Based in Los Angeles

Lodging in:

New York

Amsterdam

San Francisco

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Ingrid Sanchez is a LA native, dual passport holder, award winning filmmaker who has worked on films in Los Angeles, New York, Amsterdam, France, and Belgium. She has lensed 3 features, a 6 episode mini series, over 25 shorts, and various music videos and branded content. In 2023, Ingrid won 3rd prize in Technical and Artistic Achievement in Cinematography for the Women n Media Altitude Awards, and Best Cinematographer for the LA Independent Women film award. Her film, Sweet Tooth (2016), that she produced and lensed, played in festivals such as Fantasia Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Festival, and was optioned by New Line Cinema in 2017. Ingrid graduated from the UCLA MFA Cinematography program, with her thesis “Reflecting Skin” focused on representation of darker skin tones.  Ingrid is a recipient of the Graduate Opportunity Fellowship program, and has been awarded the Carroll Sax Award, the WIF Verna Fields Cinematography Award, and the Motion Picture Association Award. In 2014, she completed her BFA in Illustration from Rhode Island School of Design with Honors. Prior to UCLA, she worked professionally as a lighting assistant in Amsterdam, Holland. Ingrid’s experiences in painting, photography, and stop motion animation gives her a unique way of playing with and creating emotion with light.

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