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B.J. Golnick

  • Director
  • Cinematographer
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BJ Golnick is a commercial and documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. Most comfortable in some of the harshest environments on earth, he has been fortunate enough to produce, direct and shoot hundreds of hours of content for the top international networks and brands including National Geographic, Discovery Channel, History Channel, Netflix, Red Bull, and Travel Channel. As a commercial and narrative Director and Director of Photography, BJ has been awarded multiple Telly awards and top honors at film festivals internationally
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      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Men of War (2024)
    Men of War
    7.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 2024
    Lionel Messi in Messi Meets America (2023)
    Messi Meets America
    7.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Cinematographer
    Almost Home (2016)
    Almost Home
    9.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 2016
    Cem Yigit Üzümoglu in Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020)
    Rise of Empires: Ottoman
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director

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    Director



    • True Life: Crime (2020)
      True Life: Crime
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020–2021
    • Pushing the Line (2021)
      Pushing the Line
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director (2021)
      • 2021
    • Hunting Hitler (2015)
      Hunting Hitler
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015–2020
    • Buried Worlds with Don Wildman (2020)
      Buried Worlds with Don Wildman
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Mission Declassified (2019)
      Mission Declassified
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Jack Maxwell in Booze Traveler (2014)
      Booze Traveler
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2017
    • Jack Maxwell in Booze Traveler: Best Bars (2016)
      Booze Traveler: Best Bars
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director (2016)
      • 2016
    • Almost Home (2016)
      Almost Home
      9.4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Natural Born Monsters (2015)
      Natural Born Monsters
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (2012)
      Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
      2.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013–2014
    • Trnsfrm (2014)
      Trnsfrm
      Short
      • Director (as Brandon Golnick)
      • 2014
    • The Laserwolf (2014)
      The Laserwolf
      Short
      • Director (as Bj Golnick)
      • 2014
    • Strain (2013)
      Strain
      7.9
      Short
      • Director (as Brandon Golnick)
      • 2013
    • Andrew Kochman in OK Go: I'm Not Through (2013)
      OK Go: I'm Not Through
      Music Video
      • Director (as BJ Golnick)
      • 2013
    • This Evening's Discourse
      Short
      • co-director (as Brandon Golnick)
      • 2009

    Cinematographer



    • Savage
      • Cinematographer
      • In Production



    • Anthony Edwards, LeBron James, Jimmy Butler, Jayson Tatum, and Domantas Sabonis in Starting 5 (2024)
      Starting 5
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer (additional cinematography by)
      • 2024
    • Men of War (2024)
      Men of War
      7.8
      • director of photography
      • 2024
    • Superhot: The Spicy World of Pepper People (2024)
      Superhot: The Spicy World of Pepper People
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Top Combat Pilot (2023)
      Top Combat Pilot
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2023
    • Lionel Messi in Messi Meets America (2023)
      Messi Meets America
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • God Forbid (2022)
      God Forbid
      6.8
      • director of photography
      • 2022
    • True Life: Crime (2020)
      True Life: Crime
      6.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2020–2021
    • Pushing the Line (2021)
      Pushing the Line
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer (2021)
      • 2021
    • Biography: WWE Legends (2021)
      Biography: WWE Legends
      8.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography (as BJ Golnick)
      • 2021
    • Ranch to Table (2021)
      Ranch to Table
      8.3
      TV Special
      • director of photography
      • 2021
    • Hunting Hitler (2015)
      Hunting Hitler
      7.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2015–2020
    • Buried Worlds with Don Wildman (2020)
      Buried Worlds with Don Wildman
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Buried Truth of the Maya (2019)
      Buried Truth of the Maya
      5.5
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • Mission Declassified (2019)
      Mission Declassified
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • The Curse of Civil War Gold (2018)
      The Curse of Civil War Gold
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019

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