Valentina Caniglia

Director Of Photography

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Valentina Caniglia, Cinematographer, has transcended to the highest levels of modern cinema in the craft of cinematography.

She is renowned for her distinctive and poised style, nimble and ingenuitive approach and creative dexterity when it comes to execution of her inimitable vision, as she shapes and expresses light, composition and movement to serve all kind project levels.

Valentina Caniglia currently was selected from the ASC vision committee to receive the prestigious ASC Vision Mentorship program award. In 2020/21, she won The Canadian Cinematography Awards, The LAF films award for Best Cinematography, The New York Cinematography Awards for “Soyka”and "Fire In Water" and was included in the TeenVogue article among the cinematographers behind some of the biggest movies.

" I am adept at filming each project with a versatile, visual style that best translates each story's unique concept, into breathtaking moving images that unravel the characters' state of mind throughout the progression of the storytelling. Cinematography represents a concept of beauty that stands beyond the aesthetic aspects, something more intense that supports, follows and enhances the story where the camera can capture and show through the eyes and heart of the human's sensitivity behind it, the transparency and the awareness of visuals drawn by the emotions. As a Cinematographer, I always search and find that story to observe and create how I can manifest feelings, and emotions. I love and enjoy to collaborate with directors and producers to create." 

Valentina's love of the craft crosses mediums and continents. Her talent and adventurous spirit has taken her across the US, to the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia and beyond. Valentina cinematography was shown through feature films at Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, and released in many theaters all around the globe. Valentina lensed many features, shorts, music videos and commercials for a variety of clients including; HBO, Canal Plus, Showtime, RAI, Netflix, Paramount, Amazon Prime, Focus features, Voyage TV for whom she filmed underwater cinematography in the Caribbean, Egypt. Her inventive, gritty edge can be detected in her music video work for The Roots, Aesop Rock, Elen Levon and  Amana Melome'.  Valentina's also lensed numerous commercials for Pukka, Dove, British Airways, Ford, Nike, Novomatic, Altec, Planned Parenthood.

In 2012, Valentina was bestowed the honor to be invited to join The Association of Cinematographers (AIC). 

Current work: “Apple Tv series Dear X S2”starring Viola Davis, Ava DuVernay, Jane Fonda, Sandra Oh, André Leon Talley, Selena Gomez, “The Captain” Tv series directed by Randy Wilkins, Executive Producers by Spike Lee, Mike Tollin (Eureka Entrainment), “Tape” directed by Deborah Kampmeier (Clarice, Queen Sugar, Tales of the Walking Dead, Virgin) starring Isabelle Fuhrman,“Barrymore Project” starring Jodie Foster,“3 days Rising” starring Peter Green, Mickey Rourke, Ice-T, “Adieu Lacan” starring David Patrick Kelly  "Without Grace" starring Ann Dowd (Two Emmy nominee for The Handmaid's Tale and The Leftovers), “Stand for a Change” starring Vanessa Williams, Audra McDonald. Netflix's original series "Gypsy", starring Naomi Watts and Planned Parenthood's UNSTOPPABLE campaign., TV Pilot "The Wohs" with Joseph Sikora (Power) and TV Pilot “Medusa”with Federico Casterlluccio (The Sopranos)

Press & Awards; Featured in; TeenVogue, CineFemme, IndieWire, Hollywood Reporters, Variety, The New York Times, The Village Voice, InCamera, La Repubblica, Il Levante, Il Mattino, Elle. Noted in American Cinematographer Magazine for her work on "The Stand", the period piece "Madeline's Oil" which also won the Best Cinematography award at the Louisiana International Film Festival and "Nightmare" Winner of the New York Film Festival.  "Pomegranates and Myrrh" starring Hiam Abbass, Yasmine Al Massri, Ali Suliman, Winner of the Golden Dagger for Best Cinematography, premiered in USA at Sundance Film Festival, the film received the Audience Award at Doha Tribeca Film Festival awarded by Robert De Niro. "Fred Won't Move Out" nominated for best cinematography by the AIC Award, starring Elliott Gould.

Valentina's other work includes the film "Return to Sender", directed by Oscar-winning producer Ravi Malhotra and "Nightmare" Winner of the Chicago and New York Film Festival. The film's cinematography was also the subject of an article featured in American Cinematographer.

Valentina contributed her talents as camera operators for the film "Kelly&Cal" starring Juliette Lewis. 

Valentina speaks English, Italian, Spanish. She holds the US and EU Citizenship.