Faculty Bio
 | Sarah CawleyDepartment of Graduate Film |
Courses
Cinematography
Biography
Sarah Cawley is a Los Angeles based Director of Photography with 20 years of experience photographing feature films, television, commercials and music videos. A native of New York State, she still works on both coasts of the United States, as well as shooting international jobs that have taken her to Germany, France, Belgium, Turkey, Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Mongolia, Russia, and other distant locations.Sarah Cawley’s feature DP credits include Money Kings (starring Peter Falk, Freddy Prinze Jr. and Lauren Holly), Oxygen (starring Adrian Brody and Maura Tierney), Mexico City (starring Robert Patrick and Stacy Edwards). Her cinematography on the feature film Fay Grim (starring Parker Posey and Jeff Goldblum) earned her a spot on Variety’s “10 Cinematographers to Watch” list.
Network television credits include the pilot Zip for NBC starring Steven Weber, the ABC series In the Motherhood starring Megan Mullally and Cheryl Hines, and additional photography for the ABC/Disney series Ugly Betty.
She has worked as Director of Photography on concert, documentaries and music videos for P.J. Harvey, REM, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Soul Coughing, and Jackson Browne.
Commercial work includes spots for Asics, Nikon, Ross, and Olympic coverage for NBC.
Cawley has expertise in all film and video motion picture formats, and was the very first cinematographer to ever use the new Sony F35 High Definition camera when it premiered late in 2008.
She received her BFA in Film from the State University of New York at Purchase.
