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Selected Work
Television & film
TELEVISION
THE ESCAPE
CARTHAGO
NORMAL
FEATURE FILMS
ASIA
LIVE CARGO
WHAT IS TO COME
WATCH LIST
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Commercial
Selected commissions
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Awards
Selected recognition
2024
Israeli Television Academy Awards
Winner — Best Cinematography in a Narrative Series, Bad Boy
2023
Israeli Television Academy Awards
Winner — Best Cinematography in a Narrative Series, Carthago
2020
Ophir Awards (Israeli Academy Awards)
Winner — Best Cinematography, Asia
2020
Tribeca Film Festival
Winner — Best Cinematography in an International Feature, Asia
2020
Jerusalem International Film Festival
Winner — Best Cinematography in an Israeli Feature, Asia
2021
FAMAS Awards (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences)
Nominee — Best Cinematography, Watch List
2021
Gawad Urian Awards (Filipino Film Critics)
Nominee — Best Cinematography, Watch List
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Press
On the images
“Absolutely breathtaking black-and-white neo-noir cinematography by Daniella Nowitz adds depth and emotional context.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES — LIVE CARGO
“Live Cargo is one of the most evocatively shot debut films in recent memory.”
VARIETY — LIVE CARGO
“The intimacy of Daniella Nowitz’s camerawork make the material quietly moving, bringing dignity and compassionate humanism…”
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER — ASIA
“Through intimate yet unobtrusive cinematography, closeups reveal emotions that boys posturing as grown-up thugs try to hide…”
TIME — BAD BOY
“The strongest aspect of the film is the cinematography by Daniella Nowitz…”
ROGEREBERT.COM — LIVE CARGO
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About
Daniella Nowitz is an award-winning American cinematographer working across film and television internationally.
She became the first woman to win the Ophir Award for Best Cinematography for Asia, Israel’s official submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. She later received consecutive Israeli Television Academy Awards for Carthago and Netflix’s Bad Boy, a global Top 10 hit and International Emmy nominee.
Her credits also include Live Cargo, Watch List, HBO Max’s Normal, the Tribeca 2026 feature What Is to Come, and the upcoming thriller series The Escape.
Daniella began as a still photographer, learning from her father, a National Geographic photographer, before training in cinematography at the AFI Conservatory. Her work is rooted in close observation and naturalism, with a particular interest in character, place, and the emotional possibilities of the image.
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Representation
USAAaron Kerman / CAAaaron.kerman@caa.com
EUROPE & ASIATami Gurtami@tamigur.co.il