Meet the Team
Gary Matoso
Founder, Creative Director, DP
Born and raised in California, Gary Matoso began his career in a commercial photography studio in San Francisco. He later moved to Paris, France where he was based as a photojournalist for 16 years. His assignments took him across Europe, Africa, The Middle East, and the former Soviet republics. His photography has appeared in publications including: The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, People, Forbes, Smithsonian, Liberation, Le Monde, The Guardian, and The Sunday Times of London. In 2010 he founded Vignette, a creative agency and production company that focuses on telling meaningful stories through photography and film.
Cameron Zohoori
Director, Head of Post-Production
Cameron Zohoori is a filmmaker from North Carolina by way of Jamaica, Arkansas, and Seattle. After studying neuroscience, he decided storytelling was a more compelling way to affect people’s brains. Projects in diverse media have taken him from the hollers of Kentucky to the streets of Liberia, from cage diving with great white sharks to training rural radio producers. As a Lewis Hine Documentary Fellow he spent a year filming and photographing the lives of youth and youth workers in Lowell, Massachusetts. The resulting documentary “The Vow” played festivals around the country and internationally. Since 2015 Cameron has worked with Vignette in Seattle.
Louise Colette
Senior Producer, Head of Casting and Story Development
Louise Colette grew up in Paris, France and attended Concordia University focusing on sociology and film studies. She joined Vignette in 2018 and is a Senior Producer and Casting Director. She has a passion for people and an uncanny knack for finding meaningful stories that unfold on screen. As a producer she strives on building trusted relationships with cast and crew alike, and makes it a priority to ensure a safe, fun and equitable production environment for all.
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WHAT OUR PARTNERS SAY
“You might be thinking of hiring them to create a video, but if you bring them in sooner, they can help revitalize your whole brand. ”
“They are wonderful people, which allowed them to develop amazing connections with the subjects of the documentary. These connections allowed the Vignette team to capture compelling, human, and dignifying content. ”
“The Vignette team's ability to get real and emotional content from ordinary people was stunning. Gary's empathetic approach lowers barriers and open's people up. The speed, responsiveness and resources they brought not only to the set but to the planning and concept development was incredible and elevated the final output.”
“Throughout the production process, Vignette demonstrated the utmost level of professionalism, creativity, and a proactive approach. Their ability to collaborate with multiple partners, listen to feedback, and communicate with intention was key to the success of the project.”
“Vignette was there with us every step of the way and their team did a great job dealing with last minute demands from new stakeholders. We walked away with a large library of quality assets that are still being used years later.”