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I am a documentary-focused camera operator, producer and editor with over a decade of international broadcasting experience. I specialize in shooting, editing and producing fast-turnaround news and feature pieces, as well as running live studio operations and coordinating crews across continents. My career has taken me from Nairobi to Beirut to Beijing to land in Amsterdam, always aiming to tell stories with clarity, empathy and strong visuals under tight deadlines in challenging environments.…I am a documentary-focused camera operator, producer and editor with over a decade of international broadcasting experience. I specialize in shooting, editing and producing fast-turnaround news and feature pieces, as well as running live studio operations and coordinating crews across continents. My career has taken me from Nairobi to Beirut to Beijing to land in Amsterdam, always aiming to tell stories with clarity, empathy and strong visuals under tight deadlines in challenging environments.

Marc Hofer

Camera Operator, Video Editor, Videographer, +2

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I am a documentary-focused camera operator, producer and editor with over a decade of international broadcasting experience. I specialize in shooting, editing and producing fast-turnaround news and feature pieces, as well as running live studio operations and coordinating crews across continents. My career has taken me from Nairobi to Beirut to Beijing to land in Amsterdam, always aiming to tell stories with clarity, empathy and strong visuals under tight deadlines in challenging environments.…I am a documentary-focused camera operator, producer and editor with over a decade of international broadcasting experience. I specialize in shooting, editing and producing fast-turnaround news and feature pieces, as well as running live studio operations and coordinating crews across continents. My career has taken me from Nairobi to Beirut to Beijing to land in Amsterdam, always aiming to tell stories with clarity, empathy and strong visuals under tight deadlines in challenging environments.

Available to hire

I am a documentary-focused camera operator, producer and editor with over a decade of international broadcasting experience. I specialize in shooting, editing and producing fast-turnaround news and feature pieces, as well as running live studio operations and coordinating crews across continents.

My career has taken me from Nairobi to Beirut to Beijing to land in Amsterdam, always aiming to tell stories with clarity, empathy and strong visuals under tight deadlines in challenging environments.

Skills

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Expert

C++

Intermediate

Python

Beginner

Language

English

Fluent

German

Fluent

Chinese

Beginner

Work Experience

Senior Camera, Production and Video Editor at ITV

September 1, 2023 - April 1, 2025

Production of general news content for international broadcaster ITV in conjunction with a correspondent and a series of producers on the current affairs in Asia and Global.

Senior Camera, Production and Video Editor at Sky News

September 1, 2022 - August 1, 2023

Production of general news content for Sky News in conjunction with a correspondent and a series of producers on the current affairs in Europe and Global. Operation of the Sky News live studio.

Senior Camera Operator, Studio Manager and Editor at Sky News

July 1, 2018 - August 1, 2022

Production of breaking news content for Sky News in conjunction with a correspondent and a series of producers on current affairs in China and Asia. Operation and management of the Sky News live studio.

Freelance Producer and Camera Operator at Various broadcasters

August 1, 2015 - July 1, 2018

Worked for several different news organizations and TV broadcasters as videographer, editor and producer for news and feature documentaries, image films and long form documentaries across East Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

Videojournalist / Video-Editor at UNHCR

March 1, 2013 - August 1, 2015

Producing broadcast content in Lebanon about the Syrian refugee crisis by shooting, editing and voicing broadcast pieces for international news media, enabling refugees to tell their stories.

Freelance Photo- and Videojournalist at Various

September 1, 2009 - September 1, 2013

Freelance photographer and photojournalist in East Africa for Associated Press, AFP and EPA, covering political and social issues across the Great Lakes region.

Photoeditor at Insight Namibia

September 1, 2007 - September 1, 2009

Leading photo editor at the contemporary news magazine Insight Namibia. Responsible for visual look and feel, photo editing, photographic illustration and guidance of staff photographers.

Database Server Backend Application Developer at Microsoft

August 1, 2000 - June 1, 2002

Design and coding of commercial database applications and tools in C and C++ for SQL interfaces. Extended experience in operations and processing of big data sets in a distributed working environment and network management.