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Chananun Chotrungroj

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Production Designer
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Chananun Chotrungroj
Chananun Chotrungroj is a director of photography and artist based in Los Angeles. She served as Director of Photography alongside Sandi Sissel on the feature film "Karaoke Girl," which premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2012 and won the "Best Cinematography" award at the Bangkok Critics Assembly Awards. She recently shot "The Edge of Daybreak" 2021 by Taiki Sakpisit, winner of FIPRESCI Prize 2021, "Three Mouths 2022 " by Jared Frieder New York Times Critic's pick and steam exclusively at Paramount Plus. "Palm Trees and Power Lines 2022" by Jamie Dack which won directing award in U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2022, The Trapped 13: How We Survived the Thai Cave 2022 by Pailin Wedel and "Birth / Rebirth" 2023 by Laura Moss.

While pursuing an MFA in Film at NYU, she was awarded the Ang Lee Fellowship and Department Fellowship and received Nestor Almendros Award for Outstanding Cinematography by a Woman in 2013 and 2015.

Channaun was nominated for the 2020 Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for the feature film "The Third Wife" and won Best Cinematography at the Tribeca 2020 Film Festival for the feature film "Materna."
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    The Edge of Daybreak (2021)
    The Edge of Daybreak
    7.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 2021
    Don't Come Back from the Moon (2017)
    Don't Come Back from the Moon
    4.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 2017
    Assol Abdullina, Lindsay Burdge, Kate Lyn Sheil, and Jade Eshete in Materna (2020)
    Materna
    4.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 2020
    The Third Wife (2018)
    The Third Wife
    6.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 2018

    Credits

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    Cinematographer



    • Paring
      • cinematographer
      • Post-production
    • I Like Me Better When I Am with You
      • Cinematographer
      • Pre-production
    • Chinese School
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production



    • The Dream is a Snail (2026)
      The Dream is a Snail
      Short
      • cinematographer
      • 2026
    • Ripe (2025)
      Ripe
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Skin of Youth (2025)
      Skin of Youth
      6.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Vachirawich Aranthanawong, Napath Vikairungroj, Urassaya Sperbund, and Chayanit Chansangavej in Dalah: Death and the Flowers (2025)
      Dalah: Death and the Flowers
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Ayvah Jordan Vasquez in Launchpad (2021)
      Launchpad
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Margaret Cho and Elaine Young in Maxine (2023)
      Maxine
      6.5
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Judy Reyes and Marin Ireland in Birth/Rebirth (2023)
      Birth/Rebirth
      6.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • The Trapped 13: How We Survived the Thai Cave (2022)
      The Trapped 13: How We Survived the Thai Cave
      7.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Who Invited Them (2022)
      Who Invited Them
      5.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Three Months (2022)
      Three Months
      6.8
      • director of photography
      • 2022
    • Palm Trees and Power Lines (2022)
      Palm Trees and Power Lines
      6.5
      • director of photography
      • 2022
    • The Edge of Daybreak (2021)
      The Edge of Daybreak
      7.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • The Salt in Our Waters (2020)
      The Salt in Our Waters
      6.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Assol Abdullina, Lindsay Burdge, Kate Lyn Sheil, and Jade Eshete in Materna (2020)
      Materna
      4.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • The Nearest Human Being (2019)
      The Nearest Human Being
      6.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019

    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Drifter
      • additional cinematography
      • Completed
      • 2026



    • Naomi Scott in Modern Love Tokyo (2022)
      Modern Love Tokyo
      6.7
      TV Series
      • 'a' camera operator
      • 2022
    • Who Invited Them (2022)
      Who Invited Them
      5.5
      • camera operator
      • 2022
    • Avenues (2017)
      Avenues
      5.9
      • electrician
      • 2017
    • Porn Without Sex (2016)
      Porn Without Sex
      6.1
      Short
      • assistant camera
      • 2016
    • Double Negative (2015)
      Double Negative
      Short
      • camera operator
      • 2015
    • Afronauts (2014)
      Afronauts
      6.5
      Short
      • camera operator: 'b' camera
      • 2014
    • Out There
      5.6
      Short
      • assistant camera
      • first assistant camera
      • 2013
    • Quvenzhané Wallis in Boneshaker (2013)
      Boneshaker
      6.1
      Short
      • gaffer
      • 2013
    • Eli (2012)
      Eli
      Short
      • gaffer
      • 2012
    • Grand Morelos (2012)
      Grand Morelos
      Short
      • gaffer
      • 2012
    • Heart of a Doll
      Short
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2011
    • A Breath Away
      Short
      • gaffer
      • 2010
    • Ploy (2007)
      Ploy
      6.7
      • still photographer
      • 2007
    • Invisible Waves (2006)
      Invisible Waves
      6.5
      • still photographer
      • 2006

    Production Designer



    • Knock Knock
      Short
      • Production Designer
      • 2011
    • Thin Air
      Short
      • Production Designer
      • 2010
    • Cold Noodles
      Short
      • Production Designer
      • 2010

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