Shana Hagan

For over 25 years, Shana Hagan has shot Oscar and Emmy-winning documentaries with such distinguished filmmakers as Michael Apted, Jessica Yu, Morgan Neville, Lauren Greenfield and Rory Kennedy. She is a member of The American Society of Cinematographers, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, The International Cinematographers Guild, The International Documentary Association and The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Shana's documentary work includes the Academy Award winning BREATHING LESSONS, Academy Award nominated WALK RUN CHA-CHA and 17 Sundance Film Festival selections including GENERATION WEALTH, QUEEN OF VERSAILLES, TAYLOR SWIFT: MISS AMERICANA and SHAKESPEARE BEHIND BARS. Shana shot THE KINGMAKER, profiling the former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos, which premiered at Venice, then Telluride, then Toronto in the fall of 2019. Shana was nominated for an Emmy for her work on SURVIVOR: CHINA. She shot four seasons on NBC's PARKS AND RECREATION, was the 2nd Unit DP on the first season of the Netflix reboot of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT and has shot commercial spots for KOHL'S, ARMY, DISNEY, KODAK, VERIZON and others. Other feature doc work includes FOOD, INC, THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED, WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR, and INVENTING TOMORROW. Shana's recent work includes two projects with Michael Apted - the US portions of his long-running documentary series 63UP and the third installment of his series MARRIED IN AMERICA. She also recently completed a documentary feature following conductor Marin Alsop as she travelled the world working with orchestras in Baltimore, New York, Vienna, Sao Paolo, and London. In May 2019 through the US State Department's American Film Showcase, Shana travelled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to teach two 4 day Master Class Workshops to young Ethiopian filmmakers. In the fall of 2019, Shana was a mentor at Newport Film's inaugural Documentary Cinematography Lab in Newport, RI. Shana also enjoys mentoring Academy Gold and USC film students and has been on panels and guest lectured at USC, LMU, CalArts, Emerson, Chapman, NYU and Canon. In addition, Shana teaches Documentary Cinematography at Wild Mind Film Camp.