Laura Valladao

Director of Photography

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31 Mar

Sheepshead Bay

In March, Spenser and I co-DPed a short film for director Kobi Libbi, starring: Megan Stern, Clare Barron, Ted Schnieder, and Ben Mehl. Kobi’s process relies heavily on improvisation; we…

13 Dec

Regents

In December, I shot “Regents,”a short film by Director, Elizabeth Nichols, starring Eric Tucker. In the film, Eric plays an 8th grade teacher in a Lower East Side middle school,…

14 Nov

Lovely

In November I shot a short scene for NYU director, Joyce Sherri. I had seen Joyce’s film “Down Down Baby” and was excited to work with such a talented writer/…

22 Aug

New Slaves

In August, I shot a music video for Tiana Marenah, a talented director from TISCH Asia. The spec music video for Kanye West’s song “New Slaves” features clothing and design…

21 Jul

Cake

Last weekend I shot Cake, a short film for awesome NYU director,  Alik Barsoumian. We shot the entire film in one day, on one roll of 16 mm Kodak Tri-X.…

23 Jun

Betabrand Spec

Last Sunday we impulsively shot a spec commercial for jeans. Martin, who was crashing on our couch while visiting from San Francisco, Spenser, and I flushed out the concept over…

20 May

Sarah

Sarah is my spring narrative project as a part of the grad film program at NYU.

11 Apr

Wash Song

In April, I shot “Wash Song” for NYU director Elizabeth Nichols, starring Andrus Nichols, and Eric Tucker. Every step of the project centered around collaboration; collaboration between Lizzy and her…

22 Mar

The Stain

In March, I shot “The Stain”, a short film by NYU director, Jackie Dow, starring Amy Melley and Jason Zednick. Jackie and I wanted to create a consistent, moody, look…

19 Nov

Take it.

“Take it.” is my first year MOS for the grad film program at NYU. The film stars Cat Widdifield and Jolene Marquez and was shot by Luiza Parvu in and…

29 Oct

Greenpoint

In October I shot Greenpoint, a 4 minute MOS, by Romanian Director Luiza Parvu, starring Brittany Wilson and Yan Tual. The film is made up of daytime exteriors and we…

29 Jul

I Need a Moment

In July I had the pleasure of shooting a music video for the talented Bay Area/ Seattle artist MADlines! “I Need  Moment” was directed by Spenser Nottage and shot over…

17 Apr

Hamburger Days

This weekend I shot a short film for local writer/ director Max Berwald. We knew going into the shoot, that we’d be working with minimal equipment, in locations with extremely…

04 Feb

Stag

In January, I shot Stag, a short film directed by Max Sylvester. The project provided us with a lot of creative and technical challenges (some more fun than others). Over…

05 Jan

Exhale

In November I shot Exhale, a short film by director Jessie Cagliero. We shot with an ARRI SR1  on Kodak Vision 3 250D and 50D. Because much of the film…

04 Sep

Bay Area Female MC Documentary Project

A while back, my good friend Genny Evans and I road tripped to LA to see a documentary about women in the camera department. Less than 3 percent of feature…

09 Aug

Last Goodbye

Last Goodbye is a stop motion music video for local band Johnny Walnut, produced and directed by Sibilla Carini and I,  in collaboration with animation director, Katie Siller. We wanted…

30 Nov

1500 Short

In November I shot 1500 Short, directed by the incredibly talented Sam DeSurra. During the two nights of shooting on location at D’s Diner in Sebastopol, we managed to get…

22 Nov

Tinker

In November I gaffed “Tinker”, a short film directed by Justin Plummer and Martin Strauss, produced and shot by Spenser Nottage. The steam punk inspired romance stars Rowan Brooks and…

03 Nov

Limehouse

In October I shot Limehouse for Director Marjorie Conrad. Highlights of the project included filming a performance by San Francisco legend Vicki Marlane, working in mixed lighting situations, and shooting…

06 Aug

Starting Gun

Staring Gun was the first collaboration between Director Sibilla Carini and I. A lot of the time, Sibi and I are pretty much on the same wavelength; we even make…

10 Dec

Århus

In 2009, while studying abroad in Denmark, I teamed up with director Mary Kita to make this piece for a city wide video contest. Both international students, neither of us…

06 Feb

The Stranger in Us

In January, Spenser and I co-DP ed our first feature, The Stranger in Us, directed by Scott Boswell.When Scott first asked us to help out on his film,we thought we’d…

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