Jon Bregel | Filmmaker / Coach for Filmmakers

ROLE: Director, Editor, Co-Cinematographer, Executive Producer

Role: Executive Producer @ Variable

Role: Executive Producer, Co-Director, 2nd Unit DP

Client: Chevrolet

Director: Lloyd Lee Choi

Cinematographer: Oliver Millar

Role: Director

"Back to School, Forward with Focus" features mindfulness educator Andres Gonzales. Andres works in Baltimore City Public Schools teaching kids practices that lead to the development of empathy, compassion, love, balance, and harmony.

The opportunity to direct this spot immediately struck a chord with me because I was never specifically taught how to focus my mind in the classroom...as a result, I quickly got branded with the "ADD" label. For a long time, I saw myself as 'less than', struggling in waves with various ADD medications and identity crisis' along the way. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to work with an ADD specialist in my 20's and was able to overcome a lot of the mental struggles that I faced throughout my life as a result of being labeled as an "ADD kid". One of the biggest cures for me to feel a natural sense of focus and presence has been meditation, so when I got wind of Andre's story and mission from Variable's EP Tyler Ginter, I was motivated to draw awareness towards it through Gap's global platform. To find out more about what Andres is up to, here is a link to his mission: hlfinc.org/about-us/

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Client: Gap Kids
Agency: Shebang Studio

Production Company: Variable
Director: Jonathan Bregel
Cinematographer: Katelin Arizmendi
Production Designer: Joe Sciacca
Executive Producer: Tyler Ginter
Head of Production: Alex Friedman
Producer: Paige Demarco
Line Producer: Amanda Scoblick
Pos Production
Editorial: Consulate
Editor: Ryan McCally
Color: Company3
Colorist: Jaime O'Bradovich
Sound Design/Mix: Sound Lounge
Sound Designer: Rob Sayers
Music House: Asche & Spencer
Score: Downtempo 135

Role: Director, Cinematographer, Editor

"Green" is a visual meditation film for those who seek calm in the midst of their busy lives. Whether the film is a looping screensaver in the background, or a means of focus in the foreground, the intent is to provide a little massage for the soul.

The film is best experienced in 4K with decent speakers or headphones.

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Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Jonathan Bregel
Original Score: Edo Van Breeman & Johannes Winkler

Production Company: Variable
Executive Producer: Tyler Ginter
Producer: Rocco Campanelli
Production Supervisor: Samantha Scaffidi
Gaffer: Brad Burke
DIT: Jeff Levine
PA: Chris Neurohr
Special Thanks: Summer Rayne Oakes & Sander van Dijk
Stage: Egg Studios

ROLE: Cinematographer

Director: Samm Hodges

Agency: WIN

Role: Director, Editor

In June 2007, the late Academy Award-winning director, Bert Salzman, uploaded a series of six ‘Mindcalming Meditations’ to his YouTube account. This particular video took inspiration from Bert’s third ‘Mindcalming Meditation’ entitled ‘Slow Down’…my favorite of all six. The length, titles, words, and music from Bert’s original video have not been altered. I just had some slow-motion footage laying around and felt it was quite pleasant to watch at moments throughout Bert's original video.

Slow-Motion footage:

Director/DP - Jonathan Bregel

Producer: Rocco Campanelli

Gaffer: Brad Burke

DIT: Jeff Levine

Shot on Phantom Flex 4K

Role: Executive Producer

Director: Salomon Ligthlem

Cinematographer: Niklas Johansson

Client: Audi

Role: Executive Producer @ Variable

ROLE: Cinematographer

Currently in Post-Production

Director: Samm Hodges

Cinematographer: Jon Bregel

Format: Super 16mm

Role: Executive Producer, Phantom Cinematographer

Director: Salomon Ligthelm

Cinematographer: Khalid Mohtaseb

ROLE: Director, Cinematographer, Editor

A short portrait film featuring a young Chinese woman nicknamed “Gouachi".

This film was made in collaboration with the Chinese multimedia company RADII CHINA. This is the first film in an upcoming series of shorts called “Voices” which will feature individuals who are playing roles in the evolution of arts and culture in today’s China.

Producer: Adan Kohnhorst

Cinematographer/Director: Jon Bregel

Score & Sound Design: Matthias Muller

Translators: Katherine Wang and Emily Wang

Interview Translation Assistant: Echo Huang

Role: EP/Partner @ Variable

Director: Salomon Ligthelm

From low wage work to family sustaining careers.

Director: Savannah O'Leary
Producer: Kieran Altmann
Director of Photography: Jon Bregel
Editor: Ethan Mitchell, Cut&Run
Colorist: Nick Metcalf, Company3
Composer: Michael Dragovic

Director: E.J. McLeavey-Fisher

DP: Jon Bregel
Mom: Maureen Germain
Dad: Shawn Rue
Older Sister: Mila Weir
Younger Sister: Tamia Bass
Creative Director: Jessica Mottola
Creative Director: Eric Terchila
Copywriter: Cole Brennan
Art Director: Andrew Hobbs
Digital Content Producer: Ryan Goins
Prod Co: StillPool
EP: Fernando Ortega
EP: Chani Aranguren
Casting: Hypnosis
Animal Casting:
Edit: Dan Maloney
Composer: Watt White
Color: M Studio
Producer: Javier Romero
Production Manager: Juan Sebastian James
Coordinator: Stacey Maltin
2nd AD: Deighton McKay
1st AC: Chevy Anderson
2nd AC: Wyatt Maker
VTR: Mauricio Viana
Gaffer: Brandon Billera
BBE: Ryan Ortiz
Electric: Mike Friscia
Electric: Carolina Acero
Electric: Michael Hill
Key Grip: Vinny Davino
BBG: Adam Reichard
Grip: David Persaud
Grip: Paul Albin
Driver: Dardenne Mixon
Art Coordinator: Diego Quecano
Set Dresser: Javier Scalley
Set Dresser: Lissette Emma
Art Assistant: Catherine Gubernick
Art Assistant: Raphael Fineberg
Food Stylist: Marilinda Hodgdon
Food Runner: Nina Weeber
Location Manager: Ted Sherman
Wardrobe Stylist: Angel Macias
Wardrobe Assistant: Jonathan Estrella
HMU: Dani
HMU Assistant: Andrea Inciarte
PA: Hector Santiago
PA: Noel Gerena
PA: Cirsty Burton
PA: Jo Retalis
PA: Jay DeYonker
PA: Indigo George
PA: Jasper LaBonte
Truck PA: Alberto Fixi
Truck PA: Erik Rivera
Catering: David Alan Catering
Crafty: Ben Gold

From low wage work to family sustaining careers.

Director: Savannah O'Leary
Producer: Kieran Altmann
Director of Photography: Jon Bregel
Editor: Ethan Mitchell, Cut&Run
Colorist: Nick Metcalf, Company3
Composer: Michael Dragovic

Role: Co-Director, Executive producer

Shake off all the worries on your mind and smile! The dogs featured in SHAKE are simply here to offer you a couple minutes of wonder and laughter. :)

Production Company: Variable
Directors: Carli Davidson & Jonathan Bregel
Executive Producer: Tyler Ginter
Producers: Carli Davidson & Alex Friedman
Director of Photography: Khalid Mohtaseb
Camera Master/Phantom Technician: Nick Midwig
Assistant Camera: Daniel Stewart
Gaffer: Travis Becker
Animal Wrangler: Amanda Giese
Craft Services: Tim Wiesch
Production Assistant: Cheyenne Allott

Post Production: Variable & The Mill
Editor: Jonathan Bregel
Assistant Editor: Jeff Levine
Post Production Producer: Alex Friedman
Head of Content: Ian Bearce @ The Mill
TK Producer: Heath Raymond @ The Mill
Colourist: Sal Malfitano @ The Mill

Score: Mayer Hawthorne "Shiny & New"
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Label: Stones Throw Records

Role: Director, Cinematographer, Editor

All footage was shot within an 8 hour span in Brooklyn, NYC. This piece serves as a visual case study on several aspects of daily life in the borough of Brooklyn.

Director/Cinematographer: Jonathan Bregel

Role: Co-Director, EP, Partner @ Variable

We try to imagine what it must have been like within the moments surrounding JFK's assassination. Those few ticking seconds where a nation’s twisting grasp on its place in the world flipped our collective insides like a sudden bend on a wooden roller-coaster. A few microseconds prior we were the well scrubbed center of the universe. A few microseconds later we had lost our anchor and were in a free-fall trying to make sense of it all, still cheering and smiling in a heartbeat of disbelief. We feel everything we know slipping through our fingers. We are weightless.

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Client: National Geographic
Title: "Killing Kennedy"
SVP Creative: Andy Baker
Design Director: Christos Devaris
Writer/Creative Director: Tyler Korba
Creative Director, Design: Brian Everett
Production Manager: Kevin Lahr

Production Company: Variable 
Creative Development: National Geographic, Variable & Mill+
Director: Rama Allen & Jonathan Bregel
Writer: Rama Allen
Cinematographer: Khalid Mohtaseb
Executive Producer: Tyler Ginter
Producer: Alex Friedman
Production Supervisor: Paige DeMarco
VFX Supervisor - Adrian Hurley
Phantom Tech - Edward Richardson
AC/DIT: Daniel Stewart & Jeffrey Levine
Production Designer: Joseph Sciacca
Photographer: Joey L

Post Production: Mill+
Head of Content: Ian Bearce
Post Production Producer: Adrienne Winterhalter & Richard Schwab
Editor: Caleb Woods
Assistant Editor: Jessica Ledoux 
Lead Compositor: Danny Morris
Titles: Wesley Ebelhar
Score/Sound Design: Fall On Your Sword

ROLE: Cinematographer, Co-Director

16 babies on set, one day of shooting, lots of fun- occasional tears and breakdowns.

Client: Gap

Agency: shebang creative studio

Production Co: Bunker

EP: Jay Wert

Producer: Annalise Rowan

Directors: friendzone

Cinematographer: Jonathan Bregel

2nd Unit DP: Brendan Banks

Production Design: Joseph Sciacca

ROLE: Cinematographer

Director: Aqsa Altaf

Cinematographer: Jon Bregel

Client: Disney

Agency: Yellow Shoes

Producer: Patti Getker

Client: Tiffany & Co.
VP/Global Creative Director: Diana Hong
Creative Director: Olivia Ing
Producers: Simona Aviram & Michael Malvasio
Post Producers: Jennifer Choi & Joon Ahn

Production Company/Creative Collective: Variable
Director/Cinematographer/Editor: Jonathan Bregel
Executive Producer: Tyler Ginter
Producer: Alex Friedman
Production Supervisor: Paige DeMarco
Production Coordinator: Alcy Sivyer
Art Director: Joseph Sciacca
Gaffer: Brad Burke 
Additional G&E: Andrew Rivara & Gary Wilkins
1st AC: Michelle Brooks
DIT: Jeff Levine
Office PA: Laura Levine

Post Production: Variable
Editor: Jonathan Bregel
Post Producer: Alex Friedman
Post-Production Supervisor: Margaret Babington
Finishing Producer: Jason Farber @ Nice Shoes
Colorist: Sal Malfitano @ Nice Shoes
Retouching/Rotoscoping: Jason Farber @ Nice Shoes
Graphics: Byron Slaybaugh

Sound Design and Mix: Defacto Sound

Score: "A Late Nights Wandering" by Adam Taylor
Future Perfect Music: futureperfectmusic.com/composers/adam-taylor

Role: Cinematographer, Co-Director

"The future is already here. And they are creating a better world. Youth activists are raising their voices and empowering other kids to make real change in issues from climate change to voter’s rights. Join us in celebrating today’s changemakers. Because, when kids take the lead, the future is bright. And bold. And better." - Gap

Client: Gap

Agency: shebang creative studio

Directors: friendzone

Cinematographer: Jonathan Bregel

Producer: Annalise Rowan

Production Design: Joseph Sciacca

Gaffer: Brad Burke

Production Co: Bunker

EP: Jay Wert

Sound Design: Defacto

Music: The Twits - "We Are The Future"

Role: Executive Producer

Director: Lloyd Lee Choi

Cinematographer: Kaitlyn Arizmendi

Client: National Geographic

Production: Variable

This short doc for Nike Sportsware focuses on a lighthearted look at the "drive" put forth by Abdoulaye on a daily basis. In real life, Abdoulaye is driven by the goal of being a successful soccer player whilst maintaining relationships with friends and family. My job was to capture this "drive" in a cinematic way that could tell a story both timeless, and relatable.

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Client: Nike

Production Company: Variable

Director / Creative Director: Jonathan Bregel
Executive Producer: Tyler Ginter
Line Producer: Brendan Cochrane
Narrative Cinematographer: Khalid Mohtaseb
Spike Lee Cinematographer: Bruce Cole

Post Production: Variable
Post Production Producer: Tyler Ginter
Editor: Noah Shulman
Original Score: Salomon Ligthelm

Sound Design: The Lodge
Audio Post Producer: Mike Onufrak
Sound Mix & Design: John Northcraft

Role: Executive Producer

Director: Salomon Ligthelm

Cinematographer: Oliver Millar

Client: National Geographic

Client: Samsung 
Marketing: Vimeo
Digital Agency: Edelman

Production Company | Creative Collective: Variable 
Director | Cinematographer | Editor: Jonathan Bregel 
Executive Producer: Tyler Ginter
Producer: Alex Friedman
Line Producer: Paige DeMarco
Production Designer: Joe Sciacca
Phantom Tech | DIT: Jeff Levine
1st AC: Michelle Brooks
Gaffer: Brad Burke
Grip: Freddie Stevens & Ramie Faris 
H/MU: Olga Khizver
Talent: Landon DeMarco, Aurora Leonard, Summer Rayne Oakes, Kali Weeks

Post Production: Variable
Post Production Producer: Paige DeMarco
Editor: Jonathan Bregel
Colorist: Jeff Levine
Sound Design | Sound Mix: Rob Corso @ Brooklyn Post
Score: "Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears" by A Winged Victory for the Sullen

Role: EP/Partner @ Variable

Role: Director, Cinematographer, Editor

"Flatface" is a personal project made in collaboration with Mike Schneider, professional fingerboarder and owner of Flatface.

As a sucker for euphoria, I was fascinated when I stumbled upon Mike's YouTube channel a couple months ago (MikeSchneider). I had no clue fingerboarding still existed, and here is this 23-year-old guy who not only has a successful fingerboarding business, but is (I'd argue) the best fingerboarder in the world. Upon entering Mike’s world, the fingerboards, skateboards, ramps, fresh air and laid back atmosphere transported me back to the timeless days of my youth. This film is the result of Mike kindly showing a couple friends and I around his hometown over a beautiful May weekend. The goal was simply to fuse fun, fingerboarding, skateboarding, and filming for a three to five minute short film about Mike’s company, Flatface. The first four goals were achieved, however the whole time thing ceased to exist from the moment I entered Mike's Flatface dimension, resulting in a film that is a collection of curiosity, observations, and new experiences.

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Director / Cinematographer / Editor: Jonathan Bregel
Producer / AC / Sound Recorder: Rocco Campanelli
DIT / Colorist: Jeff Levine

Music By: White Rainbow
Special Thanks: The Schneiders, Alex Friedman, Tyler Ginter
Production Company: Variable

Role: Executive Producer @ Variable