Oren Soffer

Oren grew up between the United States and Israel, nurturing hobbies in painting and photography and avidly watching Coen Brothers and Paul Thomas Anderson movies. These activities laid the groundwork for what would eventually become a passion for cinematography and for crafting bold, cinematic imagery. During his studies at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Oren was nominated for the ASC Gordon Willis Student Heritage Award, and was a finalist for the Arri Volker Bahnemann Award for Cinematography. Subsequently, multiple projects he has worked on have won various other awards, including 'Opera of Cruelty,' which won the Alternative category at the Student Academy Awards in 2018, and 'See You Soon,' a short film that Oren lensed, which won the audience award at the Palm Springs International Shortsfest before subsequently premiering on Short of the Week and receiving a Vimeo Staff Pick in 2020. Oren has also shot five feature films and hundreds of commercials and music videos for a variety of clients including Nike, Crest, Viacom, HBO, Foot Locker, IBM, Grey Goose Vodka, Doritos, Marriott Hotels, ACE Hardware, Dashlane, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, and MTV; and has worked for and apprenticed with acclaimed Directors of Photography Reed Morano, ASC and Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS.