Language of Light

Join us for a discussion about the Language of Light with Nancy Schreiber (P-Valley), Rose Bush (Colette) and Vatsala Goel (Aggie). Moderated by Film Fatales member Chithra Jeyaram (Foreign Puzzle).

Come hear from working cinematographers who are forging a path with their uniquely creative visions. Learn where they find inspiration, how they cultivate their style, and how they maintain it in the fast-paced and ever-changing landscape of the film industry. Do bold choices help you stand out or are they something you have to fight to hold onto? How do you maintain your artistic integrity? How do cinematographers like to communicate with directors?

This event is open to the public and will be accessible with live captioning. The registration link will be shared the day of the event and a video replay link will be available for 48 hours after. See you soon!

Nancy Schreiber Nancy Schreiber ASC is an award-winning cinematographer based in Los Angeles and New York.. She was the fourth woman ever voted into membership in the prestigious American Society of Cinematographers and the first to receive the ASC’s President’s award in 2017. Schreiber was honored with the Best Dramatic Cinematography Award at Sundance for NOVEMBER and shared that award for MY AMERICA…Or Honk If You Love Buddah . Schreiber garnered an Emmy nomination for Best Cinematography on HBO’s Celluloid Closet , was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for CHAIN OF DESIRE and was also one of Variety’s 10 DPs to watch. Schreiber’s work in television was recently seen on the Starz’ series P- Valley as well as on Shondaland and ABC’s STATION 19. Previously her work was seen on ABC’s The Family with Joan Allen and Alison Pill, and the FX show, Better Things, starring Pamela Adlon. She also was the Director of Photography on the HBO series, The Comeback, with Lisa Kudrow and set the look for tv pilots such as In Plain Sight, for USA Network. Schreiber still enjoys shooting the occasional documentary, including CNN Film’s critically acclaimed Linda Ronstadt: Sound of my Voice . This Grammy winning film was produced by James Keach and directed by her long time collaborators, Oscar winners Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Schreiber’s narrative feature work includes Mapplethorpe directed by Ondi Timoner, Loverboy directed by Kevin Bacon , and The Nines directed by John August. Schreiber taught advanced cinematography at the American Film Institute in 2010-2011 and has guest lectured extensively worldwide. She also served on the board of the ASC for seven years, the board of NYWIFT , the foundation board of Women In Film, the advisory board of Women In Media, and is a huge supporter and member of Film Independent, IFP /Gotham and IDA. Schreiber is also a member of the Television Academy and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Schreiber’s work will next be seen on the Amazon show, HOT PINK, where she successfully hired a diverse crew in her below -the- line departments of camera grip and electric. HOT PINK featured predominantly women and women identifying department heads including the producers, director, writer , DP , and Production designer, with a story line focused on women and young adult women.

Rose Bush is the director of photography of the Academy Award Winning film COLETTE. She is a rural Alaskan turned filmmaker based between Brooklyn, NY and Los Angeles, CA. As a cinematographer, she works in a diversity of forms from cinema & television, to installations. Rose recently launched From The Woods, a film production company that creates original content, re-wilding the world with films made in uncharted territory. As a director of photography, with COLETTE, Rose received an Oscar for Best Short Subject Documentary at the 93rd Academy Awards and has won various Jury awards throughout its exhibition. She has also screened her work as a DP at venues including the Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca, SXSW, Hulu, Netflix, and more. As a director, Rose’s film VULTURES OF TIBET was nominated for an International Documentary Association Award for Best Short Documentary and a Student Academy Award. VULTURES screened throughout the United States, Europe and Asia at film festivals including AFI DOCS, The Edinburgh International Film Festival, and the Jaipur International Film Festival, and was regarded by Hitfix as "Remarkable depth of interpretation, as anthropological observation gives way to sobering socio-political commentary." Rose was a Division 1 NCAA Cross Country and Track athlete and never quits.

Vatsala Goel is a Los Angeles and San Francisco based DP and camera operator. Her work is deeply inspired by music, light, movement and empathy. “Aggie”, a documentary feature film she co-DP’d premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2020, and is now streaming on Amazon. She DP’d the short film “Blood and Glory” which premiered and was nominated for Best Short Film in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival 2020 and won the grand jury prize at WIM’s Camaraderie competition. In 2019, her films Chromosome 19 and A Tale of Two Kitchens (streaming on Netflix) premiered at Tribeca film festival. In 2018, a PSA she shot in response to the Kavanaugh hearing was featured on ABC. Her film “The Train Leaves at Four” was on NFDC Film Bazaar "Viewing Room" list in 2015 and premiered in the “India Story” section at MAMI film festival. Recent clients include Facebook, Sony, Eventbrite, Vice/ Refinery 29, Netflix, PBS, MTV Films, Tribeca Studios, Firelight Films, ITVS, CBS, World Channel, Awesomeness TV, Salesforce and 23andme. Vatsala has lectured as adjunct faculty of Cinematography at the School of Cinema, SFSU and served as photography mentor for Bay Area youth at First Exposures. She graduated with an M.F.A. in cinematography from FTII, India and received her B.A. in english literature from St. Xavier’s college, Calcutta University. Vatsala is a recipient of the 2020 ASC Vision Mentorship Program and a member of the International Collective of Female Cinematographers. She is mentored by cinematographers Nancy Schreiber, ASC and Quyen Tran, ASC.

Chithra Jeyaram makes intimate films about identity, human relationships, race, art, and health. She is a director and editor with an M.F.A in film production from the University of Texas in Austin. She is known for the short documentary RAGS TO PADS, a 3-minute film about menstrual hygiene in India. Her other short documentary MIJO, aired on KLRU TV, PBS, and played in fifty film festivals around the world. She directed, and edited Foreign Puzzle, distributed by New Day Films, the only member-owned distribution cooperative. Currently, she is directing 'Our Daughters' a feature documentary that explores adoption in America through an immigrant lens. It’s supported by the Center for Asian American Media, Jerome Foundation, New York State Council for the Arts, and was selected to the 2020 IFP Documentary Lab and Sheffield Meet Market. She edited America in Transition, a Sundance-supported series about trans people of color in America. She is currently editing 'Language of Opportunity', a feature documentary about how language informs personal and cultural identity and 'Policing Our Bodies', an intimate look at sex work—and its decriminalization—through the eyes of TS Candii, a Black trans woman sex worker. She is an avid runner and food is her first love.

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