Visual Storytelling & Digital Community, Built On Campus.
Creative Director, Filmmaker, and Media Specialist with 10+ years directing documentaries, live broadcasts, and social-first video (including short-form reels for Stanford Arts and the Stanford Filipino Society) across Stanford University and global humanitarian networks.
Global & Campus Directing
Stanford Depts. & Student Orgs
Directing, DP to Color/Audio
Gaming for Justice (Mycelium Youth Network)
Solo Director, Camera, Sound, Lighting & Editor
Featured Visual Works
Curated projects spanning solo directing, campus stories, global summit post-production, and short-form social content, including work published on Stanford-affiliated social channels.
Gaming for Justice
Role: Solo Director, Camera, Sound, Lighting, Editor
At a Mycelium Youth Network event, Dungeons & Dragons became much more than a game: a space where young people confronted pollution and gentrification through quests. Built an immersive documentary world, weaving clean production audio with ambient recordings and subtle visual overlays.
Learn more at myceliumyouthnetwork.org ↗
Nature App | Stanford Doerr School
Role: Director, Camera, Sound, Lighting, Editor
Created for the Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge in partnership with the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. Introduces team 'App Design for Investigating Nature Identity' and their vision for an app that reconnects people with the natural world.
One Young World Summit 2024 (Montréal)
Role: Post-Production Manager, Editor
Managed post-production and edited highlights coverage for One Young World's 14th annual summit in Montréal. Shaped hundreds of hours of footage from 190+ countries into a story for its 18,700-strong Ambassador Community, coordinating 4+ remote editors via shared Premiere proxies.
Bautista Creek Ranches Grand Opening
Role: Director, Camera, Sound, Lighting, Editor
Captured the grand opening of a new farmers hub, serving as a gathering place for local growers, makers, and neighbors. Tells the story from ribbon-cutting to first harvest sales as a region invests in its own food and people.
EcoMagic
Role: Director, Camera, Sound, Lighting, Editor
Anchored by an inter-generational conversation between Jeff and David, two voices exploring science and love as twin principles for living in harmony with nature. Favors authentic dialogue, long takes, and natural environments over scripted debate.
Mohka House
Role: Director, Camera, Sound, Lighting, Editor
An intimate glimpse into Mohka House, a Yemeni coffee haven in Oakland. More than a café, it’s a space where the aroma of coffee, the comfort of food, and the spirit of Yemeni hospitality draw strangers into community. Through quiet, honest moments and visitor reflections, the film reveals a gentle refuge where culture is lived and shared.
Stanford Winter Arts Festival
Role: Director, Camera, Sound, Editor
Captured a vibrant four-day festival hosted by Stanford Arts student groups, showcasing dance, music, poetry, and workshops. This highlights reel, narrated by Tyler Brooks ('17), was proudly published on Stanford University's primary YouTube channel to celebrate the creative pulse of the student body.
Ad Libs | Stanford Design School
Role: Director, Camera, Sound, Lighting, Editor
In collaboration with Stanford d.school students, filmed and edited a teaser for their reality series following emerging designers as they build creative brand identities for small businesses.
Audiopharmacy | Forms & Frequencies
Role: Director, Camera, Sound, Lighting, Editor
Filmed at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center as part of the Forms & Frequencies Music Series. Captured an ensemble performance fusing world hip-hop, live instrumentation, poetic lyricism, turntablism, and Indigenous prayer into a space for healing and unity.
Legally Blonde | Stanford Ram's Head
Role: Director, Camera, Sound, Lighting, Editor
Captured the Ram's Head theatrical production and closing night Q&A featuring novel author Amanda Brown (Stanford Law alumna) alongside librettist Heather Hach, preserving the energy of a live theatrical event.
Bridging Academic Excellence & Modern Audience Engagement
Grounded in film analysis and perception psychology, understanding how viewers process movement, rhythm, and emotion.
End-to-End Production
Full-spectrum execution across directing, DP, lighting, field audio, color grading, and architecting multi-editor remote proxy workflows.
Campus Immersion
10+ years across 30+ Stanford departments, institutes, and student groups, building trusted relationships with faculty, artists, and leaders.
Digital Community Foundation
Built a nonprofit's first visual identity and managed its website, social channels, and newsletters as Media Officer: owning the complete editorial lifecycle.
Team Leadership & Mentorship
Supervising student production crews at Stanford, directing international film teams, and facilitating youth filmmaking academies.
Academic Foundation: Stanford University B.A., Film & Media Studies
Formal coursework combining film practice, media history, perception psychology, and narrative theory:
Media & Digital Culture
History of YouTube · Media, Culture & Society · Contemporary Black Filmmakers · Introduction to Media
Perception & Psychology
Introduction to Perception · Social Psychology (Self & Society) · Meditation & the Brain · Script Analysis
Production & Aesthetics
Filmmaking for the Digital Age · Documentary Cinematography · Constructing Color · Digital Photography
Professional Experience
A timeline of leadership across academic, international, and creative media settings.
Audio-Visual Course Producer
Record and produce online courses, events, and seminars for Stanford. Set up and operate cameras, lighting, and sound for live broadcasts. Supervise and train student camera operators, managing live video switching and editing.
Freelance Videographer / Photographer / Director
Key collaborations across Cantor Arts Center, Stanford Video, Stanford d.school, Stanford Arts & Filipino Society, Stanford Historical Society (Oral History), Stanford Politics Magazine, and Bowes Library (Media Archiver).
Post-Production Supervisor / Editing Manager
Editing Manager and liaison between client and multi-editor team. Coordinated collaborative Adobe Premiere workflows using shared proxies, delivering all summit media assets with 4+ remote editors working across countries.
Film Instructor / Teaching Artist
Trained high school graduates in filmmaking principles, camera operation, lighting, and editing, supervising research-based student documentaries screened at festivals.
Filmmaker & Producer
Directed, shot, and cut commissioned documentaries: Cholera Outbreak in Yemen (BBC Producer), Children & Education (UNICEF Camera/Editor), The Impossible Choices for Yemeni Women (CARE Director/Editor), Women on the Frontlines (Oxfam, interviewed 40+ women), Shattered Homes (UNOCHA), and Disabilities Report (Human Rights Watch).
Media Officer
Built the foundation's media department and first visual identity from the ground up. Owned the full content calendar: website, social channels, and subscriber newsletters, alongside photography, video, and print collateral.
Technical Arsenal & Core Skills
Complete execution across every stage of the production pipeline.
Directing & Cinematography
- 4K Cinema & Broadcast Cameras
- Documentary & Narrative Direction
- DSLR, Mirrorless & ENG Field Kits
- Lighting Design & Field Audio
Editing & Post-Production
- Adobe Premiere Pro (Mastery)
- After Effects & Motion Graphics
- DaVinci Resolve / Color Grading
- Shared-Proxy Remote Pipelines
Live Broadcast & Hardware
- Multi-camera Live Video Switching
- PTZ Remote Camera Systems
- Crestron Automation Systems
- Broadcast-Quality Livestreaming
Social & Digital Media
- Platform-Native Short-Form Reels
- Social Channel & Newsletter Management
- Visual Identity & Brand Systems
- Cross-Department Content Coordination
About Hanan Yajoor
I am a Creative Director, Filmmaker, and Media Specialist with over 10 years of experience leading documentary, narrative, and multimedia projects in conflict zones, humanitarian settings, and academic institutions. My path started as Media Officer for a youth foundation, where I built its first visual identity and ran its website, social channels, and newsletters, before earning my B.A. in Film & Media Studies from Stanford University.
Technically, I operate fluently across the entire pipeline: 4K cinema cameras, ENG kits, DSLRs, PTZ systems, live switching, lighting, and field audio. At the Stanford Center for Global & Online Education, I produce live course broadcasts and supervise a team of student camera operators. Internationally, I have managed multi-editor remote proxy workflows for global summits in Montréal and directed documentary crews in high-pressure environments.
Throughout my career, I have produced commissioned films for global organizations including the BBC, UNICEF, Oxfam, CARE, UNOCHA, and Human Rights Watch, while leading youth filmmaking boot camps in Morocco and the Bay Area. My throughline is constant: listen deeply, bridge artistic vision with client goals, and tell human stories with craft and care.