David von Blohn is a multilingual, award-winning documentary cinematographer based in Miami.

He specializes in capturing complex human stories through intimate cinéma vérité with a minimal footprint and is an underwater camera operator as well as an FAA certified drone pilot.

David has filmed, produced and edited projects for some of the world’s leading media outlets including CNN, ABC, and Al Jazeera in over 25 countries across the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

He has covered some of the major historic events of our time including the COVID outbreak in Brazil, the assassination of Haiti’s President Moïse, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

David was part of the CNN coverage of the Ukraine War that was awarded an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award and an RTS Award in 2023.

He was the cinematographer for Al Jazeera’s documentary series Descoloniza filmed in 6 countries around Latin America which won a LATAM Digital Media Award in 2022 and a GLAAD Media Award in 2024.

David contributed additional photography to the documentary Los Comandos which was on the Academy Awards Shortlist in 2019.

David studied philosophy and politics at Heidelberg University and the Universidad de Chile. He speaks English, Spanish, German, and Portuguese.

Honors

Nomination - Emmy Award 2024: David Culver Covers the Migrant Crisis - CNN (Camera Operator)

Win - Imagen Award 2024: Exodus - ABC News (Cinematographer)

Win - GLAAD Media Award 2024: Conoce a la primera diputada negra y trans de Brasil - AJ+ Descoloniza (Cinematographer)

Win - Premio Eugenio Espejo 2024: Elecciones en Ecuador se tiñen de sangre - CNN (Camera Operator)

Win - RTS Award 2023: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - CNN (Camera Operator)

Win - Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award 2023: Ukraine Coverage - CNN (Camera Operator)

Nomination - Emmy Award 2022: Converge of Haitians on the U.S. Mexico Border - CNN (Camera Operator)

Win - LATAM Digital Media Award 2022: Descoloniza - AJ+ (Cinematographer)

Nomination - RTS Award 2022: The Assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse - CNN (Camera Operator)

Shortlist - Academy Awards 2019: Los Comandos (Additional Photography)

Contact

d.vonblohn@gmail.com