, the lens, and the sound-adjacent camera position before it arrives.
That is the work Hundred Films does most often: network and streaming nonfiction for ESPN, Google Cloud, WebMD, and the New York Times, alongside Florida stories like Protect Our Paradise and The Comeback. ESPN College Gameday's Lee Corso special, Not So Fast, My Friend, is on this page.
Interviews, verite, and the long shoot
A documentary day usually asks for both registers. A sit-down interview needs a considered, repeatable setup that will cut against material shot months apart. A verite follow needs the opposite: one operator, minimal footprint, and the discipline to keep rolling when something starts to happen.
Pete shoots both, and plans the package around whichever dominates the schedule. Long-lens follows, handheld interior work, drone and establishing photography, and controlled interview setups all sit inside the same kit. For multi-day or multi-city shoots, the camera package travels from Florida with the DP.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Q. What documentary work have you shot?
Network and streaming nonfiction, including ESPN College Gameday's Lee Corso special, Google Cloud, WebMD, and the New York Times, plus Florida-based series work like Protect Our Paradise and The Comeback.
Q. Do you shoot documentaries outside Florida?
Yes. Pete Gill is Florida-based and shoots worldwide.
Q. Can you handle interviews and vérité in one shoot?
Yes — sit-down interviews, vérité follows, and establishing photography are all core to the work.
Q. Do you work as a one-man band or with a crew?
Both. Pete shoots solo when the story needs a small footprint, and builds out a camera department when the schedule or the scale calls for it.
Q. How do I start a conversation about a documentary?
Text Pete at (352) 223-1908 or send details through the contact page.