ABOUT

ABOUT MICKEY FREEMAN, director / producer

Mickey Freeman (web site | email) has been a director/cinematographer for 25 years and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. His work ranges from TV documentaries, numerous Hollywood feature films, and dozens of independent feature films. Mickey is personally committed to projects that involve the human condition and creating change. Such projects include, an overview of St. Anthony’s Foundation in San Francisco, Minority Health Care in Watts, Los Angeles for ABC, Overeasy, a PBS program that portrayed older Americans, Teen Health issues for Be Pictures, In Search of Excellence for Nathan/Tyler Productions, Teenage Pregnancy for ABC, and Kids At Risk for high schools through Computer Curriculum Corporation to name a few.

His honors include the Academy Award nominated documentary Goodnight Miss Ann, a portrayal of Latino boxers in the barrios of Los Angeles for which he was Director of Photography. He received an Emmy award for the public affairs promotion of the Oakland Gospel Choir for ABC, an Emmy for his visual portrayal of The Return To Tule Lake, as well as a lifetime of various other awards.

Documentaries are Mickey’s medium of choice. They present him with the opportunity to observe peoples’ lives first hand. Given the privilege of being allowed inside their lives, he has been able to integrate that knowledge and pass on those perceptions to others. Mickey’s passion for his work is never-ending. He is as excited today about his current projects as he was about his first project 25 years ago. His interaction with people creates a rare and compassionate comraderie as he establishes an immediate connection between the two. This rapport allows the subjects of his camera and his direction to be themselves and therefore speak more openly.

Mickey enjoys sailing, hiking, traveling and still photography with his family.