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Narrative Features: 

20 Regeln für Sylvie (Digital)        Cinematographer             Innovative Eye and Arbel

Sedare (Digital)                         Cinematographer                           MD Productions

Downward Dog (Digital)        Cinematographer                    Azad Films

Josh (Digital)                Cinematographer                             Josh LLC

 

Narrative Shorts: 

La Femme et le TGV (Digital)        Cinematographer       BMC Films, Arbel, Innovative Eye

Half the Distance (HD)                      Cinematographer         Film Independent Project:Involve

The Mark (HD)                         Cinematographer           California University of the Arts 

Career Virgin (HD)            Cinematographer     AFI Directing Workshop for Women

The Virgin Cloth (35mm)        Cinematographer                            Aria Vision Films

 

Music Videos:

Keep Me True (Digital)            Cinematographer                          Humood Alkhuder

I Believe (Digital)            Cinematographer                                          Irfan Makki

The Chosen One (Digital)        Cinematographer                   Maher Zain

Telling Lies (35mm)            Cinematographer             Great Northern

 

Documentary Features:

Peacekeepers (HD)            Additional DP/Sound          G2P2 and SOC Films

In Search of Identity (HD)        Cinematographer/Sound                     The Kanter Company

Naughty is Nice (HD)            Cinematographer           Naughty is Nice LLC 

War to be Her (HD)            Additional DP                    Blackacre Entertainment

The Ground Beneath Their Feet (DV/HD)  Producer/Director                                 DadaGirl Films

Untitled Vik Singh Project (HD)                  Cinematographer/Sound         Valkyrie Media

The State of the Unit: The Kilogram (HD)  DP - DC Segment                                      Thin Films

Lunch (HD)                DP/Assistant Editor                The Kanter Company

 

Documentary Shorts:

Indispensable (HD)             Additional DP  Revolutionary Films, G2P2, SOC Films

I Don’t Look Blind (HD)         DP/Sound                                      Thin Films

FBI’s Evidence Response Team (HD)    Cinematographer        Kanter Company/A&E

 

 

OWNED EQUIPMENT:

Sony PXW-FS7 with Canon L zoom lenses ranging from 16mm to 200mm. 

Sony A7RII

Basic sound kit including a shotgun mic and a lav kit. 

Documentary Features/Series:
Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse!,
Cinematographer, Directors Molly Bernstein & Philip Dolin, Particle Productions/American Masters
Louder, Cinematographer, Director Kristi Jacobson, Make Make Entertainment/MAX
No Accident,
Cinematographer, Director Kristi Jacobson, Catalyst Films/McGee Media/HBO
Donyale Luna: Supermodel
, Cinematographer, Director Nailah Jefferson, Lightbox Entertainment/HBO
Another Body,
Cinematographer, Directors Sophie Compton and Rueben Hamlyn, Willa Productions
Keep this Between Us
, Cinematographer, Directors Amy Berg, Jenna Rosher, Kristi Jacobson, Hulu/Freeform/Disney/Vox
Angel City, Additional DP Director, Director Arlene Nelson, Little Monster Films/HBO
I Am Vanessa Guillen, Additional DP, Director Christy Wegner, Story Syndicate/Netflix
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse, Additional DP, Director Jeff Malmberg, Tremolo Productions/Disney+
An Act of Worship, Director/Cinematographer, Capital K Pictures/POV
Jagged, Additional DP, Director Alison Klayman, Ringer Music Box/HBO/Spotify
The Me You Can’t See, Additional DP, Director Lorie Collyer, Radical Media/Apple TV+
Not Done: Women Remaking America, Cinematographer, Director Sara Wolitzky, PBS/McGee Media/Verizon
Through the Night, Additional DP, Director Loira Limbal, Third Shift Media/POV
Down a Dark Stairwell, Additional DP, Director Ursula Liang, Noncompliant Films/Independent Lens
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion, Cinematographer, Directors Lisa Cortes and Farah X, Tribeca Studios
All In: The Fight for Democracy, Additional DP, Directors, Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortes, Story Syndicate/Amazon
Conscience Point, Cinematographer, Director Treva Wurmfeld, Vile Bohea Productions/Independent Lens
Truth in Numbers: Data Journalism in the Age of Trump, Cinematographer, Director Arwa Aburawa, Al Jazeera English
XY Chelsea, Additional DP,  Director Tim Travers Hawkins, Showtime/Pulse Films
Student Athlete Additional DP, Directors Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and Trish Dalton, HBO Sports/Spring Hill Entertainment 
War to be Her - Girl Unbound, Cinematographer, Director Erin Heidenreich, POV/Blackacre Entertainment
Armed with Faith, Additional DP, Directors Geeta Gandbhir and Asad Faruqi, G2P2/SOC Films/World Channel
Journey of Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers Additional DP, Directors Geeta Gandbhir and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, G2P2/SOC Films

Documentaries in Production: 
Syracuse (WT), Cinematographer, Ophelia Harutyunyan, Jigsaw/HBO
TTI (WT), Cinematographer, Director Kristi Jacobson, Catalyst Films/Shine Global
The A-List (WT), Cinematographer, Director Eugene Yi, HBO
Halal Bodies, Director/Cinematographer, Multitude Films/iTVS

Documentary Shorts:
Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather,
Cinematographer, Director Michael Shevloff & Paul Crowder, Flat-Out Films
I’m not going to fix 400 years in four, Cinematographer, Director Kristi Jacobson, Catalyst Films
Anatomy of Hate, Cinematographer, Director Emily Kassie, The Marshall Project/TIME Magazine
Accidental Activist, Cinematographer, Director Samia Khan, Transform Films Inc
An Act of Worship, Co-Director/Cinematographer, Co-Director Sofian Khan, Field of Vision & Firelight Media
The Town I Live In, Cinematographer, Director Matt Wolf, Field of Vision

Fiction Features:
20 Regeln für Sylvie,
Cinematographer, Director Giacun Caduff, Innovative Eye & Arbel
Downward Dog, Cinematographer, Director, Jami, Azad Films
Josh/Against the Grain, Cinematographer, Director Iram Parveen Bilal, Parveen Shah Productions 

Fiction Shorts
Witness, Director Radha Mehta, Tasveer/Netflix/Baby Dhaal
The Difference Between Us, Director Imran Siddiquee, Creator+
Beast, Cinematographer, Diretor Urvashi Pathania, Hillman Grad Productions
The Glasshouse, Cinematographer, Director Gianna Arni, Cupla Films
La Femme et le TGV, Cinematographer, Director Timo von Gunten, BMC Films & Innovtive Eye
Dogs and Tacos , Cinematographer, Director Steve Bachrach, División del Norte
Love Reset, Cinematographer, Director Imran Siddiquee, MTV 

Music Videos
Aaja, Cinematographer, Director Sofian Khan, Artist Swet Shop Boys
I Believe, Cinematographer, Director Lena Khan, Artist Irfan Makki with Maher Zain
The Chosen One, Cinematographer, Director Lena Khan, Artist Maher Zain
Telling Lies, Cinematographer, Director Jeff Mizushima, Artist Great Northern 

CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS/FELLOWSHIPS
Pillars Artist Fellow, 2022
Open Society Equality Fellow, 2020
newportFilm Documentary Cinematography Lab, Newport, Rhode Island, 2019
TFI/Camden Filmmaker Retreat, Rockport, Maine, 2019
Chicken & Egg (Egg)celerator Lab, NY, New York 2019
Chicken & Egg Diversity Fellowship, NY, New York 2018
Firelight Media Documentary Lab, NY, New York 2017-2018 
Berlin Talents, Berlin Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2017
Film Independent, Project:Involve, Los Angeles, Ca., 2010-2011

EDUCATION
M.F.A. Cinematography, 2008;
American Film Institute Conservatory, Los Angeles, California.

B.A. Film and Electronic Arts, 2005;
California State University, Long Beach.

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Donyale Luna: Supermodel
, Nominee, Grierson Awards: Arts Documentary, 2024
No Accident, Nominee, News and Documentary Emmy Award: Current Affairs Documentary, 2024
Another Body, Nominee, News and Documentary Emmy Award: Directing, 2024
Another Body,
Special Jury Award at SXSW Film & TV Festival for Innovation in Storytelling, 2023
Not Done: Women Remaking America,
Nominee, News and Documentary Emmy Award: Outstanding Social Issue Documentary, 2021
Armed with Faith
, Winner, News and Documentary Emmy Award: Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary, 2019
DOCNYC 40 Under 40 List, Honors documentary talent under the age of 40, 2018
An Act of Worship, Winner, Emerging Filmmaker Award, March on Washington Film Festival, 2018
La femme et le TGV, Nominated for Live Action Short, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 2017
La femme et le TGV, Winner, Live Action Short, Swiss Academy Award, 2017
The Glasshouse, Nominated for Live Action Short, Basler Film Prize, 2017
La femme et le TGV, Nominated for Live Action Short, Basler Film Prize, 2017
La femme et le TGV, Winner, Best Cinematography, KINOFILM Festival, 2017
The Town I Live In, Nominated for Grand Jury Prize Short Film, AFI Fest, 2017

REFERENCES
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