Nisa East is an award winning cinematographer & documentarian from so-called Australia. Her work spans doc features, editorial journalism, narrative shorts, branded commercial work and experimental art & music videos. She has built a career shooting non-fiction that transcends traditional conventions, and has shot for notable directors Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Maya Newell & Garrett Bradley - whose most recent film ‘Time’ was nominated for a 2021 Academy Award. As a cinematographer Nisa’s work has screened at international film festivals including Sundance, Hot Docs and New Orleans Film Festivals, and appeared in the 2019 Whitney Biennial in NYC. She has also shot for Solange Knowles, The Guardian US, The Economist, PBS Frontline, SBS, The Pina Bausch Foundation & American Theatre Wing. With a background in visual ethnography and experimental film, her visual language draws from dance, music, theatre, activism - all mediums of expression. As an auteur, she is interested in exploring the spaces between objective reality and poetic truth.
