Charles Gay – Social Impact Filmmaker

Charles is an award-winning filmmaker and cinematographer based in Brooklyn, NY.

A graduate of the EICAR Film school, Charles started his career in Paris as an assistant director, camera operator and editor on documentary films on architecture and music thematics.

After establishing in NYC, Charles focused his work on social issues and human rights, working for organizations such as UNICEF and The World Bank, which got him to travel over the world from Europe, Africa, Asia, the Caribbeans, to North and South America.

In 2014, his FGM awareness campaign film « When The Time Comes » won 5 awards including « Best Short Documentary » and « Special Jury Prize » at the Social Impact Media Awards. And in 2019, he directed a campaign film for Amazon Watch which contributed dissuading the oil company GeoPark to drill in the Peruvian Amazon.

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