Innovative Housing Showcase (opens in a new tab)
Innovative Housing Showcase
Filmed HUD Secretary Scott Turner and Dr. Ben Carson for HUD’s broadcast and public affairs teams; exterior footage used in HUD’s official recap.
Cabinet-level event
Dave Haft: Senior Videographer · Editor · Producer — Washington, DC
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Event Highlight Films & Same-Day Panel
Event Highlight Films & Same-Day Panel
Client since 2026
A one-person crew for a panel event: two 4K cameras, four microphones and a live switch. My automated pipeline rebuilt the switch in 4K with mastered audio and delivered the full panel the same day, followed by a highlight film and social ads with name graphics. Also for Goodshuffle, May 2026: a highlight film from an event in NYX Entertainment & Events’ warehouse, with a presentation, a panel of event professionals and a tour.
Same-day 4K delivery
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Global Women’s Summit 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Global Women’s Summit 2025
Client since 2025
Full-day event cinematography, then a rush highlight reel of the 25+ best clips, for Washington Post Live.
12-hour day + rush reel
The linked stream is Washington Post Live’s own production.
Room to Breathe (opens in a new tab)
Room to Breathe
Vérité documentary: newlyweds confront pandemic parenting and virtual school in their search for household balance. 27 minutes, streaming on PBS.
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Producer Mary Awosika · Editor Ellie Walton
“Our awards to short films aim to shine a light on work by emerging filmmakers which provides a rich, emotionally resonant experience that lingers and expands. The MetroShorts Award goes to Dave Haft and Mary Awosika for their insightful diary of daily life in their own young family during COVID in Room to Breathe.”
Filmfest DC 2024 jury
The Economics of Ben & Jerry’s (opens in a new tab)
The Economics of Ben & Jerry’s
Filmed a field shoot in Fairfax, Virginia, for The Wall Street Journal’s video on Ben & Jerry’s, part of WSJ’s “The Economics Of” series.
The linked video is The Wall Street Journal’s own production.
Corporate Conference Recap (opens in a new tab)
Corporate Conference Recap
On-site coverage of NAILBA’s national conference, plus post-production of ten testimonial interviews. Finseca published the recap and uses the footage as the background loop on its NAILBA Annual Meeting page.
2-day shoot · 1-min recap
Music Festival Brand Activation (opens in a new tab)
Music Festival Brand Activation
Event recap of DoorDash’s brand activation at the All Things Go Music Festival.
Organizational Profile Film (opens in a new tab)
Organizational Profile Film
Client since 2019
Character-driven organizational film, produced from pre-production through the final edit; the Council features it on its own About page.
Education Strategy Group (opens in a new tab)
Education Strategy Group
Client since 2023
20+ videos since 2023: student spotlight films for the Accelerate ED initiative (Indianapolis, Vermont, Texas), a multi-video series, and talk, panel and interview videos with social clips.
20+ videos since 2023
Weekly Multi-Camera Live Show (opens in a new tab)
Weekly Multi-Camera Live Show
Studio director of a weekly multi-camera live show (140+ episodes) hosted by Raheem DeVaughn, with guests including John Legend; ran studio cameras, lighting, audio and live streaming, and designed the post-production workflow for clipping each show and editing and processing the media after the live stream.
140+ live episodes
Chesapeake Climate Action Network (opens in a new tab)
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Client since 2024
10+ productions since 2024: advocacy, awareness, events and education.
10+ productions since 2024
Paid Social Test: 72 Ad Variants
Paid Social Test: 72 Ad Variants
A 27-second vertical Meta ad for Camp Somatic, my own family-retreat brand, with me on camera. The campaign tested 72 ad variants across 7 cuts. The best one (the DC cut with a 5-second-frame thumbnail) drew a tap on nearly 1 in 10 views, and about 1 in 20 views clicked through to the website: roughly twice the travel-industry average, at about 18 cents per click-through, under half the typical cost.
About 2× the travel-ad click-through average
Meta Ads lifetime, 23 May–8 Jun 2026, best-performing variant (9,376 impressions): taps (all clicks) on 9.7% of views; click-throughs to the website (link clicks) on 4.7%, at $0.18 each. Benchmark: LocaliQ 2026, travel traffic campaigns, 2.28% click-through rate and $0.42 per click.
More vertical spots for Camp Somatic
Also Newsweek foreign-minister interviewsHHS & SAMHSA leadership addresses at JBS InternationalInternational BaccalaureateDRYleMilitary Health System social media programFull credits
- 250+ videos for 65+ client organizations since 2011
- MetroShorts Award, Filmfest DC 2024
- FAA Part 107 remote pilot