Hope Hall worked as a cinematographer on the documentary By the People, which followed then senator Obama’s trajectory into candidacy, before joining the 2008 campaign’s new media team as a staff filmmaker, and then serving on the presidential transition team. In May 2011, she became President Obama’s principal videographer at the White House in the Office of Digital Strategy. Her personal work has taken her to artist residencies all around the world, has been shown in more than fifty film festivals and exhibitions worldwide, and has won numerous awards, including at Sundance.