NAINOA

NAINOA

LANGER

LANGER

DIRECTOR

CINEMATOGRAPHER

CINEMATOGRAPHER

DIRECTOR

CINEMATOGRAPHER

CINEMATOGRAPHER

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featured works

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featured works

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featured works

Returning to Olivia

Role

Director

Category

LAYERS Short Doc

Returning to Olivia

Role

Director

Category

LAYERS Short Doc

Returning to Olivia

Role

Director

Category

LAYERS Short Doc

MYSTO

Role

Director

Category

Layers Short Doc

MYSTO

Role

Director

Category

Layers Short Doc

MYSTO

Role

Director

Category

Layers Short Doc

MADDIX

Role

Director

Category

LAYERS Short Doc

MADDIX

Role

Director

Category

LAYERS Short Doc

MADDIX

Role

Director

Category

LAYERS Short Doc

Patagonia Films: Sea Country

Role

Cinematographer

Category

Documentary

Patagonia Films: Sea Country

Role

Cinematographer

Category

Documentary

Patagonia Films: Sea Country

Role

Cinematographer

Category

Documentary

VAER x NSLA

Role

Director

Category

Documentary

VAER x NSLA

Role

Director

Category

Documentary

VAER x NSLA

Role

Director

Category

Documentary

LAYERS Series Trailer

Role

2025

Category

Layers Short doc

LAYERS Series Trailer

Role

2025

Category

Layers Short doc

LAYERS Series Trailer

Role

2025

Category

Layers Short doc

Eli Olson 'Ohana Collab

Role

Cinematographer

Category

Branded Story

Eli Olson 'Ohana Collab

Role

Cinematographer

Category

Branded Story

Eli Olson 'Ohana Collab

Role

Cinematographer

Category

Branded Story

Said The Sky - Album BTS Promo

Role

Director

Category

Short Doc

Said The Sky - Album BTS Promo

Role

Director

Category

Short Doc

Said The Sky - Album BTS Promo

Role

Director

Category

Short Doc

2025 Film Reel

Role

Director, DP

Category

Film Reel

2025 Film Reel

Role

Director, DP

Category

Film Reel

2025 Film Reel

Role

Director, DP

Category

Film Reel

Hula is Hawaii

Role

cinematographer, colorist

Category

Documentary

Hula is Hawaii

Role

cinematographer, colorist

Category

Documentary

Hula is Hawaii

Role

cinematographer, colorist

Category

Documentary

Jasper

Role

Director

Category

LAYERS Short Doc

Jasper

Role

Director

Category

LAYERS Short Doc

Jasper

Role

Director

Category

LAYERS Short Doc

Patagonia Films: Jalpi

Role

cinematographer

Category

Documentary

Patagonia Films: Jalpi

Role

cinematographer

Category

Documentary

Patagonia Films: Jalpi

Role

cinematographer

Category

Documentary

unstoppable

Role

Director

Category

Layers short doc

unstoppable

Role

Director

Category

Layers short doc

unstoppable

Role

Director

Category

Layers short doc

Kith x Columbia: Big Sur

Role

cinematographer

Category

Social

Kith x Columbia: Big Sur

Role

cinematographer

Category

Social

Kith x Columbia: Big Sur

Role

cinematographer

Category

Social

PHLEX Swim

Role

Cinematographer, colorist

Category

Commercial

PHLEX Swim

Role

Cinematographer, colorist

Category

Commercial

PHLEX Swim

Role

Cinematographer, colorist

Category

Commercial

ILLENIUM Trilogy Denver

Role

director

Category

Documentary

ILLENIUM Trilogy Denver

Role

director

Category

Documentary

ILLENIUM Trilogy Denver

Role

director

Category

Documentary

connor trimble

Role

director

Category

layers short doc

connor trimble

Role

director

Category

layers short doc

connor trimble

Role

director

Category

layers short doc

dan worden

Role

director

Category

Layers short doc

dan worden

Role

director

Category

Layers short doc

dan worden

Role

director

Category

Layers short doc

The stories we wear

Role

director

Category

Commercial

The stories we wear

Role

director

Category

Commercial

The stories we wear

Role

director

Category

Commercial

Film Reel

Role

all

Category

Film Reel

Film Reel

Role

all

Category

Film Reel

Film Reel

Role

all

Category

Film Reel

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Selected Clients

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BIO

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BIO

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BIO

winner Norcal Emmy Awards

hula is hawai'i

associate producer

winner Norcal Emmy Awards

hula is hawai'i

associate producer

winner Norcal Emmy Awards

hula is hawai'i

associate producer

winner Norcal Emmy Awards

hula is hawai'i

associate producer

2x telly awards - art direction

kuku kapa commercial

associate producer, dp, edit

2x telly awards - art direction

kuku kapa commercial

associate producer, dp, edit

2x telly awards - art direction

kuku kapa commercial

associate producer, dp, edit

2x telly awards - art direction

kuku kapa commercial

associate producer, dp, edit

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - INDIE X FILM FEST 2025

RETURNING TO OLIVIA

DIRECTOR, DP

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - INDIE X FILM FEST 2025

RETURNING TO OLIVIA

DIRECTOR, DP

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - INDIE X FILM FEST 2025

RETURNING TO OLIVIA

DIRECTOR, DP

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - INDIE X FILM FEST 2025

RETURNING TO OLIVIA

DIRECTOR, DP

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT (SHORT DOCUMENTARY) - INDIE X FILM FEST 2025

RETURNING TO OLIVIA

DIRECTOR, DP

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT (SHORT DOCUMENTARY) - INDIE X FILM FEST 2025

RETURNING TO OLIVIA

DIRECTOR, DP

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT (SHORT DOCUMENTARY) - INDIE X FILM FEST 2025

RETURNING TO OLIVIA

DIRECTOR, DP

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT (SHORT DOCUMENTARY) - INDIE X FILM FEST 2025

RETURNING TO OLIVIA

DIRECTOR, DP

BEST MALE DIRECTOR (NOMINEE) - INDIE X FILM FEST 2025

RETURNING TO OLIVIA

DIRECTOR, DP

BEST MALE DIRECTOR (NOMINEE) - INDIE X FILM FEST 2025

RETURNING TO OLIVIA

DIRECTOR, DP

BEST MALE DIRECTOR (NOMINEE) - INDIE X FILM FEST 2025

RETURNING TO OLIVIA

DIRECTOR, DP

BEST MALE DIRECTOR (NOMINEE) - INDIE X FILM FEST 2025

RETURNING TO OLIVIA

DIRECTOR, DP

Norcal emmy awards nomination

Aloha 'aina

Director of photgraphy

Norcal emmy awards nomination

Aloha 'aina

Director of photgraphy

Norcal emmy awards nomination

Aloha 'aina

Director of photgraphy

Norcal emmy awards nomination

Aloha 'aina

Director of photgraphy

Maui film festival audience choice

True Hawai'i

co-director, DP, Editor

Maui film festival audience choice

True Hawai'i

co-director, DP, Editor

Maui film festival audience choice

True Hawai'i

co-director, DP, Editor

Maui film festival audience choice

True Hawai'i

co-director, DP, Editor

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About

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About

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About

Nainoa Langer is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker from Moloka‘i, Hawai'i, born and raised with a deep connection to place, people, and story. With over 10 years of experience in the filmmaking landscape, his work focuses on capturing authentic human experiences through a visual language that blends cinematic beauty with emotional honesty. His early career was spent documenting and telling stories from cultures around the world with the powerhouse agency in travel, Beautiful Destinations, bringing far corners of the earth to household screens the way his younger self had always dreamt of seeing.

Nai now focuses on commercial, documentary, and branded filmmaking as a Director and DP, honing and elevating the craft of short form deep emotional storytelling through his series titled LAYERS, a style widely applicable to films for industries in every sector. In 2025 he founded InnerBloom, a boutique production company that blends together the efficiency of small crew productions with big impact execution. Whether he’s shooting on the road or at home in Hawai‘i, he approaches every story with intention, respect, and a commitment to showing the deeper layers of who we are.

Based in Honolulu, Hawai'i.


Nainoa Langer is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker from Moloka‘i, Hawai'i, born and raised with a deep connection to place, people, and story. With over 10 years of experience in the filmmaking landscape, his work focuses on capturing authentic human experiences through a visual language that blends cinematic beauty with emotional honesty. His early career was spent documenting and telling stories from cultures around the world with the powerhouse agency in travel, Beautiful Destinations, bringing far corners of the earth to household screens the way his younger self had always dreamt of seeing.

Nai now focuses on commercial, documentary, and branded filmmaking as a Director and DP, honing and elevating the craft of short form deep emotional storytelling through his series titled LAYERS, a style widely applicable to films for industries in every sector. In 2025 he founded InnerBloom, a boutique production company that blends together the efficiency of small crew productions with big impact execution. Whether he’s shooting on the road or at home in Hawai‘i, he approaches every story with intention, respect, and a commitment to showing the deeper layers of who we are.

Based in Honolulu, Hawai'i