Nancy Schreiber, ASC is an award-winning cinematographer based in both New York and Los Angeles.

She was the fourth woman ever voted into membership into the prestigious American Society of Cinematographers. In February 2017, Schreiber was recipient of the ASC President’s Award, the first woman ever to receive this award. She recently received the Susan B. Anthony "Failure is Impossible" Award at the High Falls Film Festival for her extensive work and her contribution in supporting women in the film and television industries.

Schreiber was honored with the Best Dramatic Cinematography Award at Sundance for the film November, directed by Greg Harrison starring Courteney Cox. She also shared the Best Cinematography Award at Sundance for My America...Or Honk If You Love Buddah, and she garnered an Emmy nomination for Best Cinematography on the acclaimed Celluloid Closet for HBO. In addition, Schreiber was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Chain of Desire and was recognized in 2000 by Variety magazine as one of "10 DPs to Watch." Well regarded in the industry, Schreiber was chosen as director of photography for Visions of Light, a stunning documentary on the art of cinematography, an early high definition film.

Schreiber’s work in television was recently seen on ABC’s The Family with Joan Allen and Alison Pill, and the FX show, Better Things, staring and co-created by Pamela Adlon. She also was the Director of Photography on the series, The Comeback, with Lisa Kudrow, and numerous pilots including USA's In Plain Sight.

Schreiber has filmed countless features, including Folk Hero & Funny Guy, directed by Jeff Grace, which premiered in competition at Tribeca, 2016 and released theatrically in May 2017, starring Alex Karpovsky, Wyatt Russell, David Cross and Melanie Lynskey. Three new narrative films are about to be released, Mapplethope, lensed in New York, for director Ondi Timoner, Moving Parts for director Emilie Upczak, photographed in Trinidad, and Kepler’s Dream, filmed in New Mexico for director Amy Glazer.

She photographed numerous films premiering at Sundance including: The Nines, for John August, with Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy, Hope Davis and Octavia Spencer; Motherhood with Uma Thurman; and Loverboy directed by Kevin Bacon, with Kyra Sedgwick, Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon and Marissa Tomei. Additional independent films she shot include: Serious Moonlight with Meg Ryan, Tim Hutton, Justin Long and Kristin Bell (Tribeca), Everyday, directed by Richard Levine, with Helen Hunt, Liev Schreiber, Brian Dennehy, Carla Gugino and Eddie Izzard (Tribeca); as well as Neil La Bute’s Your Friends and Neighbors, with Ben Stiller, Catherine Keener, Aaron Eckhart, Amy Brenneman, Jason Patric and Natasha Kinski.

Schreiber still enjoys shooting the occasional documentary, including the critically acclaimed film Eva Hesse, directed by Marcie Begleiter, now in theatrical release worldwide. She also shot additional photography on Woody Allen for PBS’ American Masters, as well as Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, and Paradise Lost 2 and 3, directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, for HBO.

Schreiber taught advanced cinematography at the American Film Institute in 2010-2011 and has guest lectured at all the film schools in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. She also served on the board of the ASC for seven years, was on the foundation board of Women In Film, is a huge supporter and member of Film Independent, IFP and IDA, and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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