Victor Tadashi Suarez

Victor Tadashi Suárez is an American documentary cinematographer and filmmaker. He is a two-time News & Documentary Emmy Award winner and has worked as director of photography on documentary films and series for outlets including The New York Times, ESPN, PBS, and Investigation Discovery. His short documentary Still Standing (co-directed with journalist Livia Albeck-Ripka) premiered in the short film program at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival

Career Suárez began his career as a cameraman for Al Jazeera English, serving as the director of photography on the investigative series Fault Lines from 2013 to 2018 During this time, he filmed 45 episodes of Fault Lines and his work on the series earned multiple News & Documentary Emmy nominations (seven in total). He was also the cinematographer for The Strike (2024), a film about a California prison hunger strike that aired on PBS Independent Lens in early 2025, and Driver (2024), which premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and later aired on PBS’s POV in 2025. In 2025, he was credited as a cinematographer on the Amazon Prime Video docuseries Glitter & Greed: The Lisa Frank Story (2023) and on Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024), a four-part investigative series that premiered on Investigation Discovery.

Awards Suárez has won two News & Documentary Emmy Awards for his work, and has garnered numerous additional Emmy nominations.

Selected Filmography

As cinematographer

Harvest Season (2018) – Director: Bernardo Ruiz. Aired on PBS Independent Lens. The Infinite Race (2020) – Director: Bernardo Ruiz. ESPN 30 for 30

As director

Alpha Mare (2019) – Short documentary, co-directed with Mimi Wilcox. Uncle Morris (2025) – Short fiction film, co-directed with Max Azulay Still Standing (2026) – Short documentary, co-directed with Livia Albeck-Ripka