Nausheen Dadabhoy

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Female

Nausheen Dadabhoy

Biography

Nausheen Dadabhoy, is a Pakistani-American director and cinematographer whose work spans fiction and documentary films. As a cinematographer her credits include LA FEMME ET LE TGV (2016), a live action short film Oscar nominee, Emmy winning ARMED WITH FAITH (2018), Emmy nominated NOT DONE: WOMEN REMAKING AMERICA (2020) and CONSCIENCE POINT (2019) which all aired nationally on PBS. Nausheen's films have screened at festivals worldwide including Sundance, TIFF, Tribeca, Locarno and have appeared on Netflix, HBO, Hulu and Showtime. THE GROUND BENEATH THEIR FEET (2014) — her directorial debut following two Pakistani women who were paralyzed after an earthquake — premiered at IDFA in the first appearance competition. Her second feature film, AN ACT OF WORSHIP, about the last 30 years of Muslim life in America premiered in competition at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival and will air on POV. She is currently developing an iTVS funded short documentary entitled, HALAL BODIES, about how Muslim-American children learn about sex. Nausheen has been a Film Independent Project:Involve Fellow (2011), a Berlin Talents participant (2017), a Firelight Fellow (2018), a Chicken & Egg Eggcelerator Lab Fellow (2019), a newportFILM Documentary Cinematography Fellow (2019), a Soros Equality Fellow (2020) and she is currently a Pillars Artist Fellow (2022). She was part of DOCNYC’s inaugural “40 Under 40” which features the talented and diverse voices in documentary filmmaking today. In addition to her work as a filmmaker Nausheen also works as an educator. She was recently a lecturer at the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and previously a visiting faculty member at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology in Karachi, Pakistan. She has conducted workshops at SUNY Purchase, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Claremont McKenna College, and Bard College. She’s been a cinematography mentor for Re-Present Media and Chicken & Egg Pictures. Nausheen is based in NYC, Los Angeles and Karachi, Pakistan. She received her MFA in Cinematography from the American Film Institute Conservatory. When she’s not on set Nausheen can be found reading comics books or painting quotidian moments of life as a documentary cinematographer.

Known For

Camera

2024
The Greatest Night in Pop

as Camera Operator

2024
Witness

as Director of Photography

2024
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse

as Director of Photography

2024
A Shot at History

as Director of Photography

2023
No Accident

as Director of Photography

2023
Another Body

as Director of Photography

2022
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

as Additional Director of Photography

2022
An Act of Worship

as Director of Photography

2022
Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather

as Director of Photography

2022
I Am Vanessa Guillen

as Director of Photography

2021
Through the Night

as Director of Photography

2020
Down a Dark Stairwell

as Camera Operator

2020
Naughty Books

as Director of Photography

2019
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion

as Director of Photography

2019
Conscience Point

as Director of Photography

2017
An Act of Worship

as Director of Photography

2016
The Railroad Lady

as Director of Photography

2016
Love Reset

as Director of Photography

2014
Jackson Heights

as Director of Photography

2013
Josh: Independence Through Unity

as Director of Photography

2012
Lunch

as Director of Photography

Director

2022
An Act of Worship

as Director

2017
An Act of Worship

as Director

Crew

2023
unseen

as Thanks