Akiva Henig

Akiva is an award winning cinematographer with 8 years of experience working in narrative and commercial film. With a burning passion for light and shadow, he often also works as a gaffer in between DP projects.

Akiva grew up in Portland, OR, and is currently based in NYC. He is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where he specialized in cinematography, directing, and film/art studies.

When he is not working on film he is making music and playing drums with several indie rock bands.

He is infamous for unscrewing light bulbs in his friends' homes in protest of their subpar lighting. He is also known to eat tomatoes like an apple.

DP:

short films

A Beautiful Voice; dir. Dave Quay (2023)

All Beauty Queens Have Broken Bones; dir. Max Tullio (2023)

Recluse; dir. Alexis Sundman (2023)

How To Have A Baby; dir. Nic Inglese (2023)

Nicki Apart; dir. Max Tullio (2022)

Agent Panic; dir. Kory Louko (2022)

Dead Dogs Don't Lie; dir. Max Tullio (2021)

Boy Shorts: (Please) Stand Up; dir. Ellie Gravitte (2021)

Uncle Ricky's Guitar; dir. Carlos Rivadeneyra (2021)

In Our Secret Penthouse; dir. Max Tullio (2021)

Boy Shorts: SNL; dir. Taylor Edelle Stuart (2021)

Boy Shorts: Catan; dir. Taylor Edelle Stuart (2020)

The Purple Lady; dir. Clarence Dodge (2020)

Boy Shorts: Max; dir. Molly Brown (2019)

Little Walter Whispers; dir. Will Moran (2019)

The White Room; dir. Yuchuan Xing (2018)

Hive Minded; dir. Ronan Hagarty (2018)

awarded Best Cinematography at SLCineFest

One-Handed; dir. C.B. Liffer (2017)

Leo & Clark (2015)

winner Fresh Film NW

music videos

Rat Palace – Woman of the Year; dir. Carlos Rivadeneyra (2024)

JessX – Hole; dir. JessX (2023)

Noah Chenfeld – The Cyclical; dir. Akiva Henig (2022)

Ghost King – Lake of Ember; dir. Carlos Rivadeneyra (2022)

Lazylazy – U Feel; dir. Eva Roberts (2021)

Akiva Henig – Open Wide (2020)

Lazylazy – Buddy; dir. Avinoam Henig (2020)

Lazylazy – Sold Out; dir. Avinoam Henig (2019)

Atless – TV; dir. Atless (2017)

commercials

Fora Financial (2023)

Understood for All Inc. (2023)

SLC Men's Basketball (2019)

Doritos Spec — Nacho Speeding Ticket (2015)

CREW:

short film, Balston; DP — Andrew DeNatale (2023)

gaffer

commercial, Dossier; DP — Scott Sweitzer (2023)

1st AC

web series, 20's; DP — Patrick Naremore (2023)

gaffer

commercial, PetSmart; DP — Genaro Delgadillo (2023)

camera operator

interview, Jewish Enrichment Center; DP — Philipp Stüvecke (2023)

gaffer

music video, Talon - Blondie; DP — Patrick Naremore (2023)

key grip

event, Bleacher Report; DP — Greg Harriott (2023)

2nd AC

feature film, My Hero; DP — Charlee Harrison (2023)

gaffer

short film, Murmur; DP — Guy Pooles (2022)

gaffer

tv series, Law and Order S22; BBE — Boris Cifuentes (2022)

electric

tv series, The Girls on the Bus S1; BBE — Sean Coia (2022)

electric

tv series, Godfather of Harlem S3; BBE — Brandon Morgan (2022)

electric

tv series, Law and Order S22; BBE — Matt Howe (2022)

rigging electric

tv series, American Horror Story S11; BBE — Bryan Barrett (2022)

electric

tv series, The Crowded Room; BBE — Dave Tedesco (2022)

electric

tv series, Manifest S4; BBE — Dana DeSalis (2022)

electric

dance film, Shall We Dance; DP – Daniel Cho (2022)

gaffer

commercial, Eventbrite; dir. – Dustin Tolman (2022)

camera operator

short film, Boyhoarder; DP – Scott Sweitzer (2022)

1st AC

live performance video, John Mulaney at MSG (2022)

1st AC

commercial, Audible; Studio Sabia (2022)

1st AC

commercial, MIRROR; Casual Films (2022)

best boy grip

documentary, Stolen Dough; DP – A.J. Desimone (2022)

gaffer

corporate, LATD Training Video; Understood For All (2022)

gaffer

feature film, Throuple; DP — Martín Blanco (2022)

gaffer – pick-up shoot

short film, Power Signal; DP – Zach Kuperstein (2022)

2nd AC

feature film, The Chapel; DP - Sander Vandenbroucke (2021)

1st AC – NYC unit

commercial, Ben Kallos campaign spot; Acres Productions (2021)

1st AC

music video, Moneybagg Yo; DP - Parris Stewart (2021)

best boy electric

short film, Te Wheke; DP – Jason Chau (2021)

key grip

corporate, The Influencer Series with Amanda Russell; Birds Nest Productions (2021)

camera operator

short film, Man of the Harvest; DP – JP Summers (2020)

camera operator, 2nd unit DP

live performance video series, Pickathon Music Festival (2019)

camera operator

SKILLS:

camera body experience: Arri Alexa Mini, Arri Amira, Red Komodo, Sony FX9, Sony FX6, Sony FS7, Sony a7S, Canon C300, Blackmagic Ursa Mini, Blackmagic Pocket 6K, Panasonic EVA1

camera accesory experience: Arri WCU-4, Tilta Nucleus-M, Teradek wireless systems, SmallHD monitors

software experience: DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro X, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Logic Pro X

short films

music videos

All Beauty Queens Have Broken Bones

dir. Max Tullio