David Hoppe - Filmmaker

Reunion

to breathe

Caught in the Crossfire

How We Begin

A Year of Nightmares

Uninterrupted

Beautiful: A Karen Art Project

Doubled Harvest

Freedom, Period.

Visible Love in Syria

Trapped In The Mountains

Hope in Mosul

Scattered

Healers

Ghouta's Displaced

Tea with the Yazidi

ReunionOver 700,000 Rohingya are living in refugee camps in Bangladesh,forced to flee Myanmar’s campaign of genocide. This is the story of Shabana, the woman who went back.Director, DoP, Editor, Score: David Hoppe

to breatheScenes from a NYC violin vigil held in memory of Elijah McClain, who was killed by police in Aurora, Colorado in 2019.DoP, Editor: David Hoppe

Caught in the CrossfireField report from a relief team embedded with Iraq's 9th Armored Division and the Al-Hashd Al-Sha'abi Popular Mobilization Unit as they clear Islamic State fighters from rural villages on the outskirts of Mosul.DoP, Editor: David Hoppe

How We BeginPromotional short for Giving Tuesday to promote a medical development program serving isolated villages Eastern Myanmar.Director, DoP, Editor, Score: David HoppeWritten by Dave Ellem and David HoppeVO: Chris Norman

A Year of NightmaresLong-standing tensions reached a flashpoint on August 25th, 2017 when Myanmar’s military launched a brutal crackdown on Rohingya civilians in Rakhine State, which quickly escalated into the world's fastest growing refugee crisis. One year later, survivors recount their experiences as Partners reports on the developing situation in Bangladesh.Writer, DoP, Editor, Score: David Hoppe,VO: Ryan McCabe

UninterruptedA Karen woman reflects on life amid the civil war in Myanmar.written, directed, filmed, edited, and scored by David Hoppeadditional videography by Ryan Rocco

Beautiful: A Karen Art ProjectRefugee children from Myanmar paint scenes illustrating their ideas of Beauty. Artwork was exhibited and sold in the United States to help fund development projects for the Karen community in Thailand and Myanmar.DoP, Editor, Score: David Hoppe

Doubled HarvestShan State, Myanmar — A farmer shows off his increased crop yield after receiving training in an organic rice cultivation method called SRI (System of Rice Intensification). DoP, Editor: David Hoppe

Freedom, Period.No one should have to fall behind in school because of their period. Partners Relief & Development introduces a collaboration with Days For Girls to help refugees and displaced people have greater control over their lives. DoP, Editor, Score: David Hoppe.Additional Videography: James Higgins

Visible Love in SyriaField report from a relief team organizing food distribution in Syria.DoP, Editor, Score: David Hoppe

Trapped In The MountainsIn June 2011, the Myanmar Army escalated an ongoing civil war by breaking a 17-year-old ceasefire agreement with the people of Kachin State in northeast Myanmar. As of 2014, about 100,000 Kachin villagers had fled their homes to avoid the violence.Writer, Director, DoP, Editor, Score: David HoppeVO: Ryan McCabe for Partners Relief & Development