Thomas Hoebbel has been a professional photographer and filmmaker for over 20 years. He received his first camera as a gift when he was 7 years old and has never looked back. The field has completely transformed since he was running around popping Kodak 126 film cartridges into his Instamatic, but his love for photography and film hasn’t changed a bit.
After graduating from college, he began his freelance career in Connecticut as a newspaper photojournalist and theatre and dance photographer. He later moved to Ithaca, NY and established Thomas Hoebbel Photo~Video continuing his work in commercial photography and moving into more filmmaking with a focus on documentary filmmaking in areas of social justice. I believe there is a power in the art form of documentary film that gives the viewer direct insight into the subject matter and hopefully offers an opportunity for reflection, compassionate understanding, and inspiration to affect change.
This is Hoebbel’s first feature-length film.