10 Emmy Nominations | 4 Emmy Wins | 1 ACE Eddie Win
Flicker Filmworks is an award winning production company specializing in unscripted content for film, television and digital platforms. Projects have included the Emmy nominated series Hidden Heroes for CBS, Nomad with Carlton McCoy for CNN, Post Production on Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown on CNN, and Mind of a Chef on PBS. In conjunction with brand partners, Flicker Filmworks has produced content for Chobani, Disney+, GE Vernova, The Rockefeller Foundation and Monogram.
Flicker Post, a division of Flicker Filmworks, specializes in hybrid remote and on-prem post production workflow hosting. An end-to-end solution, Flicker Post allows you to bring your own creative team while utilizing our state of the art, secure storage and infrastructure to host all your media. Best in class editorial support and post supervision ensure your project has bespoke, individual attention from camera card to final master.
Laura deNey is an Emmy award-winning producer and director, who tells hidden stories from around the world, with a focus on women, the environment and social justice. Holding a BA from Stanford University in Anthropology and Feminist Studies, Laura has produced and edited dozens of hours of documentary programming including documentary series for National Geographic and CNN, award-winning feminist documentaries for PBS, Marcus Samuelson’s Emmy-award winning short series “My Mark,” environmental justice films for the DEC, a variety of Anthony Bourdain’s television series and his feature film “WASTED! The Story of Food Waste," which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. Most recently, Laura directed two independent films: “The Nature of Nature” on biodiversity (soon to be released), and “Reborn to Dance,” a story of a woman beating cancer twice to become a professional ballroom dancer, which premiered at the American Documentary and Animation Film Festival. Laura is co-owner of Flicker Filmworks, and executive produced two seasons of the Emmy Award-nominated family series “Hidden Heroes,” the series “Going From Broke” executive produced by Ashton Kutcher, a feature film for the band “Bright Eyes,” and a concert of the movie “Clouds” on Disney+. As founder and co-owner of Flicker Filmworks, Laura heads up development and is responsible for creative ideation, casting, and finding iconic stories that are in line with our mission of social change and justice.
Mustafa Bhagat (ACE) is an Emmy award-winning producer, editor and verité cinematographer. He is best known for his work with Anthony Bourdain as co-producer and editor for all his documentary projects for 13 years. The “Senegal” episode of Parts Unknown garnered Mustafa an ACE editing award in 2017 and the “Kenya” episode with W. Kamau Bell won an Emmy for writing in 2019. Mustafa is a highly in demand and technical editor, creating films and commercials for premium clients such as Chobani, Breville, Tumi, Nissan, (RED), AirBnb, Disney+. Mustafa’s passion for culture, travel, food and music permeates all his work. For the CNN series NOMAD (2022), Mustafa was brought on to develop, produce and co-direct the first episode, and stay on as lead editor through post production. A technologist at heart, Mustafa has harnessed the latest technology to develop and implement remote workflows for production and post production since 2008. Mustafa is co-owner of Flicker Filmworks, and executive produced Ashton Kutcher’s documentary series “Going From Broke”, “Hidden Heroes” for Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, a documentary concert film for the band Bright Eyes, and the virtual concert of the movie “Clouds” on Disney+.
Mustafa runs Flicker Filmworks with his partner, Laura deNey in the Hudson Valley of New York. When not making films he can be found strumming sweet melodies on his sitar.
Laura deNey • Co-Founder / Executive Producer • 917.749.2047• laura@flickerfilmworks.com
Mustafa Bhagat • Co-Founder / Executive Producer • 917.608.6955 • mustafa@flickerfilmworks.com
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