AWARDS
2024 Israeli Television Academy Awards (Israel's Emmys): Best Cinematography, Narrative Series – Bad Boy
2023 Israeli Television Academy Awards: Best Cinematography, Narrative Series – Carthago
2021 European Independent Film Festival: Jury Award for Best Cinematography – Letters to God
2021 Reading Film Festival: Jury Award for Best Cinematography – Duet
2020 Ophir Awards (Israeli Oscars): Best Cinematography – Asia
2020 Tribeca Film Festival: Best Cinematography, International Feature – Asia
2020 Jerusalem Film Festival: Best Cinematography, Israeli Feature – Asia
2020 FAMAS Awards (Filipino Critics Circle): Nominee, Best Cinematography – Watch List
2020 Gawad Urian Awards (Filipino Oscars Equivalent): Nominee, Best Cinematography – Watch List
2013 Kodak Student Cinematography Award – American Film Institute
ABOUT
Daniella Nowitz is an American-Israeli cinematographer who made history as the first woman to win the Israeli Academy Award (Ophir) for Best Cinematography, followed by becoming the first woman to win the Israeli Emmy in the same category. She received the Ophir for her work on Asia (2020), starring Shira Haas, which garnered nine Israeli Academy Awards and Best Cinematography honors at both the Jerusalem and Tribeca Film Festivals.
She later earned back-to-back Israeli Emmy Awards for Carthago (2023), a Cannes Series winner, and Netflix’s Bad Boy (2024), which claimed nine Israeli Emmys including Best Series. In May 2025, Bad Boy became the 8th most-viewed non-English series on Netflix globally, reaching the number one spot in over forty countries.
Daniella’s earlier credits include Live Cargo (2014), starring LaKeith Stanfield, described by Variety as one of the most “evocatively shot films in recent memory,” and Watch List, which received cinematography nominations from both FAMAS and Gawad Urian in the Philippines.
Fluent in five languages and experienced in international productions, Daniella brings a global sensibility to her storytelling. Her cinematographic work spans numerous countries and continents, reflecting a deep versatility and visual fluency across cultures. She is a graduate of the American Film Institute.
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