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Liz Charky is an American cinematographer of Syrian, Sicilian, and Tonawanda-Seneca heritage lensing honest and imaginary stories from a place of sensitivity, intuition, and playfulness. She is passionate about character-driven narratives that explore the intersections of humor and heartbreak, love and loneliness, identity and transformation. Her visual storytelling is often informed by her training as a dance artist and choreographer, as well as by her lived experience as a mixed heritage woman.
Her films have screened at festivals including Camerimage (Golden Tadpole award nominee), AFI Fest, BFI, Sitges, Filmquest, SXSW Panel Picker, Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center, among others.
AFFILIATIONS & AWARDS:
ICF+C - Member
2023-2024 Connecticut College Dance & Film Visiting Artist
2022 Telluride Film Festival FilmLab fellow
2020-2022 AFI/Audi scholarship recipient
2019 Cucalorus Film Festival Dance/Filmmakers residency artist.
EDUCATION:
MFA in Cinematography, American Film Institute
BA in Dance, BA in Film Studies, Connecticut College