Daniella Nowitz / Cinematographer

ABOUT

Selected as the first woman ever to win the Israeli Academy Award (Ophir) for Best Cinematography and subsequently the first woman to win the Israeli Emmy for Best Cinematography, Daniella Nowitz has brought her distinctive visual voice to internationally acclaimed films and series across multiple continents.

Daniella made history with her Ophir Award win for Asia (2020) starring Shira Haas. The film—winner of nine Israeli Academy Awards and honored for Best Cinematography at both the Jerusalem Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival—was also selected as Israel’s official submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.

She went on to receive consecutive Israeli Emmy Awards for the Canneseries-winning Carthago (2023) and for Netflix’s global phenomenon Bad Boy (2024).
Carthago, starring Philip Glenister, received the Young Audience Award at Canneseries.
Bad Boy swept nine Israeli Emmys including Best Series, became the 8th most-viewed non-English series worldwide on Netflix in May 2025—reaching #1 in over forty countries—and was subsequently nominated for the 2025 International Emmy for Best Series.
Her earlier television work includes Normali (HBO Max), which earned an International Emmy nomination in 2021.

Daniella’s narrative feature work includes Live Cargo (2017) starring LaKeith Stanfield, Robert Wisdom, Sam Dillon, and Dree Hemingway. Its cinematography received widespread critical acclaim—from The New York Times to Indiewire—with Variety calling it one of the most “evocatively shot films in recent memory.”

She also lensed the Philippine thriller Watch List, starring Alessandra de Rossi, which earned her Best Cinematography nominations from FAMAS (the Filipino equivalent of the Oscars) and Gawad Urian (the Filipino Critics Circle), as well as a nomination for Indie Movie Cinematographer of the Year at the Star Awards for Movies in Mumbai.

Fluent in five languages and deeply experienced in international productions, Daniella brings a global sensibility and cultural fluency to every collaboration. Her work spans continents, genres, and storytelling traditions, reflecting a visual style shaped by a wide range of landscapes and human experiences.

Daniella is a graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory.