Kaden Wittig
Writer · Director · Video Production Professional
Kaden Wittig is an independent filmmaker based in Oklahoma City, OK, with a background spanning feature films, broadcast television, and commercial video. His work focuses on telling grounded, human stories through the medium of film. Starting his filmmaking journey through home videos at the age of 6, he has since directed multiple festival award-winning short films throughout high school and college, as well as the Telly Award-winning feature-length documentary Pillar: Beyond the Frontline (2026).
Kaden is a graduate of Tulsa Technology's TV Production program, has an A.A.S. in Liberal Arts, and graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Film and Media Studies and a minor in Creative Media Production from the University of Oklahoma.
Selected Credits
- From a Distance Writer / Director · 2026
- Pillar: Beyond the Frontline Director · 2026
- Where the Flowers Bloom Writer / Director · 2025
- Up(LIFTING) Writer / Director · 2025
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! Production Assistant · ABC · 2026
- Men's Health — Strong Talks Camera Operator · Hearst · 2026
- KJRH-TV Tulsa Photojournalist · 2022–2024
- The Woman on the Other Side 2nd Assistant Camera · Lumiere Films · 2026
- Victory Builders (Commercial) Camera Operator · Gossett Productions · 2026
- Larry Gatlin Concert (Event Video) Camera Operator · Gossett Productions · 2026
- Chimera 2nd Assistant Camera · Front25 Productions · 2025
- Pillow Armor 2nd Assistant Camera · GC Films Hollywood · 2025
- Live Like That Set Lighting Technician · Mucho Mas Media · 2025
- NCAA National Wrestling Duals Camera Operator · FloSports · 2025
Awards
- Telly Awards Bronze · General Student · 2026
- Broadcast Education Association Award of Excellence · Student Documentary · 2026
- Tonkawa Film Festival Best Student Film · 2026
- Clean Shorts Film Festival Best Okie Collegiate Short · 2026
- OKC 48 Hour Film Project Best Use of Line · 2025
- Circle Cinema Film Festival Official Selection · 2026
- Cowpokes International Film Festival Director's Choice · Best Student Film · 2025
- Great Plains Film Festival Best Student University Film · 2024
- Red Dirt Film Festival Best Short Documentary · 2023
- Sunny Side Up Film Festival Best Oklahoma Made Mini Short Film · 2023
- Red Brick Road Film Festival Best Documentary · 2022
Education
- University of Oklahoma B.A. Film & Media Studies, Minor in Creative Media Production · Magna Cum Laude · 2026
- Tulsa Community College A.A.S. Liberal Arts · 2024
- Tulsa Technology Center TV Production · 2022