Janos Kis

About Me

I am a bilingual Hungarian/English-speaking freelance field/line producer, production manager, and social documentary photographer. Over the past two decades, I have lived across France, the USA, Japan, Israel, Cambodia, and Hungary. My academic background includes studies in Sociology, Tibetan, Cinematography, and Assistant Camera Craft.

With extensive experience in documentaries, travel shows, news segments, and short films, I also have a passion for independent avant-garde filmmaking. My work in slow cinema—creating Experimental Contemplative Short Films—emphasizes minimal or no camera movement and long takes to capture the zen of life. My films have been showcased at international film festivals in Los Angeles, Athens, Cefalù, Girona, and Zagreb, among others.

Production Services
If you're considering filming in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, or Central Europe (especially Hungary), I offer comprehensive production support.

I collaborate with highly skilled professional film crews—both local and international—who are key players in the Cambodian and Thai film industries. Whether working on low-budget indie projects or large-scale international productions, I manage a carefully selected freelance team that ensures seamless operations from pre-production to wrap—even when I’m not physically on-site in Southeast Asia.

My services include:

Pre-production planning
Fixer services
Line producing
Production consultancy
Location scouting
Brainstorming creative shooting ideas
Research and securing interviews
Still photography & videography
Camera operation
Arranging hotels, catering, logistics
Interpreter services
Casting assistance
Securing all necessary permits for foreign film crews

Notable Projects & Collaborations

Field/Line Producer, Fixer & Pre-Production Local Producer for the multi-award-winning Hungarian feature documentary Another Planet, which explored child labor in Cambodia.
Line Producer for Vertigo Pictures (Singapore) on The Bicycle Diaries—a travel documentary series featuring one of Singapore’s most well-known TV hosts, aired on Channel News Asia.
Fixer, Line Producer & Production Manager for Singapore’s popular Tamil-language travel documentary show "Rayil Sneham" (Mediacorp/Vasantham), capturing Cambodian culture, traditions, and culinary specialties.
Fixer for Channel News Asia (Singapore) on a special report covering the Garment Industry Crisis in Cambodia.
Line Producer for the Belgian reality TV series "Jobs Without Frontiers", which followed Belgian tattoo artists learning the ancient art of Yantra tattooing in Cambodia.
Field/Line Producer for a History Channel Germany documentary on the destruction and protection of cultural heritage in Cambodia.
Conducted in-depth research on human rights issues (eviction, child labor, pedophilia, drug trade, mental illness) for British, Polish, German, Swiss, Singaporean, Hungarian, and Belgian clients.

Recognition & Published Works

Featured in Nikon Pro Magazine (2012) as “The guy behind the scenes who makes it all possible”—recognized as a top industry fixer.
Published an article on Cambodia’s film industry in The Location Guide (2016).
Photography and video work featured in Phnom Penh Post, Eye See Media, Global Voices, CrowdVoice, Nikon Pro Magazine, Open Democracy, Handicap International, and Open Society Archives (OSA), among others.

Independent & Experimental Filmmaking

Documentary on the Haganah Ship Exodus 1947—a Holocaust project documenting the last survivors' real stories (unfortunately canceled after three key interviewees passed away during pre-production).
Short film on the Syrian, Iranian, Afghan, and Bangladeshi refugee crisis, traveling alongside refugees from Budapest Keleti Transit Zone to Austria, capturing their journey and struggles.
Experimental Holocaust short film Fear—shot entirely on location at Auschwitz I and Auschwitz-Birkenau, paying tribute to victims of Nazism.

Feature-length contemplative avant-garde film The Gardener.
Author of the novel Dick Monday’s Tokyo Adventures—film/TV adaptation rights available.

Unique Traits
Out-of-the-box thinker
Problem solver