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Valentina Caniglia | |
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Occupation(s) | Cinematographer and director |
Website | valentinacaniglia |
Valentina Caniglia is an Italian cinematographer and director. [1] She is a member of the European Federation of Cinematographers (IMAGO). [2]
Caniglia was born in Naples, Italy. [3] At the age of eight, after her father showed her films like The Conformist (il Conformista), The Godfather , [4] Blade Runner, Wings of Desire, Farewell My Concubine, and Seven Samurai, she became interested in Cinematography.
She moved to London to commence her career as a cinematographer and later relocated to New York City. She graduated from New York University with a degree in film production [3] and began working in feature films, TV series, commercials, music videos, and documentaries. [4]
Caniglia has worked in the United States since 2001. [5]
She is recognized for her work in lighting and cinematography across films, television series, commercials, and music videos, including The Stand. [6] For her work on the period film, Madeline's Oil, she won the Best Cinematography award at the Louisiana International Film Festival. [2] [7] She worked on the film Pomegranates and Myrrh, [3] [8] winner of the Golden Dagger at the Muscat Film Festival for Best Cinematography" for clarity and flow. [8] The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival [3] and received the Best Film Award at Doha Tribeca Film Festival. [8]
Among other films, Caniglia worked on Soyka and has been the two-time winner of the Best Cinematography award at the New York Cinematography Awards and Canadian Cinematography Awards. She won the Best Cinematography award at Los Angeles Film Festival for Fire In Water and was included in the Teen Vogue article among other Cinematographers. [9]
Among the works by Valentina Caniglia are Without Grace, starring Emmy Award winner Ann Dowd; the Cinematography work for 3 Days Rising, starring Mickey Rourke, Ice-T, Peter Greene, a black and white film Adieu Lacan starring David Patrick Kelly, Tape, directed by Deborah Kampmeier (The Gilded Age, Star Trek: Picard, Harlan Coben's Shelter, Clarice, Queen Sugar, Talesof the Walking Dead, Virgin, Hounddog) starring Isabelle Fuhrman, and her Cinematography on the video "Stand for a Change" starring Vanessa Williams and Billy Porter. [10]
Valentina's cinematography is shown in the Apple TV series Dear X S2 starring Viola Davis, Ava DuVernay, Jane Fonda, Sandra Oh, André Leon Talley, Selena Gomez; and the latest TV series The Captain, directed by Randy Wilkins, Executive Producers by Spike Lee, Mike Tollin (Eureka Entertainment) [10]
Caniglia's lighting and camera work can also be seen as additional cinematography on the original Netflix series- Gypsy starring Naomi Watts. [11]
Caniglia directed The Amytal Therapy, which was nominated for Best Director at the Chelsea Film Festival and the London International Film Festival. [12]
Caniglia has worked as a Cinematographer for HBO, Netflix, Voyage TV Showtime. [3] She has filmed numerous nationally aired commercials for British Airways, Ford Motor Company, Nike, and GBX Shoes, which received the Telly Award. [3] Caniglia has worked on music videos for Aesop Rock- number one on MTV's top ten charts; Enzo Gragnaniello; The Roots; Articolo 31, The Stein, [3] and Jessie Lynn Madera. [13]
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Director of Photography: Valentina Caniglia
Director of Photography: Valentina Caniglia