CHANGE THE PERSPECTIVE
Tilt Shift Media produces compelling documentary films from a distinct point of view. We believe that storytelling can change perspectives.
Tilt Shift Media’s feature-length documentary Harlem Rising: A Community Changing the Odds chronicling the 40-year history of the Harlem Children’s Zone, was nominated for Best Documentary at the Pan African Film Festival ‘20.
THE CREATIVE TEAM
AMBER PAYNE
CO-FOUNDER
Amber Payne is an award-winning journalist, digital media executive and storyteller with a track record for creating bold content that drives conversation. She’s currently Publisher/GM of The Emancipator, a digital magazine dedicated to exploring solutions to racial inequality. Amber was the Executive Producer of Teen Vogue and Them., overseeing enterprise video strategy and production for both brands — creating scalable digital content for Condé Nast Entertainment, while maintaining brand integrity. Prior to this role, Amber was the founding Managing Editor of NBCBLK, a section of NBCNews.com dedicated to telling stories for and about the black community. She began her career at NBC Nightly News producing breaking news and feature stories, covering stories throughout the U.S. and the UK, Ecuador and parts of West Africa and South Africa. She was a field producer for Special Reports including the 70th Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, the funeral of Nelson Mandela in South Africa, The Royal Wedding, the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and Hurricane Katrina recovery. Amber is a graduate of the University of Virginia where she studied Studio Art and Media Studies.
Rayner Ramirez
CO-Founder
Rayner Ramirez is the Co-Founder and Director of Photography of Tilt Shift Media. Throughout his award-winning career as a network news and documentary producer for NBC, ABC, Fusion, Univision, and CBS, he has covered stories about conflict, immigration, terrorism, health care, climate change, drug wars, human rights and natural disasters.
Rayner was a producer on “Let It Fall,” a full-length feature documentary about the 1992 LA Riots which won a 2018 Dupont Award. He’s the recipient of several Emmy Awards including one for Video Production and another for the Craft of Writing. Other awards include a Dupont Award for coverage of Hurricane Katrina; an Edward R. Murrow Award for breaking news coverage of Hurricane Gustav, a National Headliners Awards for a story on homelessness and the recovery of a 9/11 survivor.
Rayner has a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
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