Sean Hanley

Ahead of our screening tomorrow at @movingimagenyc First Look, here’s some BTS from our second major shoot in the Humboldt Redwoods. We followed the Ecological Archive as they used thirty-two GoPro cameras to capture visual scans of Redwood groves for future use in AI sensing — major thank you to Ryan Hill at @lensrentals for supporting their project and hooking us up with so many cameras. We then met up with Griff Griffith aka @thenaturenut on some science communication TikToks in the forest.

NYC Theatrical Premiere of CONBODY VS EVERYBODY - Sunday, April 26! Please join us at 12:30 pm on April 26 for an immersive special screening of CONBODY VS EVERYBODY followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Debra Granik and Conbody Founder, Coss Marte. Shown in two parts with an intermission. Screening location: @metrograph 7 Ludlow Street, New York, NY 10002 Link to tickets in bio Meerkats @eric_phhhh and @seen.hanley served as Co-DPS!! Directed by Debra Granik, Conbody vs Everybody is an immersive portrait of life after prison, and the steep obstacles that ex-cons face as they try to reenter a society that does not welcome them. If you can’t make this screening, the series will be screened over three nights at @dctvny on April 28, 29, & May 1. We hope to see you there! #conbodyvseverybody #metrograph

@humboldtusa premieres today at @visionsdureel and I’m excited to experience it with our core film-family all present in Nyon. From the very moment @gasvatek told me about his idea, I was hooked and begged him to let me be a part of it. This was way back in 2017! Our first shoot together was February 2021, and we traveled into the high desert of Northern Nevada in Humboldt County to film a big horn sheep relocation effort. This first shoot would be my leap into becoming a feature doc DP with my own kit. What better testing grounds than with a dear friend. I’ll be sharing more fun BTS over the course of the week.

Thrilled to return to AFO for our Czech Premiere! @afo_olomouc . So much of the film’s journey began with the support we received from AFO’s Camp4Science 2022 program in Olomouc. We love their amazing staff and curators and can’t wait to see the again. Encouraging everyone working on a science-related doc to apply! . Date: April 29, 2026 . Director & Writer: G. Anthony Svatek @gasvatek Producer: Elijah Stevens @elijahstvns Executive Producer: Heather A. Baldry @fgybtmgrl Co-Producer: Sean Hanley @seen.hanley Cinematographers: Sean Hanley @seen.hanley & G. Anthony Svatek @gasvatek Editors: Kaija Siirala & G. Anthony Svatek @gasvatek Sound Design: Kaija Siirala Original Music: Celia Hollander @ceellliiiia Colorist: Natacha Ikoli @natachaikoli Archival Producer: Elijah Stevens @elijahstvns Additional Archival Research: Monica Berra @mmberra Titles: Zach Nichols @moosemeace Re-Recording Mix: Christopher Koch / @postworksnewyork Fiscal Sponsor: Maysles Documentary Center @mayslesdocumentarycenter PR: Noise Film & TV @noisefilmtv A massive thank you to our participants in these Humboldt placenames who over the course of six years have trusted us with their time, energy, and resources. Made with support from: @fordfoundation @nyscouncilonthearts @movingimagenyc @jihlava_idff @afo_olomouc @thegotham @sheffdocfest @squeakybuffalo @dokfest A @space_time_films production In Association with Kulturfolger Productions, Ford Foundation JustFilms, and @narrowvisionendeavors

New York City - mark your calendars! Coming right off the heels of our World Premiere, HUMBOLDT USA will have its first U.S. screening at the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look festival! @movingimagenyc . Date: Saturday, May 2, 3:30pm . This is particularly meaningful after having participated in the Working On It program in 2025, so we’re honored to have our North American Premiere at First Look this year! . Director & Writer: G. Anthony Svatek @gasvatek Producer: Elijah Stevens @elijahstvns Executive Producer: Heather A. Baldry @fgybtmgrl Co-Producer: Sean Hanley @seen.hanley Cinematographers: Sean Hanley @seen.hanley & G. Anthony Svatek @gasvatek Editors: Kaija Siirala & G. Anthony Svatek @gasvatek Sound Design: Kaija Siirala Original Music: Celia Hollander @ceellliiiia Colorist: Natacha Ikoli @natachaikoli Archival Producer: Elijah Stevens @elijahstvns Additional Archival Research: Monica Berra @mmberra Titles: Zach Nichols @moosemeace Re-Recording Mix: Christopher Koch / @postworksnewyork Fiscal Sponsor: Maysles Documentary Center @mayslesdocumentarycenter PR: Noise Film & TV @noisefilmtv . A massive thank you to our participants in these Humboldt placenames who over the course of six years have trusted us with their time, energy, and resources. . Made with support from: @fordfoundation @nyscouncilonthearts @movingimagenyc @jihlava_idff @afo_olomouc @thegotham @sheffdocfest @squeakybuffalo @dokfest A @space_time_films production In Association with Kulturfolger Productions, Ford Foundation JustFilms, and @narrowvisionendeavors

HUMBOLDT USA will celebrate its World Premiere at Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland! @visionsdureel We are honored to be part of the International Feature Competition among such unique programming and couldn’t think of a better home from which to launch the film! . Dates: April 22nd & April 24th. . Environmental struggles in three places named after 19th century gay naturalist Alexander von Humboldt - the so-called “grandfather of ecology” - interweave in this deep look at American nature, set amidst climate collapse and technological alienation. From helicoptering bighorn sheep in the Nevada desert, to fighting urban highways in Buffalo, NY, to digitizing ancient redwood forests in Northern California, HUMBOLDT USA is a fraught love letter to an ambiguous historical figure and to everyday Americans who have humbly tasked themselves with understanding and responding to their rapidly changing environments. . Director & Writer: G. Anthony Svatek @gasvatek Producer: Elijah Stevens @elijahstvns Executive Producer: Heather A. Baldry @fgybtmgrl Co-Producer: Sean Hanley @seen.hanley Cinematographers: Sean Hanley @seen.hanley & G. Anthony Svatek @gasvatek Editors: Kaija Siirala & G. Anthony Svatek @gasvatek Sound Design: Kaija Siirala Original Music: Celia Hollander @ceellliiiia Colorist: Natacha Ikoli @natachaikoli Archival Producer: Elijah Stevens @elijahstvns Additional Archival Research: Monica Berra @mmberra Titles: Zach Nichols @moosemeace Re-Recording Mix: Christopher Koch / @postworksnewyork Fiscal Sponsor: Maysles Documentary Center @mayslesdocumentarycenter PR: Noise Film & TV @noisefilmtv . A massive thank you to our participants in these Humboldt placenames who over the course of six years have trusted us with their time, energy, and resources. . Made with support from: @fordfoundation @nyscouncilonthearts @movingimagenyc @jihlava_idff @afo_olomouc @thegotham @sheffdocfest @squeakybuffalo @dokfest . A @space_time_films production In Association with Kulturfolger Productions, Ford Foundation JustFilms, and @narrowvisionendeavors

The big news from last week is that JANE ELLIOTT AGAINST THE WORLD is premiering at the 2026 #SundanceFilmFestival! It was a true pleasure to work with the @flatbushpictures team again on this documentary. I started out with them as an additional operator on 2016’s Keepers of the Game, and here we are a decade later. Thanks to director @juddehrlich and co-DP @peter_bunnz for the opportunity to grow as a cinematographer. I’m excited for folks to see the film. Jane will make you laugh. She’ll make you angry. She won’t back down from her message. @janeelliottfilm is a @flatbushpictures Production Director / Producer: @juddehrlich Producers: @maxapowers @elenagaby_ DPs: @peter_bunnz @seen.hanley Editors: @maxapowers @leahbloeme @wakeupalbs Composer: @kharrari Supervising Archival Producer: @fraukenyc Associate Producer: @t.sadie.a AEs: @t.sadie.a @ligikad @misterjozu Additional cinematography: @brucejamesbales @ben.bishop @swollnetten Tom Haraden @graciebeckercam +more!

Deeply grateful and humbled (Humboldt?) to have received support from Ford Foundation to complete our feature documentary, HUMBOLDT USA. . Amidst public funding cuts and shrinking support for artistic, noncommercial films, it strikes us as close to a miracle. . Thank you @fordfoundation for seeing our vision and believing in the film! We’re in the final stretch, thanks to this support, and looking to share it with the world soon. Until then, enjoy a couple of sneak-peek stills.

3/27/24

Tonight is the @cinema.eye.honors and CONTRACTIONS is nominated alongside five other incredible short nonfiction films. “In Memphis, a doctor and volunteer driver contemplate the discontinuation of abortion services at a women’s health clinic two years after the overturning of Roe v. Wade” Available to watch on the New York Times Op-Docs. Much gratitude to @lynnesachs1 for ongoing 12 year collaboration, our producers Laura Goodman and Emily Berisso, editor @gasvatek , and colorist Jason Crump @metpostny . Thank you to @kinorebelde for distributing the film and the @nytopinion Op-Docs for giving it a platform. Finally, an everlasting appreciation for the film’s activist-performers who contributed their presence on that hot day in Memphis.

Tonight Wed 11/27 9pm! Watch my episode of @novapbs Building Stuff: Change It! (link in bio) Streaming on @youtube : /@novapbs Innovative #engineering solutions and commentary from @utaustintx , @georgiasouthernuniversity , @uscedu , @mit , @jobyaviation and more! DM me for an informal Zoom gathering prior to and after the screening! #stem #womeninstem