Valentina Caniglia is an acclaimed, multi-award-winning worldwide and an Emmy nominated award cinematographer who 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 ingenuity 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.
Notably, she is the the first Italian-born woman ever invited to be a member of the prestigious American Society of Cinematographer (ASC). Known for her evocative style, she is also an official member of the Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Valentina's career encompasses diverse and vast productions with different kind of stories and budgets, embracing from modest and creative independent projects to higher major ones. She collaborates with many directors, producers, productions worldwide.
" 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, Berlin film Festival and released in many theaters all around the globe. Valentina lensed many features, music videos, commercials for a variety of clients including; HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Paramount Plus, Amazon Prime, Focus features, MGM, Apple Tv. Her style can be detected in her music video work for Vanessa Williams, The Roots, Aesop Rock, Elen Levon, Amana Melome, Jesse Lynn Madera'. Valentina's also lensed numerous commercials for Nike, Pukka, Dove, British Airways, Ford, Novomatic, Altec, Planned Parenthood.
Current work: Jesus Land starring Juliette Lewis, Ella Anderson, Fly Little Bird starring Zoe Bleu, Manjinder Vick, Adam Bakri, Isola (Island) starring Fanny Ardant and Joanna Kulig (winner of the Best European drama feature film, Apple Tv series Dear X starring Viola Davis, Ava DuVernay, Jane Fonda, Sandra Oh, André Leon Talley, Selena Gomez, Spike Lee’s Tv series The Captain directed by Randy Wilkins and Spike Lee, 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, Netflix's original series Gypsy, starring Naomi Watts and Planned Parenthood's UNSTOPPABLE campaign
Previous work : Pomegranates and Myrrh movie starring Hiam Abbass, Yasmine Al Massri, Ali Suliman, Golden Dagger’s winner 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 speaks English, Italian, Spanish. She holds the US and EU Citizenship.
