QUIET ON SET
2024. Limited series. HBO Max
QUIET ON SET: THE DARK SIDE OF KIDS TV is a four-part docuseries that uncovers the toxic and dangerous culture behind some of the most iconic children’s shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s. QUIET ON SET pulls back the curtain on an empire, built by creator Dan Schneider, that had an undeniable grip on popular culture. Series such as All That and The Amanda Show, among others, were obsessively consumed by children across the country and defined comedy for a generation. But behind the upbeat onscreen presence on these shows with questionable jokes and over-the-top sketches, QUIET ON SET reveals an insidious environment rife with allegations of abuse, sexism, racism, and inappropriate dynamics with its underage stars and crew.
Directed by Mary Robertson & Emma Schwartz. Director of Photography Victor Tadashi Suárez. Second Unit Director of Photography Brandon Yadegari Moreno. A Maxine production.
MOTHER
2023. 24 min. IF/Then x Hulu
In San Francisco, a city known for its vibrant gay community, nowhere feels like home to Malia Spanyol, a self-identified dyke who sets out to build a space for women and femmes.
Directed by Meg Shutzer & Brandon Yadegari Moreno. Produced by Meg Shutzer. Director of Photography Brandon Yadegari Moreno. Edited by Kate Linhardt. A Family Pictures production, in association with IF/Then and Hulu.
GRAHAM V. FLORIDA
2025 release. Independent feature
Sentenced to life in prison as a child, Terrence Graham took his fight for freedom all the way to the Supreme Court. After twenty-one years behind bars, he is finally getting out - but now Terrence has to confront a system designed to see that he goes back in.
Directed by Meg Shutzer & Brandon Yadegari Moreno. Produced by Meg Shutzer, Molly Forster and Brandon Yadegari Moreno. Director of Photography Brandon Yadegari Moreno. A Family Pictures production.
BLACK MATTERS
2025 release. Independent feature
“What's the point of studying the minutiae of this life if we can't examine ourselves? How are you going to be a scientist and be ignorant at the same time?”
Two young scientists, Valeria King and Khansaa Maar, are on a quest together to unearth the history that underlies the racism they have endured since they began their academic careers. Coming from different walks of life to the same PhD program in molecular and cell biology, they confront the ideology at the core of their experiences, and instigate uncomfortable conversations with their professors, fellow trainees, and educators across the country. Black Matters chronicles their journey to redefine equity and liberate science.
Directed by Khansaa Maar & Valeria King. Produced by Molly Forster and Brandon Yadegari Moreno. Director of Photography Brandon Yadegari Moreno. A Family Pictures production, in association with the Science Communication Lab.
‘We need more females on the frontline’: the women reducing gun violence in California
2022. 10 min. The Guardian
Elana Bolds, Tina Padilla and Claudia Bracho are leaders in the gang violence intervention field – from active shooter drills with children in Richmond to bringing in gang members to help with food distribution in Los Angeles. The Guardian follows their work in the community.
Produced by Rosa Amanda Tuirán Grobet. Cinematography by Brandon Yadegari Moreno. Reporting by Abené Clayton. Edited by Alex Healey. Executive Producer Katie Lamborn.
Latinx Dancers Honor Migrant Stories from the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
2022. 7 min. KQED
In Tucson, Arizona, dancer and choreographer Yvonne Montoya mixes contemporary dance with oral histories from the American Southwest borderlands, showcasing the diversity of voices, experiences, and body movements of Latinx, Mexican American, Chicanx, Mexican and other immigrant communities. Her dance “Braceros” was inspired by father who as a child worked alongside migrant farmworkers.
Directed & produced by Manjula Varghese. Cinematography by Brandon Yadegari Moreno.
Living Water
2021. 12 min. High Country News
While much of the Crow Nation grapples with limited access to clean drinking water, three generations of Apsáalooke (Crow) study the waters of the Little Bighorn River in search of new ways to protect their tribe’s water from agriculture and climate change.
Direction, cinematography, and editing by Brandon Yadegari Moreno. Production by Surya Milner. Executive Producers: Roberto (Bear) Guerra & Bernardo Ruiz.
Home for Now
2021. 16 min. High Country News & The Atlantic
As climate change ratchets up wildfire intensity, two families in Oregon’s Rogue Valley struggle to find stable housing after losing everything. As they search for a foothold, a motel welcomes them.
Direction, cinematography, and editing by Brandon Yadegari Moreno. Co-production by Hanna Merzbach. Executive Producers: Roberto (Bear) Guerra & Bernardo Ruiz. Creative Advisor: Victor Tadashi Suarez. Music by Joel Goodman for Universal Production Music.
Covid’s Hidden Toll
2020. 54 mins. FRONTLINE PBS
FRONTLINE examines how the COVID crisis has hit vulnerable immigrants and undocumented workers. The documentary follows the coronavirus pandemic’s invisible victims, including crucial farm and meat-packing workers who lack protections and have been getting sick.
Roles: Associate Producer, Additional Camera, Additional Sound
House of Little Wings (Trailer)
2020. 12 min. Independent short
In Southern Arizona, an influx of migrants are being kept in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody, where a growing number of children are dying. At Casa Alitas, a shelter for asylum seekers in Tucson, doctors work to treat sick kids and pregnant women after they’re released from custody, before they continue on their journey to reunite with their families across the United States.
A film by Jess Alvarenga & Brandon Yadegari; Executive Producer: Andrés Cediel; Technical Advisor: Chris O'Dea; Editing Advisor: Mike Shen; Script Consultant: Nina Sparling
Remain in Mexico
2019. 5 min. Independent short
The Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy is preventing asylum seekers from accessing lawyers and puts them in harm's way. We went to El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico to meet Nico Palazzo, one of only two immigration lawyers doing pro bono work in the area.
A film by Jess Alvarenga & Brandon Yadegari; Executive Producer: Andrés Cediel; Technical Advisor: Chris O'Dea; Editing Support by: Julie Chang, Christian Collins, Miki Katoni, Rosa Tuiran, and Michaela Vatcheva
The Cost of Being Queer in Delhi
2019. 6 min. Independent short
On a Thursday night in Delhi, hundreds of Indians of all ages fill the country’s oldest queer nightclub, Kitty Su. Here, they drink, dance, and share each other’s company in one of the few truly “safe” spaces for queer people in India. In a city of nineteen million, this is one of the only safe spaces of its kind: a visible gay club that hosts weekly drag shows and almost-nightly parties.
Outside the club, navigating life as a queer person in India means constant consideration of how to stay safe –– and where it’s okay to be yourself. At the center of these tensions is Arjun. He’s gay, 24 years old, in between school and work, and can’t afford to access Delhi’s only safe space for people like him. Instead, he describes how a lack of such spaces has pushed him and other queer people into risky meet-ups that, at best, end in feelings of emptiness and at worst, end in violence.
Reporting, Cinematography, Production and Editing by Brandon Yadegari; Reporting, Audio Engineering and Production by Nina Sparling; Executive Production by Geeta Anand and Andrés Cediel; Additional reporting by Kritika Sony