Guy Mossman

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Guy Mossman
Born
U.S.
Occupations
  • Cinematographer
  • Director
Years active2007 - Present
Spouse Lisa Hepner

Guy Mossman is an American cinematographer and director. [1] [2] He has contributed to projects such as Buck , The Human Trial, and Speak . [3] [4]

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Career

Mossman graduated from Colorado College in 1995. [5] In 1999 he produced his first short film while serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay. [6] He later pursued an M.A. in Journalism and Documentary Filmmaking at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where he was awarded a Park Fellowship in 2002. [7] In the mid-2000s, he co-founded Vox Pop Films in Tribeca, New York, with his wife, filmmaker Lisa Hepner, producing documentaries like Women on the Frontlines (2004), which premiered at the United Nations and aired on PBS. [2] [8]

Mossman professional work includes documentary films such as Buck (2011), a documentary about horse trainer Buck Brannaman, screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Feels Good Man (2020), which explores the Pepe the Frog meme, and The Human Trial (2022), about Type 1 diabetes research. [9] [10] [11] In 2024, he served as cinematographer and executive producer for SPEAK. , a feature documentary directed by Jennifer Tiexiera about competitive speech and debate. [12] Initially developed as a series in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, it became a feature film in late 2021, using wide-angle anamorphic primes for close shots and shot in S-Gamut.cine/Slog3 with a custom LUT adjusted by colorist Beau Leon, despite fundraising challenges during production. [1]

Selected filmography

YearTitleContributionNote
2025 Speak. Co-director, cinematographer and producerDocumentary
2024Little Empty BoxesCinematographerDocumentary
2024 The Antisocial Network CinematographerDocumentary
2022The Human TrialCo-director and cinematographyDocumentary
2022Land of the Giants: Titans of TechCinematographer4 Episodes
2020Unfit: The Psychology of Donald TrumpCinematographerDocumentary
2020 Feels Good Man CinematographerDocumentary
2018 Owned: A Tale of Two Americas CinematographyDocumentary
2017Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with SoulCinematographerDocumentary
2017 Bending the Arc CinematographerDocumentary
2016Magicians: Life in the ImpossibleCinematographerDocumentary
2011BuckCinematographerDocumentary
2008 The End of America CinematographerDocumentary

Awards and nominations

YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.
2025Won Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights SPEAK. [13]
Nominated Thessaloniki Documentary Festival International Jury Award [14]
Nominated Sundance Film Festival Best Documentary [15]
Nominated Cleveland International Film Festival Ad Hoc Docs Competition [16]
NominatedFilmSlam Student Choice Award
2023Nominated Humanitas Prize Best DocumentaryThe Human Trial [17]
2022Won Mumbai International Film Festival Best Documentary Feature

References

  1. 1 2 ""We Wanted a Visual Language That Was Both Filmic and Intimate": DP Guy Mossman on Speak". filmmakermagazine.com. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  2. 1 2 "THE HUMAN TRIAL – Interview with Co-Director and DP Guy Mossman". seligfilmnews.com. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  3. ↑ "Buck – review". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  4. ↑ "'Speak.' Review: A Rousing Documentary About Five Teenagers Vying to Win an Oratory Competition". variety.com. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  5. ↑ "Film by CC Alum Featured at Sundance Film Festival". thepeak.coloradocollege.edu. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  6. ↑ "Read About Alumni in the Arts". charlottelatin.org. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  7. ↑ "Speak" (PDF). thefilmcollaborative.org. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  8. ↑ "Peace by Peace". alternet.org. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  9. ↑ "Speak". festival.sundance.org. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  10. ↑ "Speak". festival.sundance.org. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  11. ↑ "'The Human Trial' Documents Emotional Struggle To Find Cure For Type 1 Diabetes". forbes.com. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  12. ↑ "Review: Jennifer Tiexiera and Guy Mossman's "Speak."". northdakotafilmsociety.com. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  13. ↑ "Full Frame Presents 2025 Award Winners". fullframefest.org. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  14. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival unveils its non-competitive premieres". cineuropa.org. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  15. ↑ "2025 Sundance Film Festival Reveals 92 Projects for Feature Film and Episodic Programs". sundance.org. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  16. ↑ "SPEAK". clevelandfilm.org. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  17. ↑ "Humanitas Prize Winners Include 'The Last Of Us', Tyler Perry, Cooper Raiff's 'Cha Cha Real Smooth'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2025-04-20.
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