Behind the camera

I’m Tiago Lopes — videographer and cameraman in Brussels. I make corporate, brand, event and institutional video, and shoot camera for broadcast television.

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Who I am

The thread through everything I do is adaptability. Years of making things end to end on my own — for my own YouTube channel and for clients — taught me to film, direct and edit, and to solve problems on the spot. Working in-house for brands meant wearing every hat at once. Television taught me to think fast when a moment won’t wait. Put those together and that’s what you get: someone who stays composed in rooms you can’t control, and finds a way to get the shot regardless.

What sets the work apart isn’t only the filming — it’s thinking about what the footage becomes. A single shoot, planned right, is a month of content: the hero film, the social cut-downs, the speaker clips, next year’s promo. I plan for that from the brief, so the value keeps working long after the day itself.

Before working full-time with video, I did communication and social media in food & beverage — mostly craft beer — which is where I learned how brands and audiences actually work. It’s why I think about the social side as much as the cinematic one, and why the films I make feel like the brand they’re for, not a stock template.

You deal directly with the person filming and cutting — and I bring in a trusted crew when a job needs it. I work in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish, based in Brussels and available across Belgium and Europe.

What makes the work different

  • Solo, but broadcast-level. One person to deal with, the standards of someone who films for TV.
  • Access most freelancers don't have. EU institutions, the European Parliament, NATO — the rooms, the protocol and the press timelines.
  • Story first. I work out what a video needs to do before I work out how to shoot it.
  • A brand brain, not just a camera. A decade in F&B taught me how brands and audiences work — so the video sounds like you.
  • One shoot, many deliverables. I plan the cut-downs from the start, so a day's filming becomes weeks of content.
  • Travels. Based in Brussels, available across Belgium and Europe.

Trusted by

SIC Notícias logoCNN Portugal logoEuropean Innovation Council logoNovabase logoToastmasters logoUnion Saint-Gilloise logoLoba logoHutstuf logoWooclap logoBBP logoDois Corvos logoCuatro logoAntena 3 logoTelecinco logoSyndicato logoBeericeira logoArtBeerFest logoPBF logoLisbon Craft Beer logoSIC Notícias logoCNN Portugal logoEuropean Innovation Council logoNovabase logoToastmasters logoUnion Saint-Gilloise logoLoba logoHutstuf logoWooclap logoBBP logoDois Corvos logoCuatro logoAntena 3 logoTelecinco logoSyndicato logoBeericeira logoArtBeerFest logoPBF logoLisbon Craft Beer logo

What clients say

“Very easy to work with — very professional, proactive and adaptable to different and challenging contexts. Great communication skills, and the results were very good, showing the effort Tiago put into doing a great job.”

European Projects Manager · EU-funded projectsName withheld at the client’s request

“We had a tight agenda — interviews scheduled back-to-back with extra work in between, which can be a recipe for disaster — but Tiago’s professionalism and quick work made the day a success. I’d definitely work together again.”

Ana Ibáñez, Communications Manager · Dealflow.eu

Want to work together?

Tell me what you’re planning — I’ll come back with an approach and a quote.

Based in Brussels · available across Belgium & Europe.

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