Jaro Waldeck ACK
Selected credits
- Counter AttackDir. Tiernan Williams/ Cluster Fox Films
- Housewife of the YearDir. Ciaran Cassidy/ Little Wing Films
- The Forest Midwife Dir. Beta Bajgart/ See The Light Productions
- DreamtownDir. Steven McKenna/ DRVN Pictures
- ConveyanceDir. Gemma Creagh/ Dromglen Productions
- La TumbaDir. Natasha Waugh/ Subotica
About
Jaro Waldeck is an award winning cinematographer with bases in Ireland, Czech Republic and Sweden. She is a member of the Czech Society of Cinematographers.
Her first narrative feature Dreamtown premiered at Galway Film Fleadh 2024, along with documentary feature Housewife of the Year which won Best Irish Documentary Award. Other credits include the comedy horror Conveyance which won Best Cinematography at the Monza Film Festival in Italy, the multi award winning In Orbit written and directed by Katie McNeice, and La Tumba directed by Natasha Waugh.
Jaro’s medical documentary Counter Attack funded under the Science on Screen Commission by Ardan/Curam, an environmental documentary
The Forest Midwife funded by the Irish Department of Agriculture and a short drama Shelter are set for festival premieres this year.
Featured work
Dreamtown
Production Company: DRVN Pictures
Writer/Director: Steven McKenna
CONVEYANCE
Production Company: Dromglen Productions
Writer/Director: Gemma Creagh
WINNER OF BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Monza Film Festival, Italy 2025
Housewife of the Year
Production Company: Little Wing Films
Director: Ciaran Cassidy
Cinematography: Richard Kendrick, Jaro Waldeck
WINNER OF BEST IRISH FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
36th Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland 2024
WINNER OF JURY AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
Newport Beach Film Festival, USA 2024
COUNTER ATTACK
Production Company: Cluster Fox Films
Director: Tiernan Williams
LA TUMBA
Production Company: Subotica
Writer: Jonathan Hughes
Director: Natasha Waugh
WINNER OF AUDIENCE AWARD
Capital Irish Film Festival 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Galway Film Fleadh 2022
Dublin International Film Festival 2023, Chicago Irish Film Festival 2023
Capital Irish Film Festival 2023
The Forest Midwife
Production Company: See The Light Productions Director: Beta Bajgart
In Orbit
Written/ Directed/ Produced by Katie McNeice
WINNER OF BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Flikkers Queer Film Festival, UK 2021
NOMINATIONS FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Underground Cinema Awards, Ireland, 2021
East Europe Int. Film Festival, Poland, 2020
South Europe Int. Film Festival, Spain, 2020
North Europe Int. Film Festival, UK, 2020