S4 E08
“It’s Done”
Ghost re-teams with Tommy to clean up a gang-infested area. Tommy threatens war with the Jimenez. Mike makes a last-ditch effort on Greg’s murder case. Tommy learns the truth about his family.
Director / Cinematographer
Hernán Otaño
Directing Work
Power
S5 E08
“A Friend of the Family”
The AUSA turns up the heat on Ghost with a RICO. Ghost and Tommy plan to frame Dre for Raymond Jones’ murder. Angela and Tasha enact a plan of their own.
S6 E02
“Whose Side Are You On?”
Tommy lays low after his Mustang is riddled with bullets. Tensions run high with Ghost and Jason. LaKeisha helps with Tommy’s business. Tasha confronts Ghost about Terry Silver.
S6 E13
“It’s All Your Fault”
Tommy is on a path to avenge LaKeisha’s murder. Elisa Marie investigates the USB stick. Tommy may need Ghost’s help to destroy the evidence.
Power Book II: Ghost
S1 E03
“Play the Game”
Tariq struggles with providing for his mother’s mounting legal defense while juggling the rigors of Ivy League life.
S1 E07
“Sex Week”
As the heat turns up on campus, Tariq navigates his complicated relationships with Lauren and Diana.
S2 E07
“Forced My Hand”
Tariq finds himself on a quest for normalcy while seeking evidence of his innocence, with help from Davis and Saxe.
Power Book III: Raising Kanan
S1 E04
“Don’t Sleep”
All bets are off when a police raid clears out Raq’s competition. Promises are broken, secrets are revealed, and revenge is swift.
S1 E08
“The Cost of Business”
Kanan struggles with a harsh truth after word gets back to Raq that he’s behind the bad crack on the streets.
S2 E05
“What Happens in the Catskills”
Raq focuses on bonding with Kanan in the Catskills, but business follows them. Crown disrespects Lou, bringing their simmering beef to a boil. Burke digs into Howard’s private life.
FBI: International
S1 E12
“One Point One Million Followers”
A notorious American tech tycoon becomes involved in a murder in Frankfurt. The Fly Team must chase him down amid the local protesters he’s incited with conspiracy theories on social media.
The Rookie: Feds
S1 E19
“Burn Run”
Simone uncovers a trail of bodies leading to a reclusive business tycoon. Laura and Brendon track an evidence thief. Carter works to prove Fortune’s innocence.
The Equalizer
S2 E15
“Hard Money”
McCall’s vigilante work complicates her personal life when she asks her ex-husband to help with a gunshot victim — one of two women hunted by thieves after witnessing a robbery.
Alert: Missing Persons Unit
S1 E05
“Miguel”
A foster care worker is reported missing. After he ends his own life, the MPU investigates a pregnant woman he was seen with who’s been missing for two years.
S1 E06
“Tim and Amy”
Jason and Mike search the Allegheny Mountains for a missing couple. Keith joins a trauma therapy group and bonds with another patient.
Cinematography
Television Series
Mayfair Witches
Season 2 Episodes 204 & 205 — A young neurosurgeon discovers she is the heir to a family of witches.
Power Book III: Raising Kanan
Episodes 102, 106 & 201 — The origin story of Kanan Stark, set in early-90s South Jamaica, Queens.
Jack Ryan
Additional Principal Photography, Canary Islands — CIA analyst Jack Ryan uncovers a global conspiracy.
Power
20 episodes over 5 seasons — A New York drug dealer tries to balance his criminal empire with his legitimate business.
Longmire
Season 6 Episodes 603 & 607 — A Wyoming sheriff navigates crime and personal loss in the modern West.
Underground
Episodes 109 & 110 — A daring escape from a Georgia plantation on the eve of the Civil War.
Girls
Season 1 Episode 5 — The assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of girls in their 20s.
Films
Gasline
An independent gas station owner struggles to survive during the 1978 gas crisis.
Turn the River
A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.
Familiar Strangers
Is it really possible to relate to one's parents and siblings after being replaced by the family dog? Perhaps as friends — weird friends?
Corn
A woman returns home to have a baby and witnesses an environmental accident involving a genetically modified crop of corn. Doubted by the community, she questions her own sanity as she tries to discover what's happening.
Bio
Hernán Otaño is a DGA director and cinematographer whose photographic eye and deep experience on set have made him a dependable hand across television’s most demanding genres. He has directed fifteen episodes on seven different series, and his work as a cinematographer spans premium cable, streaming and independent features.
He is as at home working with actors on performance as he is shaping the visual language of a story with his department heads. Whether a story calls for the pressure of a suspense thriller or the pace of a procedural, he knows how to find the shot, protect the performance and keep the day moving.
Drawn to grounded, layered, character-driven stories, Hernán is developing original projects that explore the complexities of human experience, whether inside institutions or in nature itself. He is based in New York and Middleburg, Virginia, with roots in Argentina, and is available to work worldwide.
Contact
Directing
Independent Artist Group (IAG)
Jack Leighton
jleighton@independentartistgroup.com
+1 310 888 4200
Cinematography
Independent Artist Group (IAG)
Julian Savodivker
jsavodivker@independentartistgroup.com
+1 310 888 4200