Eric Arthur Fernandez is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker, director of photography, and cinematographer who specializes in documentary and non-fiction films and television. He is known for his gentle and thoughtful approach to capturing cinematic images in fluid and difficult situations, excelling both at cinema-verité scene work as well as in more controlled shooting environments.

He began his career in 2012 after photographing a small town in Northern California where the dead outnumber the living 1,000 to 1 - the United States’ only designated necropolis. VICE Magazine ran the story and he subsequently began working on staff for the company. At VICE, he was one of the first hired to help launch the VICE News web vertical, where he produced and shot dozens of domestic and international documentaries, on subject matter ranging from urban America and policing, to international crisis and conflict, to the U.S. presidential race and the Trump Presidency. He has since gone on to work on a wide variety of projects for Netflix, HBO, PBS, National Geographic, and others, and has contributed to films that have premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, and Big Sky International Documentary Festival.

His film Jazz City, about the jazz boom in Los Angeles in the 2010s, aired on KCET’s Peabody award-winning program Socal Connected, and won an Emmy award 2020.

In 2022, he worked as cinematographer and co-producer on HBO Max’s forthcoming queer-inclusive romantic docuseries Swiping America, from the Peabody, GLAAD, and Emmy award-winning creators of We’re Here.

He is in development on his first feature documentary—titled THE ORCHARD—set to go into production in the Spring of 2024.

He also does advocacy work on the side in the non-profit, environmental, and criminal justice spaces, using his media skills to support climate action, hold police accountable, and help keep people out of prison

He is currently available for hire on documentary features and series, and on select branded content projects. He lives in Brooklyn with his cat and enjoys surfing, swimming, and walking in Prospect Park.