Kathleen Beeler is an American

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

, best known for her work with

Trinh T. Minh-ha Trinh T. Minh-ha (born 1952 in Hanoi; Vietnamese: Trịnh Thị Minh Hà) is a Vietnamese filmmaker, writer, literary theorist, composer, and professor. She has been making films since the 1980s and is best known for her films Reassemblage (film ...

and

Lynn Hershman Leeson Lynn Hershman Leeson (née Lynn Lester Hershman; born June 17, 1941) is an American multimedia artist and filmmaker. Her work with technology and in media-based practices is credited with helping to legitimize digital art forms. Her interests inc ...

. She got her start working with Mike B. Anderson on '' Alone in the T-Shirt Zone'', which she co-wrote, produced, was

production designer In film and television, a production designer is the individual responsible for the overall aesthetic of the story. The production design gives the viewers a sense of the time period, the plot location, and character actions and feelings. Work ...

, and acted in. She also shot Anderson's '' Kamillions'' and has done special effects photography for numerous higher-profile films. Beeler, along with

, won the Excellence in Cinematography Award at the 1992

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023. The festival has acted ...

for her work on the documentary ''Shoot for the Contents''.

Filmography

*'' Star Worms II: Attack of the Pleasure Pods'' (1985) (cinematographer) *'' Alone in the T-Shirt Zone'' (1986) (cinematographer) *'' Morgan's Cake'' (1988) (cinematographer) *'' Kamillions'' (1989) (cinematographer) *'' Surname Viet Given Name Nam'' (1989) (cinematographer) *''

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'' (1992) (cinematographer) *''

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'' (1993) (cinematographer) *'' The Hanged Man'' (1993) (cinematographer) *'' Seduction of a Cyborg'' (1994) (cinematographer) *'' Double Cross Click Click'' (1995) (cinematographer) *''

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'' (1995) (cinematographer) *''

Conceiving Ada ''Conceiving Ada'' is a 1997 film produced, written, and directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson. Henry S. Rosenthal was co-producer of the film. Synopsis Emmy Coer is a computer scientist obsessed with Countess Ada Lovelace, author of the first comput ...

'' (1997) (second unit camera operator)

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