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Sullivan Slentz | Video Director

@directedbysully

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🎥 Director / Editor/ Storyteller
Commercials•Documentaries•Music Videos
📍ROC, BUF, NYC
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@letchworthstatepark never misses.
@greaterroc

#filmmaker #freelancer #director #cinematography rochesterny by @directedbysully

Summer went by too fast by @directedbysully

A few of my fav frames/moments from the new @officialputz video for “No Give”. My first, of hopefully many, metal music videos.

The idea was pretty simple. Most metal videos use shakey, handheld camera to carry the chaotic energy. I wanted to see if we create that same chaos in all static shots. Not static in the sense of locked off, but static in the sense that the camera is always locked onto something, allowing the world to move around it. It was a really fun creative challenge, and I couldn’t be more stoked about how it turned out.

Director: 👋
DP: @matty_le_fig
Producer: @samnixflix & myself
G&E: Dan Chase
Grip: @jess1.mov
VFX/Color: Nate Bellavia by @directedbysully

2026 part 2 by @directedbysully

Always backlight your liquids.
Always backlight everything.

It’s rare I get to shoot with a three camera setup, but when you’ve got a lot to shoot and you’re short on time, it’s comes in clutch. Still riding the high of how these @feebrothersofficial pieces came out. by @directedbysully

2026 part 1 🫶 by @directedbysully

Bacon, browned butter, duck fat… cocktails.
Spent two days at @thedailyrefresher with @mountainhousemedia and @agncy29 to bring the new @feebrothersofficial fat wash campaign to life. Three cameras, a killer crew, and a product that genuinely blew my mind.

Here are a handful of my favorite frames.

Direction: 👋
DP: @tylorngourn
1st AC: @adamontoya
2nd AC: @sammycprod
Cam Op: @rickyzugnoni
G&E: @mitchsteedmandp @joelbeckwith
Sound: @davesluberski

#commercialdirector #setlife by @directedbysully

A few snippets from my latest campaign with @keukacollege. This was the first of these campaigns I directed and DP’d and I couldn’t be more excited about how it turned out.

Director/DP: 👋
AC: @thefakedavemaslyn @flowercitymedia
G&E: John Davis
Sound: @thatdudemilo @zweigzaudio
HMU: @_estheticsbyliz
Edits: @renruleztheworld
Color: @nolan_whipple
Sound design: @ryanmeadows

#director #commercial #comercialdirector #freelance #freelancer by @directedbysully

I really really do. by @directedbysully

Them: You can’t make talking head videos interesting.
Me: Hold my beer.

Director: 👋
DP: @nolan_whipple
AC: @thefakedavemaslyn
Key grip: @totalboredom
Gaffer: @timothylimner
Audio: @saeva23

This was an interesting peace to work on. Got a chance to collaborate with the St. John Fosher PRIMA group class on how to craft and execute a creative for a client. We had a lot to shoot, and very little time to shoot it in.

See the whole piece at the link in my bio. by @directedbysully

Join the lore.
“Call Away” out tomorrow!

Comment 🔥 for the pre-save link!! by @directedbysully

In May, I had the opportunity to travel to Asheville to shoot a short documentary about the @houseofblackcatmagic for @fetzerinstitute.

Long story short, “Blacklisted” was an official selection and winner of the Spirit of Asheville Award at the 2025 Asheville film festival.

Here are a few of my favorite frames.

This was such a special project to be a part of. Big thanks to the small team, @silmabear & @j.c.pillard and to @ashevillefilmfestival for the recognition.

#filmmaker #director #documentary #documentaryfilmmaking #dehancer #cats #blackcats #magic #sacred by @directedbysully