Ilie Mitaru

Producer and Cinematographer

In 2011, Russia's largest meat producer, Miratorg, began recruiting American cowboys to help restart a national beef industry that had been destroyed during the Soviet era. 

Wrangling Russia follows four of these American cowboys as they attempt to train their Russian counterparts and create new lives for themselves and their families in this new unexpected Russian frontier. 

Commissioned by the Guardian. 

Wrangling Russia

Throughout 2013, I produced, wrote and often shot for PBS' The Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg. 

The Travel Detective

I co-directed and shot a documentary short for Verizon and Fox Sports, on the Brazilian fan experience leading up to the World Cup. 

Home Turf

Every year, hundreds of people perish -- from hypothermia, heatstroke and dehydration — attempting to cross the desert spanning the U.S. Mexico border. Rafael Hernandez has made it his life’s work to rescue those in dying on in the border.

Commissioned by NBC's Left Field.

Ilie Mitaru

Producer and Cinematographer

Wrangling Russia

The Travel Detective

Home Turf

La Frontera