ABOUT GRACE
Grace Eggleston is a wildlife cinematographer and documentary filmmaker from 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 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 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 Pro drone, and is familiar with a wide range of Sony, Canon, and RED cameras. She earned her MFA from American University’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking in Washington, D.C. and is a proud member of the Wildlife Cinematographer Diversity Fund. Please reach out for a complete camera kit list and CV, or just to say hello!
Certifications
FAA Part 107 Drone License
Wilderness First Responder
Camera kit
Sony FX6 Package
Mavic 3 Pro Drone
RED Raptor Package
in the field
credits
Documentaries
Forever in the Mountains- Grace Eggleston Productions | Director + co-DP | 2026
Coast to Coast: The Need For Responsible Wind Energy- National Wildlife Federation / Duna Films | AC + 2nd Camera | 2025
Robots to the Rescue- R2 Surgical / Christy Frank / Indie Short | DP | 2025
Upstream, Downriver- Blue Bear Films / Indie Feature | Cinematographer, Drone Operator | 2025
Police Dive- Around Land and Sea Productions | Drone Operator, 2nd AC, DIT | 2024
Islands of Discovery: Dry Tortugas National Park - National Park Service | DP | 2023
Under Our Wing - Lia Nydes / Indie Short | Additional Cinematography | 2023
A River Called Home - Jess Wiegandt Productions / Indie Short | DP | 2023
Street Reporter- Image Bearer Pictures / Indie Short | 2nd Camera | 2022
Ploverville - Christy Frank / Indie Short | Editor | 2022
Unbreathable- Blue Bear Films / Indie Feature | Additional Cinematography | 2020
The Waters that Heal Us | Director, Cinematographer | 2020
Bahamian Queen- Wild Woods Media | Cinematographer | 2019
Broadcast
Summer Belongs to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula- National Geographic / Pure Michigan | Cinematographer | 2026
Meet the Vargas Family - Michigan Apple Committee / Wondergold Pictures | DP | 2025
Welcome to America’s Health Deserts- Poise | Drone Operator | 2025
A River Called Home- PBS / Maryland Public Television | Director of Photography | 2024
Puppy Bowl XIX - Discovery Channel / Animal Planet | Assistant Camera | 2024
WETA Arts- PBS / WETA | Cinematographer, 3 Episodes | 2023
The Haunting of Shark Tower- Red Rock Films/ Discovery Channel | Postproduction Associate Producer | 2022
The Erie Situation- Great Lakes Outreach Media / PBS / Indie Feature | Editor | 2022
After the Storm: Pollution in the Potomac- PBS / Maryland Public Television | Director of Photography | 2020
Digital
Florida Radish Instagram Campaign- Florida Radish / Wondergold Pictures | DP + Drone Operator | 2025
Apparent Winds Expedition- B&BWonderworks | Cinematographer + Drone Operator | 2024
NOAA BWET Chesapeake Bay- NOAA / Great Lakes Outreach Media | Cinematographer | 2023
Cattle and Conservation- Jess Wiegandt Productions | DP + Drone Operator | 2023
Smithsonian Digital Studios- Lecture Series | Camera Operator | 2023
Timber Rattlesnakes of Catoctin Mountain Park- National Park Service | Director, DP | 2022
The Dimple Garden: Native Restoration- National Park Service | Director, DP | 2022
National Park Service: Ranger Kendra- National Park Service | Director, DP | 2022
National Park Service: Rattlesnake Mothers- National Park Service | Director, DP | 2022
Corey Marsh Ecological Research Center Oral History- Michigan State University | Sound Recordist | 2022
Please reach out for a full credits list/ CV!
In the media
National Geographic Travel: Summer Belongs to Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Impact Storytelling Podcast: Storytelling for People and the Natural World with Grace Eggleston
Jackson Wild Collective Spotlight: Grace Eggleston
Sony Alpha Universe: Mixing Art & Science: Why Four Women Paddled (And Filmed) An Epic Journey Down the James River
