Cameron Yates

Cameron Yates is a filmmaker and convener. His first feature film, The Canal Street Madam, premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and tells the story of a New Orleans madam who ran a brothel with her mother and daughter. Chef Flynn, a portrait of a prodigy chef and his mother, premiered at Sundance & Berlin before opening theatrically.

His latest project is a documentary series called Quitting Time, which explores the releases people have after they clock out for the day. The first episode of Luis Jimenez, a bus driver/NY Liberty Timeless Torches cheerleader was acquired by Time Studios and went onto screen at MoMA and other cultural institutions. The follow-up portrait is of Ruth Shuster, a centenarian restaurant worker by day and country line dancer by night.

While continuing to pursue film projects, Cameron recently launched a new venture called Stray, a biomimetic universe of narrative-change entities that aim to transform the global economy from extraction to regeneration, while fostering harmony between human systems and nature. We are a small part of a larger, living ecosystem—and we constantly explore new paths to flourish together.