Leah Anova
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Leah Anova is an award-winning cinematographer with ten features to her credit, as well as numerous shorts, series, and commercials. Leah is a graduate of AFI, an alumnus of the ASC's Master Class Workshop and was awarded a Cinematography Fellowship with Film Independent. Leah is mentored by the renowned cinematographer Michael Goi, ASC.
Her romantic comedy YOU & ME won the Audience Award at Cinequest, and Best Feature Film at Tampa Bay Comic Con Festival. In 2015, TO CLIMB A GOLD MOUNTAIN won Best Feature Documentary at World Humanitarian Awards and an Emmy for Excellence in Independent Programming
In 2017, BLUR was nominated twice for Best Cinematography in a Feature Film. As the recipient of Film Independent's Project Involve Fellowship in 2012-13, she the director of photography on two shorts 7 DAY GIG and BABY STEPS. The shorts ODE TO PABLO and GOLD STAR both received Latino Public Broadcasting Public Media Grants. BAD WOLF won a PGA Award and a Debra Hill Fellowship. SHADOWS & LIGHT won two festival awards in addition to a Kodak Grant, and both SHADOWS & LIGHT and SNAPSHOT played Cannes Film Festival's Short Film Corner. Leah's 2013 commercial "Ordinary Day" was a GOLD Winner of the Aurora Award in 2012.
Leah lives in Pasadena and is currently in post-production for her latest feature film, Vampire Dad, starring Jackson Hurst (Sharp Objects/HBO) and Grace Fulton (Shazam!).
Her romantic comedy YOU & ME won the Audience Award at Cinequest, and Best Feature Film at Tampa Bay Comic Con Festival. In 2015, TO CLIMB A GOLD MOUNTAIN won Best Feature Documentary at World Humanitarian Awards and an Emmy for Excellence in Independent Programming
In 2017, BLUR was nominated twice for Best Cinematography in a Feature Film. As the recipient of Film Independent's Project Involve Fellowship in 2012-13, she the director of photography on two shorts 7 DAY GIG and BABY STEPS. The shorts ODE TO PABLO and GOLD STAR both received Latino Public Broadcasting Public Media Grants. BAD WOLF won a PGA Award and a Debra Hill Fellowship. SHADOWS & LIGHT won two festival awards in addition to a Kodak Grant, and both SHADOWS & LIGHT and SNAPSHOT played Cannes Film Festival's Short Film Corner. Leah's 2013 commercial "Ordinary Day" was a GOLD Winner of the Aurora Award in 2012.
Leah lives in Pasadena and is currently in post-production for her latest feature film, Vampire Dad, starring Jackson Hurst (Sharp Objects/HBO) and Grace Fulton (Shazam!).
