Hey, I’m Tyler Babin

I'm a director, photographer, and designer in New York, and for about a decade the same thing has pulled me forward: portraits. People, the work they make, and what it actually looks like to make something. It's the thread through a Netflix special and a thirty-second film alike.

I'm Chief Digital Officer at 186K Films, Hasan Minhaj's production company, where I direct and produce his Netflix specials — most recently Off With His Head. I also document his tours, and serve as executive producer and director on Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know, an interview podcast with guests from Barack Obama to Elizabeth Warren.

Early on, I was a core member of Gary Vaynerchuk's content team, traveling as one of his DailyVee videographers and editors, while helping shape his brand — designing the cover of his bestseller Crushing Itand his limited-edition K-Swiss campaign. In 2019, an Adobe creative fellowship gave me room to build 24 Hours With, a docuseries profiling creatives in their element. That's where it clicked: the craft, and the people behind it, was the thing I'd keep chasing.

Since then, I've made work for brands like Grey Goose, Squarespace, WeTransfer, Bose, Logitech, Walmart, Adobe, and Theory11.

These days, alongside the client work, I'm building a personal practice around the same instinct: getting close to people and their craft, and letting the process show.