Oren Soffer

Oren Soffer (born July 2, 1988) is an Israeli-American cinematographer.[1][2][3] He is best known for his work on the science fiction film The Creator (2023), which he filmed as co-cinematographer with Greig Fraser, as well as Allswell in New York (2022), Fixation (2022), A Nightmare Wakes (2020), and Opera of Cruelty (2017).[4][5][6][7]

Oren Soffer
Born (1988-07-02) July 2, 1988
Haifa, Israel
Alma materNew York University (BFA)
OccupationCinematographer
Years active2011 - Present

Career

Oren studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and was nominated for the American Society of Cinematographers Gordon Willis Student Heritage Award in 2015.[8] He has been an adjunct professor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.[9] In 2022, he was brought in by Grieg Fraser to take over as director of photography for the main production shoot of Gareth Edwards' science fiction film The Creator, which was filmed in Thailand from January to May of that year, while Fraser worked on the film's pre-production before moving to a remote role due to his commitment to Dune: Part Two. This would mark Soffer's first film production for a major film studio. Edwards praised the talent and expertise Soffer brought to the film's production, calling him a "real future rising star in the DoP world. He’s super-smart. He’s got a great eye."[10]

Filmography

Short film
Year Title Notes
2011 Swimming Pool Also director, writer and editor
2012 Free
Citizen Jane
Still
A Flight of Fancy
2013 Almond Joy
Reservations
Lonely Devil666
It Don't Come Easy
Life's Out There
Matches
A Teacher's Reward
A Mail Tale: The Untrolled Story
Blood Relations
Mastodon Director only
2014 Little Drifter
Do Us Part
A Quiet Life
Florence is Burning
An Unknown Condition
2015 Karkass Karts
Swept
Check Please
2016 #BlowingUp
Uncle Gareth
Kabul
Gallina
The New 35
Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Excavation of Professor Ahab
2017 Lola and Dallas
Alientologists
Far from the Tree
Stanley & Afsaneh
Fail State
The Untimely Gift
Opera of Cruelty
2018 Ready
EL Cuco is Hungry
Aurum I
2019 Ride
2020 See You Soon
Margo & Perry
2021 For Armetta
Champ
The Letter Men
2022 Fraud
Catalina

Feature film
Year Title Director Notes
2015 No Letting Go Jonathan D. Bucari
2016 Little Miss Perfect Marlee Roberts
2017 A Good Dream Mahum Jamal
2020 A Nightmare Wakes Nora Unkel
2022 Allswell in New York Ben Snyder
Fixation Mercedes Bryce Morgan
2023 The Creator Gareth Edwards With Greig Fraser

Television
Year Title Notes
2016 Fallout High TV short
2021 Action Royale 10 episodes

Music video
Year Title Notes
2016 "Burning in Birmingham" Also producer
2017 "Good Hurt"
"Pumpkin Pie"
2018 "Come Follow Me Down"
2019 "God Bless Our Souls"
2020 "Pink Pony Club"

Awards and nominations
Year Result Award Category Work Ref.
2016 Nominated FilmQuest Best Cinematography Karkass Karts [11]
Nominated American Society of Cinematographers Heritage Awards Reservations [12]
Nominated Julien Dubuque International Film Festival Excellence In Cinematography No Letting Go [13]
2017 Won First Run Film Festival Craft Award - Cinematography Opera of Cruelty [14]
Nominated Nordic International Film Festival Best Cinematography Far from the Tree
Won IndieFEST Film Awards Award of Excellence - Best Cinematography
Nominated Reel East Texas Film Festival Best Cinematography - Short
Nominated Focus International Film Festival Jury Prize - Best Cinematography in a Short Film
Won Southampton International Film Festival Best Cinematography in a Short Film
Nominated Nordic International Film Festival Best Cinematography
Won Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival HIMPFF Award of Recognition - Best Cinematography A Good Dream
Nominated International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, Berlin Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
Won International Independent Film Awards Platinum Award - Best Cinematography

References
  1. "Allswell DP Oren Soffer on Taking Inspiration From Classic New York Movies and His Bond With Greig Fraser". btlnews.com. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  2. "Oren Soffer". nofilmschool.com. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  3. "Meet Oren Soffer - Cinematographer". shoutoutla.com. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  4. "'The Creator': Cast, Release Date, Plot, and Everything We Know So Far". collider.com. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  5. "ALLSWELL". tribecafilm.com. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  6. "FIXATION". pifff.fr. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  7. "Cinematographer Oren Soffer crafts a nuanced portrait of an intimate weekend for the short film See You Soon". panavision.com. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  8. "American Society of Cinematographers Names Student Award Recipients". hollywoodreporter.com. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  9. "OREN SOFFER". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  10. https://www.gamesradar.com/gareth-edwards-the-creator-guerilla-filmmaking/
  11. "2016 FilmQuest – FilmQuest".
  12. "13 Students Nominated for 2015 ASC Gordon Willis Heritage Awards". theasc.com. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  13. "No Letting Go". imdb.com. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  14. "FIRST RUN FESTIVAL. 2017 UNDERGRADUATE CRAFT AWARDS". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
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