Melissa Langer is a Philadelphia-based filmmaker, artist and Director of Photography. She was recently nominated for a Primetime Emmy in Cinematography for her work on CHEER, a Netflix original docuseries which follows the Navarro College cheerleading team as they prepare to compete in a national championship. She served as Director of Photography for PRAY AWAY, and was also a Producer and Cinematographer for ATTLA, a 2019 co-production of Vision Maker Media and ITVS. Her own art practice in experimental/found video and installation work informs her role as a DP, and she will oftentimes use archival cameras alongside her primary camera.
She is a Cinema Eye Honors Nominee in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking and her films, including MY ALEPPO, have premiered and won awards at festivals internationally, including Telluride Film Festival, San Francisco Film Festival (New Visions Award), IDFA (ARRI IDFA Best Student Doc), ZagrebDox (Movies that Matter Award), and MoMA’s Doc Fortnight. She holds an MFA in Documentary Film & Video from Stanford University and a BA in History from Carleton College.
She is a member of Vox Populi, an artist collective in Philadelphia, as well as SAL Film Group, a small group of filmmakers who contribute time and resources to fellow makers in early stages of development and ideation.
melissa.a.langer@gmail.com
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