Bio
Shooting out of an open cable car in the Swiss Alps at 9000 feet; getting followed by Pakistani intelligence officials in Kashmir; smuggling a camera into the holiest Muslim site in the world; narrowly avoiding terrorists near the Afghan border; these are the many things that Nausheen Dadabhoy has done to “get the shot.”
Before she was a nomadic cinematographer, Nausheen was a Southern California native who received her MFA in Cinematography from the American Film Institute.
Since graduating Nausheen has lensed a number of narrative and documentary features, including: Lunch which won best documentary feature at the Los Angeles Press Club Awards, Journey of Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers with Academy Award winning directors Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and Geeta Gandbhir, Josh (Against the Grain), which was at the forefront of the New Wave of filmmaking in Pakistan, and 20 Regeln für Sylvie (20 Rules for Sylvie), which helped her realize that it was possible to shoot a film when everyone around you was speaking in Swiss-German or French and her ability to order a “café au lait, s'il vous plaît” was next to worthless on a film set.
Nausheen not only shoots with cameras but with a bow and arrows as well, her eclectic interests range from archery, to fine art, to super-hero comic books, and urban exploration. As a Pakistani-American she has straddled two cultures all her life. That often gives her a unique perspective as an insider and outsider. Her singular background and experiences come together to inspire her as a storyteller and help her create visuals that resonate across many cultures. Nausheen is based in Los Angeles, New York and Karachi, where she has broken boundaries to become the only female cinematographer in Pakistan.