Jens Bogehegn

Interested in photography and filmmaking since childhood, Jens Bogehegn has been shooting short movies starting on Super 8 since 1978. Always with a camera in hand, he easily transitioned into the role of High School Yearbook and Newspaper Photographer. After attending Drake University in Journalism studies, he then completed his education at Columbia College as a Film Major graduate with a camera internship on "The Untouchables." Additional film course work at the Maine Workshops round out his educational background. Jens has been a professional freelance cameraman since 1985 and has freelanced on numerous projects as a Steadicam owner/operator from 1988 through 1998. As a member of IATSE Local 600, his union credits include: The Untouchables (TV), Waynes World II, U.S. Marshals, and his independent credits include: The Oprah Winfrey Show, Watch It, and Cosmic Voyage (IMAX). Having worked with Steve Weiss as his DP/Cameraman since 1986, Jens has been DP on over 600 productions together with Steve in the corporate/commercial & political space. Jens and Steve became partners in Zacuto films in 2000, starting out as a production house, evolved into a rental facility and then became a manufacturer of custom camera support accessories in 2005 under the Zacuto USA brand and have designed and manufactured over 340 camera accessories by 2012 for the new independent filmmakers market. Coming full circle, Steve and Jens started Zacuto films in December 2008 with their first Web Series, "FilmFellas". Since 2008 "FilmFellas" had 8 individual casts and 40 webisodes garnering a 2010 Midwest Emmy Nomination & 2011 Midwest Emmy Award. In August 2009, Steve and Jens launched their second web series "critics" nominated for a 2011 Midwest Emmy Award. This show, co-hosted by Steve Weiss and Philip Bloom, candidly critiques web based video content. In 2010, Zacuto Films released "The Great Camera Shootout 2010." This web series showed the world how a DSLR would fare against 35mm film in a battery of tests. The Great Camera Shootout has had close to two million views and won a 2010 Midwest Emmy Award, being one of the first web series to ever win an Emmy Award. In 2011, "BTS" & "The Great Camera Shootout 2011" were also both nominated for Midwest Emmy Awards. As well, "The Great Camera Shootout 2011" was nominated for an International Academy of Web Television Award (IAWTA).