Byron Donaldson

About Byron

Byron Jay Donaldson is a Seattle-based crew member, editor, and filmmaker working across narrative, corporate, commercial, and live event production. On set, he works in the grip, lighting, and camera departments, with experience as a grip and lighting assistant, 1st and 2nd AC, data wrangler, camera operator, and production assistant. His crew work includes light-shaping rigs, cable and generator power management, mobile rigging, load in and out, and multi-camera setups on Blackmagic and RED cameras. Credits include the festival feature Diwata, an Official Selection at the Seattle International Film Festival, along with corporate shoots, promotional videos, podcasts, reality television, and live streams of events such as large church gatherings and dance competitions. Byron also edits and designs motion graphics in Premiere Pro, After Effects, and DaVinci Resolve. He holds a Film & Video Production Certificate and a B.A. in English: Creative Writing from the University of Washington, and he completed the Narrative Film Apprenticeship at Northwest Film Forum. His own short films have played at multiple festivals, and he has nearly a decade of prior experience in quality assurance at game studios, which shapes how he approaches organization and problem-solving on set. He works through Misguided Productions, LLC.