UnderCurrent Productions is a husband-wife team who loves blending images, stories, missions, and sound together to make sense of the world. That’s why, in 2010, we started crafting an escape plan from our regular jobs as newspaper reporters and camera operators to start our own company.
We bring decades of experience in cinematography, photography, documentary and journalism to productions big and small. We work with a diverse range of clients, including National Geographic, Art Basel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and NOAA Fisheries. We’ve produced video stories and mini-docs for BBC Reel, MSNBC, and Atlas Obscura. Our independent documentaries have won awards at film festivals around the country.
Read more if you’re interested in knowing more about who we are and where we’re coming from— or just get in touch to discuss your ideas. We’d love to help tell your story.
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Daniel Cojanu is a director of photography and editor with diverse experience in feature film, documentary, commercial and television production. Starting out as a news cameraman in the post-communist TV broadcast industry in Romania, he studied film production National University of Theater & Film and the BBC School for Broadcast Journalism in Bucharest.
Daniel has worked as a camera operator and cinematographer on various international film productions, as well as television series, documentaries, short films, and commercials broadcast in Europe and the United States. After moving to Cape Cod in 2008, he earned several film festival and industry awards for cinematography, including on the 2016 short film Black Canaries and the 2014 feature When the Ocean Met the Sky. In addition to his work with UnderCurrent Productions, Daniel works with producers on commercial and broadcast productions. More of Daniel’s work, including his cinematography reel and photography, can be seen here.
When he’s not setting up lighting or calibrating his gimbal, Daniel enjoys playing pickup soccer with his fellow international friends and tending his ever-expanding garden.
Elise Hugus is a documentary producer, writer and editor who strives to put a human face on scientific concepts and environmental dilemmas.
A Cape Cod native, Elise is a 2006 graduate of the communications and journalism program at Concordia University in Montreal and the Danish School of Journalism in Aarhus, Denmark. She started her career as a radio and newspaper journalist before turning full-time to video production.
In 2017, Elise was recognized with a “40 Under 40” Award by Cape & Plymouth Business Association. She has won three Eddy Awards from Edible Communities for her magazine writing. Elise is also a regular contributor to Oceanus and the website of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
At UnderCurrent Productions, Elise tends to work behind the scenes: researching and pitching stories, crafting scripts, editing, and balancing the books. On production days, she mostly shoots second camera and conducts interviews. When not working, Elise can be found reconnecting with the elements by running and swimming.