Victor Tadashi Suarez

Victor Tadashi Suarez is an American director of photography recognized for his documentary filmmaking. He is the cinematographer for The Weekly,^[1] from The New York Times.

Victor Tadashi Suarez
Born	Orange, California, United States
Nationality	American
Education	Columbia University
Known for	Cinematographer
Awards	News and Documentary Emmy
Website	http://www.tadashi.tv

Victor is the director of photography for several feature films including The Infinite Race (2020)^[2], for ESPN's 30 for 30 series, and Harvest Season (2018) from Independent Lens^[3][4].

In 2020, he received the Edward R Murrow award for his work on Collision, a New York Times documentary following Rukmini Callimachi as she investigates the deaths of two American cyclists in Tajikistan.^[5]

From 2013 - 2018 he was the cinematographer for the Al Jazeera English docu-series, Fault Lines, during which time he received seven News and Documentary Emmy nominations for his filmmaking.^[6]

Victor graduated from Columbia University in New York in 2011,^[7]

Awards and nominations

• 2020 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Video Journalism, Collision^[8]
• 2020 - News & Documentary Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine, The Siege of Culiacan^[8]
• 2020 - Overseas Press Club winner of the Edward R Murrow Award, Collision^[9]
• 2018 - News & Documentary Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine, The Ban^[10]
• 2018 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Science, Medical, and Environmental Report, Heroin's Children^[10]
• 2018 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Best Story in a News Magazine, Heroin's Children^[10]
• 2017 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Science, Medical, and Environmental Report, Standing Rock and the Battle Beyond^[11]
• 2016 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine, Forgotten Youth: Inside America's Prisons^[12]
• 2016 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a News Magazine, Conflicted: The Fight for Congo's Minerals^[12]
• 2016 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine, Baltimore Rising^[12]
• 2015 - News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine, Ferguson: City Under Siege^[13]