Grace Eggleston is a wildlife cinematographer and documentary filmmaker currently based in Michigan. With experience both behind the camera and in the edit suite, she’s particularly passionate about stories that explore the ties between people and their environment. Grace works as a cinematographer and editor for a wide range of production companies and has extensive experience camping in and filming the diverse forests, rivers, and islands of North America. She especially loves working topside on boats and has worked on many stories about water quality and species diversity across the U.S. Many of her projects have taken her around the Midwest and American Southeast, from the Great Lakes and the Chesapeake Bay to the Florida Keys.

Grace is an FAA-certified drone pilot and a certified Wilderness First Responder. She currently owns a Sony FX6 kit and a Mavic 3 drone, and is familiar with a wide range of Sony, Canon, Black Magic, and RED cameras. She earned her MFA from American University’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking in Washington, D.C. Please feel free to reach out for a complete credits list and CV, or just to say hello!

Certifications

FAA Part 107 Drone License

SSI Open Water Diver

Wilderness First Responder

Camera kit

Sony FX6

Mavic 3 Pro Cine

Editing/ Adobe Premiere Pro