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Services

Direction and cinematography for brands, agencies, and organizations.

Working nationally and internationally, based in Toledo, Ohio.

What I do

Direction

Creative development, treatment, and on-set direction for commercial and branded documentary work.

Cinematography (DP)

Director of Photography services for productions where another director or agency is leading — as on a production for NBC Sports.

Producing

Project planning, crew coordination and production support. Josh’s credits include Producer on Netflix’s Full Swing; the role and scope are defined separately for each engagement.

A film crew filming golfers on a course during production of Netflix's Full Swing.
Sports & broadcast
Josh Nagel smiling while operating a Sony camera rig trackside at a speedway, with race cars visible in the background.
Brand & commercial
Josh Nagel and crew filming a horse on location during a documentary production.
Documentary & culture

What are you making?

Cameras, lighting and sound equipment arranged for a TOOSII interview filmed through JPA.

Equipment

I run a cinema-ready kit that scales from a one-person lean shoot to a multi-day commercial production. Gear gets picked based on what the story needs, not a fixed rental sheet.

Camera + lenses

Cinema cameras, full-frame glass, on-set monitoring, and A/B-camera setups when the production calls for it.

Movement + aerial

Tripod, handheld, gimbal, and drone work — whatever the shot needs.

Lighting + sound

Lighting, grip, and wireless audio for real locations, not a studio.

Anything beyond the standard kit gets quoted per project.

How a project comes together

Development first — treatments, planning, casting, locations. Then production. Then post, through final delivery.

Who I work with

Agencies, brand marketing teams, and organizations across sports, entertainment, music, and national brands — working nationally and internationally, based in Toledo, Ohio.

Selected clients

Netflix (Full Swing), The Wall Street Journal / Campbell's (Director of Photography), NBC Sports, TNT Sports, DAZN, Sony Music Entertainment, Dewesoft.

Repeat agency and production collaborators include JPA Creative, The Jakes Group, and BVK.

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