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Carissa Dorson
Additional Credits
Carissa Dorson is a Los Angeles-based director of photography originally from Silver Spring, Maryland. Her credits include A Little Late with Lilly Singh (NBC), It's a Party (Showtime), and I Think She Likes You (Tribeca Film Festival). After graduating with a BFA from Florida State University's College of Motion Picture Arts in 2011, Carissa started her cinematography career by filming sketch comedy at CollegeHumor and Funny or Die. She also spent time at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater making films with her favorite improv comedians. No matter how serious or light-hearted the genre, Carissa loves when her projects explore hard truths, vulnerability and human connection. Her most recent credit is Netflix's feature-length documentary Stand Out, telling the story of LGBTQ+ comics who dared to be their authentic selves. Carissa is also a fine art photographer with an interest in narrative portraiture. Her photo series Funny People. Serious Photos was featured in L.A. Weekly and her photography book Conversations with Dad was published in 2021 by Kehrer Verlag.
Filmography
| 2024 | Things Will Be Different · as Director Of Photography |
| 2024 | Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution · as Cinematographer |
| 2023 | Adventure Never Ends: A Tabletop Saga · as Cinematographer |
| 2022 | Cristela Alonzo: Middle Classy · as Director Of Photography |
| 2021 | True Crime Story: Indefensible (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2020 | Give Me a Sign · as Cinematographer |
| 2020 | Darkness in Tenement 45 · as Cinematographer |
| 2020 | No Thank You · as Cinematographer |
| 2020 | Sketchy Times with Lilly Singh (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2020 | Bite Size Halloween (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2020 | Your Attention Please (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2019 | A Little Late with Lilly Singh (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2019 | Boo! · as Cinematographer |
| 2018 | It's a Party · as Director Of Photography |
| 2016 | The Boulet Brothers' Dragula (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2016 | Tight Spot · as Cinematographer |
| 2015 | To Climb a Gold Mountain · as Cinematographer |
| 2014 | OMG! (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2014 | Our RoboCop Remake · as Cinematographer |
| 2012 | Sketchy (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2011 | Empty Sky · as Production Designer |
| 2007 | Hardly Working (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2007 | Jake and Amir (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2006 | CollegeHumor Shorts (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2006 | CollegeHumor Shorts (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography |