Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Timeline
Group Exhibitions
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Raquel Trejo

Adelaide,SA

Summary

I am a filmmaker and photographer exploring identity, memory, and our emotional connection to place. My work is grounded in natural light, intimacy, and slow, observational storytelling.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Documentary Filmmaker and Producer

Rosa Aurelia Productions
03.2024 - Current
  • Developed, co-wrote, directed, and shot a feature documentary on Tunisian artist Emel Mathlouthi, overseeing multi-location production, creative continuity, and branded short-form content.

Creative Producer

From5000
11.2023 - Current
  • Led editorial strategy and creative development for short-form documentary content, directing field shoots, building a volunteer network of local creatives, and managing social media to boost brand visibility.

Underwater Camera

Matt Bagley
01.2024 - 01.2024
  • Underwater Camera and safety diver for marketing project.

Director, Editor

Adelaide Advertising and Design Club
05.2023 - 10.2023
  • Wrote, directed, and edited a mental health awareness campaign—runner-up in the 2023 AdMental competition—developing a stigma-reducing concept in collaboration with industry mentors and mental health professionals.


Underwater Camera

Matt Bagley
07.2023 - 07.2023
  • Underwater Camera and safety diver for the online cover of Australian Geographic 2023.

Underwater Photographer, Camera Assistant, Dive Master

Breakout Productions
05.2023 - 05.2023
  • Contributed to Discovery Channel’s Great White Odyssey as core field team member, capturing stills, assisting cinematography on land and sea, and serving as Dive Master to ensure safety in open-ocean environments.

Trainee Associate Producer

Sealight Pictures
03.2023 - 03.2023
  • Selected as Associate Producer mentee on Secrets of the Octopus (Nat Geo/Disney+), supporting story development, field logistics, underwater safety, and BTS photography on a high-end natural history production.

Trainee Shooter/Director

Breakout Productions
01.2023 - 02.2023
  • Trainee Shooter/Director on Supershark Highway (Love Nature), contributing to field production, camera operation, and BTS capture while developing hands-on skills in documentary storytelling and marine-based cinematography.

Education

BBA - SCREEN STUDIES

Flinders University
Adelaide, SA
12.2022

Certificate - Photography

Centre For Creative Photography
Adelaide, SA
12-2022

POST GRAD DIPLOMA - TRANSLATION STUDIES

Flinders University
12.2007

M.SC. - INTERNATIONAL ENVIROMENTAL SCIENCE

Lund University
12.2003

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING - undefined

Autonomous Metropolitan University
12.2000

Skills

  • Production management
  • Camera operation
  • Collaborative teamwork
  • Film directing
  • Film and video production

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Italian
Limited Working

Timeline

Documentary Filmmaker and Producer

Rosa Aurelia Productions
03.2024 - Current

Underwater Camera

Matt Bagley
01.2024 - 01.2024

Creative Producer

From5000
11.2023 - Current

Underwater Camera

Matt Bagley
07.2023 - 07.2023

Director, Editor

Adelaide Advertising and Design Club
05.2023 - 10.2023

Underwater Photographer, Camera Assistant, Dive Master

Breakout Productions
05.2023 - 05.2023

Trainee Associate Producer

Sealight Pictures
03.2023 - 03.2023

Trainee Shooter/Director

Breakout Productions
01.2023 - 02.2023

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING - undefined

Autonomous Metropolitan University

BBA - SCREEN STUDIES

Flinders University

Certificate - Photography

Centre For Creative Photography

POST GRAD DIPLOMA - TRANSLATION STUDIES

Flinders University

M.SC. - INTERNATIONAL ENVIROMENTAL SCIENCE

Lund University

Group Exhibitions

2025 A Scientific Approach, Loosen Art, Rome, Italy

          Nominee One Shot Award, BBA Prizes, Berlin, Germany

          Foto Nostrum Pollux Awards Honourable Mention, Barcelona, Spain

          Blue, Decode Gallery, Tucson, Arizona.

          The Flow, Photography Competition, Honourable Mention, USA.

          Australian Photographic Prize, Award Portrait Category, Australia

          International Photography Awards, Official Selection Professional 

          Grounded Yorke Peninsula Festival, Second Prize Award, Australia 

          Look! Prize, Museum of Australian Photography, Finalist, Australia 

          Ephemere Photo Festival, Tokyo, Japan






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