About Whit Hassett

Whit is a director, videographer and drone pilot based in the Pacific Northwest.

Before stepping behind the camera, she spent nearly a decade working as an ecologist with land trusts and nonprofits, focusing on land conservation, watershed restoration, and science communication.

Her work has taken her from the coral reefs of Hawaii to the salmon rivers of the Northwest, always centering on the relationship between people and place. Her award-winning short films, This Land and I Am Salmon, have been screened at major film festivals worldwide, and she’s currently documenting the largest dam removal and river restoration project on the planet. Whit holds a BS in Environmental Science from the University of Hawaii and an MS from Washington State University.

She is available to direct, film or fly drones for short or long term projects.

Let’s work together!

Please reach out to whitneyhassett@gmail.com for any inquiries or collaborations.

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Seeking Judhuri is out now! Watch our 300 mile trek across Lebanon as father and son grapple with the emotions of reconnecting to their homeland through a once in a lifetime experience. One favorite moment on the Lebanon Mountain Trail - Ahmad exp
Salmon have returned to spawning grounds they haven’t reached in over 100 years, after all four dams that once blocked their path were removed. Just last year, the same run of salmon perished at the base of Irongate Dam, beating their bodies ag
Tributaries // It’s been fascinating to witness the transformation of rivers being brought back to life, as they rediscover their old paths, with sediments swirling at newly uncovered confluences, and the messy process of restoring a watershed.
What A Day! 💥 800 lbs of dynamite later.. the last dam was breached yesterday and the Klamath River is running for the first time in a century. . . #klamath #dam #undammingklamath #rivers
New film up! This collaboration combined two of my favorite passions: science and art, which gives me hope that conservation can manifest in many forms. Duncan Berry @byland_bysea_byair delivers his evocative poem about humanity as told by a transce
The Lebanon Mountain Trail, with its meandering network through apple orchards, spring-filled canyons, mountain plateaus and alpine snowfields winds through a country in economic free fall, where electricity and commodities grow scarce. But its peop
Another trip around the sun. 38 today. 🌞🦋🎈 . 📷: @virginiaborcherdt
Jezz, a 90-year-old archeologist, lives in desert solitude in an earthship home and guards an ancient, vulva-shaped canyon laden with rock art. The canyon is believed to have been of major social and reproductive significance for thousands of years.
Rocky shores . . . #oregoncoast #dronephotography #aerialphotography #ocean #pnw