About me
Keon Abbott is a passionate filmmaker who’s been involved with film and TV production for over 10 years. He’s always had a love for conveying stories through the visuals of film. Keon’s background lies within the creative and technical side of camera and lighting but also has experience in every facet and position of filmmaking from pre to post. He attended an arts oriented high school majoring in filmmaking and graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design where he worked with industry standard gear as well as experienced many different positions through every stage of production. He’s worked for network such as National Geographic, History TV, Discovery Channel and many more. Keon’s worked in both drama and documentary production which has given him a very diverse set of skills including fast on the spot thinking combined with cinematic creativity and planning. Both have given him great collaborative and leadership skills with small and large teams.
Contact me at keon.j.abbott@gmail.com
Awards
Best film, Milan Film Awards - Lovers go to Mars (executive producer, director of photography)
Best film, Wildlife Conservation Film Festival - Fate of the Mustang (director of photography)
Best Film, Student Emmys - The Strand (director of photography)
Best Film, Shaftesbury Awards - Taken to Prom (writer, director, director of photography)
Experience:
‘National Parks Foundation Commercial’ Director of Photography - Ventana Productions / Long Story Short - A series Showcasing various National Parks around the United States - this particular one was in Shenandoah.
‘The Detained’ Director of Photography - Northern Sky Entertainment - Pilot episode for a series following the horrible stories of wrongfully detained Americans around the world.
‘Hillary Clinton Interview - PBS News Hour’ Director of Photography - PBS / Ventana Productions - Filmed an interview with Secretary Clinton at the Vital Voices HQ.
‘Wild, Wild World’ Co-Director / Associate Producer / Director of Photography - Wild Woods Media - Directed story and talent while coordinating around the challenges of filming deep in the wilderness. Episodes cover everything from the South Carolina salt marsh to hundreds of feet below the Smoky Mountains in winding caverns.
‘Resistance’ Director of Photography (b-unit) - Lone Wolf Media - RESISTANCE is a large budget feature doc filmed in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Israel about the Jewish resistance during the Holocaust.
‘8 Billion Campaign’ Director of Photography - All Access Media & Wild Woods Media - A film with the population institute about the earth’s population nearing 8 billion.
‘Signature Dish’ Director of Photography - Ventana Productions / WETA TV - Series looking at a variety of cultural food in DC.
‘I AM WAR’ Director of Photography - Northern Sky Entertainment - History Television - Pilot episode for dramatic doc series ‘I am War’. A deep dark look at those suffering from PTSD after their experiences in the Afghan War.
‘800th Goal’ Camera Operator - ESPN & Full Tank Films - ESPN - Short piece on Ovechkin’s 800th Goal.
‘Expedition Bermuda Triangle’ - Camera Operator - Lone Wolf Media - History Channel - 6 Part series investigating the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle.
‘Calligrapher Interview’ Director of Photography - Ventana Productions - A look inside the artistry, meaning and mathematics of Calligraphy at the Qatar America Cultural Centre.
‘Untitled Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Documentary’ Camera Operator - MSM Productions - Interview with legendary NBA coach Bernie Bickerstaff for a documentary special.
‘History’s Greatest Mysteries (Bermuda Triangle)’ Camera Operator / DIT - Lone Wolf Media - A&E/History Channel - Searching far and wide for infamous Flight-19. The mysterious disappearance that started the myth of the Bermuda Triangle.
‘The Blonde Tigress’ Director of Photography / Producer - Northern Sky Entertainment - Pilot for a series about the mysterious, most wanted woman in History, Eleanor Jarman.
‘Untitled Nurses Documentary’ Director of Photography - Green Forte Productions / MSI LLC - Filmed the Nurses March in DC for a pitch sizzle reel about the abuse nurses go through every day.
‘Matsuri Festival Commercial’ Director of Photography - Ventana Productions / The Momentum Productions
‘Drain… Series’ Camera Operator - National Geographic / Discovery Channel / Disney+ - By using the latest sonar technology the water is ‘drained’ away and animated worlds we’d never recognize as our own are revealed. Episodes include the Bermuda Triangle, Titanic, Great Lakes and Alcatraz.
‘Run the Stones’ Director of Photography - A, adventurous documentary following Greg Presto running the entire 55 miles of the original DC border stones in a single day.
‘Rotator’ Camera Operator - Eagle Wing Productions - A pilot for a series looking at watches of significant history.
‘A Net-Zero Future’ Camera Operator - Avocado’s + Coconuts - Camera Operator for big budget interviews about climate change.
‘West Jet Commercial’ Camera Operator - Studio M - West Jet - This unique Christmas commercial was shot in a single day. We chased the sun east to west across Canada stopping to film in various cities including Turo, Halifax, Toronto, Calgary, Yellowknife and Vancouver.
‘Political Coverage’ Director of Photography - Associated Press / Ventana Productions - countless occasions of covering various fast past live interviews, events, and conferences.
‘Best Broth Commercial’ Director of Photography - A segment of a commercial with local icon, Chef Jeff.
‘Vanguard Communications’ Director of Photography - Lemonlight Media - Two person interview about President Lincoln’s historical feats and racism through history.
‘Breeders Cup’ Camera Operator - NBC Sports - Covered the live Horse Race at the Woodbine racetrack.
‘CMEC’ Associate Producer - Ventana Productions & Instant News Service - Produced and coordinated the live media coverage of a meeting between EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson and CEO of the ‘Centre for Missing and Exploited Children’.
‘Finding Selma’ Gaffer - Multitude Films - Department head of a large grip and electric team to light complex cinema quality interviews for big budget doc ‘FINDING SELMA’
‘America’s Hidden Stories’ Camera Operator / DIT- Lone Wolf Media - Smithsonian Channel - Shot 4 of the 6 episodes of the second season, and just wrapped on the first episode of the third season.
‘Home’ Director of Photography - Storycatcher Productions - Cornerstones - Documentary shot in America’s Capital; Washington DC, illustrating the difficult and unforgiving path from being homeless to having a roof over one’s head.
‘Paper and Smoke’ Camera Operator - Watt Pictures - Discovery Channel - Cam-op on the pilot for the series ‘PAPER AND SMOKE’ that follows the intense rivalries, bold characters and lawless dangers of Grudge Motorcycle Drag Racing.
‘Honoring our Kings’ Assistant Camera/DIT - Oprah Winfrey Network - Assistant camera on all the DC based content for this Father’s day special.
‘Finding Heroes’ Director of Photography / Producer - Northern Sky Entertainment - Ancestry.com / History Channel - Filmed the interviews for this series in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa for both seasons of ‘FINDING HEROES’.
‘Into the Unknown’ Camera Operator / DIT - Cineflix Entertainment - History Television / Travel Channel - Adventure Series ‘INTO THE UNKNOWN’ was a challenging look into various supernatural, surreal and downright unbelievable science defying myths and legends from around the world.
‘Military Women’s Memorial Series’ Director of Photography - Drake Wise Productions - Covered various interviews of highly accomplished women in the military.
‘I am an Environmentalist’ Director of Photography - IAEA United Nations - Web Series - A short documentary to educate and inform about nuclear energy and climate change. Entirely filmed at the UN in Vienna, Austria.
‘War Junk’ Camera Operator - Northern Sky Entertainment - History TV - This adventurous TV series tells the story of war from what’s left behind, dug up and discovered on the battlefields. Episodes took place in France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Hong Kong.
‘Nasdaq’ Director of Photography - Nasdaq - Coordinated the on site cinematography of the opening of the stock market.
‘Collision Course’ Camera Operator - Muse Entertainment - TV series about vehicular accidents involving big name celebrities including Caitlyn Jenner, Harrison Ford and Justin Bieber.
‘Fate of the Mustang’ Director of Photography - Wild Woods Media - This doc exposes the overpopulation of wild mustangs in the West. This problem inevitably leads to environmental and humanitarian issues of culling these horses to regulate the population.
‘Inspire’ Producer / Director of Photography - Inspire Commercial - Shot entirely on 16mm film, this cinematic commercial delves not only into the environmental impact of coal mining, but the severe human tole as well.
‘Lovers go to Mars’ Executive Producer / Director of Photography - Short Narrative Sci-fi comedy that follows newly wed astronauts on their way to mars.
‘Blind Cop 2’ Gaffer - Feature Film - The Chateau - Filmed in Savannah GA this comedic action film takes all sensibility and throws it out the window for sheer entertainment value.
‘The Strand’ Director of Photography - Wild Woods Media - This doc discovers a never before seen feeding strategy used by bottlenose Dolphins in Kiawah SC. We were the first ever film crew to capture this natural phenomenon on professional grade equipment, multiple production companies including Red Rock Films have since licensed the footage.
‘ NSeXy’ Producer / Director of Photography - Acura Commercial - After the release of Acura’s new hybrid supercar, the NSX, I produced a commercial to help convey their electrifying new technology.
‘Pages of Destiny’ Gaffer - Short Film - Shot entirely in studio we built the interior of a house and I coordinated with the Director of Photography to meet all of out lighting needs using remote DMX. Accepted into the Cannes Film festival.
Frali Gourmet - Director of Photography - A short doc looking at a women who has battled cancer on and off for the past decade and uses her Italian restaurant as a therapeutic escape.
Think I’m Falling Director of Photography - Music Video - This fun project involved lighting a large tropical lagoon for numerous a party scenes.
‘Everything I have’ Gaffer - Music Video - This music video was made up of various challenging party scenes on location with only a few being shot in studio.