Oren Soffer
Born (1988-07-02) July 2, 1988
Haifa, Israel
Alma materNew York University (BFA)
OccupationCinematographer
Years active2011 - Present

Oren Soffer (Hebrew: אורן סופר) (born July 2, 1988) is an Israeli-American cinematographer.[1][2][3] He is best known for his work on the science fiction film The Creator (2023), which he filmed as co-cinematographer with Greig Fraser, as well as Allswell in New York (2022), Fixation (2022), A Nightmare Wakes (2020), and Opera of Cruelty (2017).[4][5][6][7]

Career

Soffer studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and was nominated for the American Society of Cinematographers Gordon Willis Student Heritage Award in 2015.[8] He has been an adjunct professor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.[9] In 2022, he was brought in by Grieg Fraser to take over as director of photography for the main production shoot of Gareth Edwards' science fiction film The Creator, which was filmed in Thailand from January to May of that year, while Fraser worked on the film's pre-production before moving to a remote role due to his commitment to Dune: Part Two. This would mark Soffer's first film production for a major film studio. Edwards praised the talent and expertise Soffer brought to the film's production, calling him a "real future rising star in the DoP world. He’s super-smart. He’s got a great eye."[10] For their work on the film, Soffer and Fraser were nominated for Best Cinematography at the 2023 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards and longlisted in the Best Cinematography category at the 77th British Academy Film Awards.[11][12]

Filmography

Short film

Year Title Director Notes
2011 Swimming Pool Himself Also writer and editor
2012 Free Marlee Roberts
Citizen Jane Ben Nelson
Still Ben Nelson
A Flight of Fancy Scott Schuler
2013 Almond Joy Nora Unkel
Reservations Charlie Redd Also camera operator
Lonely Devil666 John Liang
It Don't Come Easy Sabrina Jaglom Also camera operator
Life Out There Zach Terry
Matches Samuel Besser
A Teacher's Reward Laura Brown
A Mail Tale: The Untrolled Story Ben Nelson
Blood Relations Chris Kappel
2014 Little Drifter Jacob Bittens
Do Us Part Katie Baldocchi
A Quiet Life Zach Terry
Florence is Burning Mackenzie Lukenbill
An Unknown Condition Alfonso Morgan-Terrero
2015 Karkass Karts Ben Nelson
Swept Jeanna de Waal
Morgan Lynch
Check Please Daniel Sorochkin
2016 #BlowingUp Ben Nelson
Uncle Gareth Chris London
Kabul Lauren Fritz
Gallina Lauren Fritz
The New 35 Michelle Bossy
Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and
Distressing Excavation of Professor Ahab		 Chani Gatto-Bradshaw
2017 Lola and Dallas Daniel Sorochkin
Alientologists Tyler Rabinowitz
Far from the Tree Dave Thomas
Stanley & Afsaneh Jamaal Parham
Bashan Aquart
The Untimely Gift Scott Aharoni
Dennis Latos
Opera of Cruelty Max Fedore
2018 Ready Melissa Farman
EL Cuco is Hungry Daniel Garcia
Aurum I Max Fedore
2019 Negroland Jewel Coronel
Ride Meredith Alloway
2020 See You Soon Tyler Rabinowitz
Margo & Perry Becca Roth
2021 For Armetta Kevin Wilson Jr.
Champ Ben Tricklebank
The Letter Men Andy Vallentine
2022 Fraud Zen Pace
Catalina Tyler Rabinowitz

Feature film

Year Title Director Notes
2015 No Letting Go Jonathan D. Bucari Also camera operator
2016 Little Miss Perfect Marlee Roberts
2017 A Good Dream Mahum Jamal
Fail State Alexander Shebanow Shared credit with Joel Kingsbury, Alexander J. Hufschmid,
Alexander Shebanow and Michael Swaigen
2020 A Nightmare Wakes Nora Unkel
2022 Allswell in New York Ben Snyder
Fixation Mercedes Bryce Morgan
2023 The Creator Gareth Edwards Shared credit with Greig Fraser

Television

Year Title Notes
2016 Fallout High TV short
2021 Action Royale 10 episodes

Music video

Year Title Notes
2016 "Burning in Birmingham" Also producer
2017 "Good Hurt"
"Pumpkin Pie"
2018 "Come Follow Me Down"
2019 "God Bless Our Souls"
2020 "Pink Pony Club"

Awards and nominations

Year Result Award Category Work Notes Ref.
2016 Nominated FilmQuest Best Cinematography Karkass Karts [13]
Nominated American Society of Cinematographers Heritage Awards Reservations [14]
Nominated Julien Dubuque International Film Festival Excellence In Cinematography No Letting Go [15]
2017 Won First Run Film Festival Craft Award - Cinematography Opera of Cruelty [16]
Nominated Nordic International Film Festival Best Cinematography Far from the Tree
Won IndieFEST Film Awards Award of Excellence - Best Cinematography
Nominated Reel East Texas Film Festival Best Cinematography - Short
Nominated Focus International Film Festival Jury Prize - Best Cinematography in a Short Film
Won Southampton International Film Festival Best Cinematography in a Short Film
Nominated Nordic International Film Festival Best Cinematography
Won Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival HIMPFF Award of Recognition - Best Cinematography A Good Dream
Nominated International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, Berlin Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
Won International Independent Film Awards Platinum Award - Best Cinematography
2023 Nominated Seattle Film Critics Society Best Cinematography The Creator Shared with Grieg Fraser [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Allswell DP Oren Soffer on Taking Inspiration From Classic New York Movies and His Bond With Greig Fraser". btlnews.com. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  2. ↑ "Oren Soffer". nofilmschool.com. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  3. ↑ "Meet Oren Soffer - Cinematographer". shoutoutla.com. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  4. ↑ "'The Creator': Cast, Release Date, Plot, and Everything We Know So Far". collider.com. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  5. ↑ "ALLSWELL". tribecafilm.com. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  6. ↑ "FIXATION". pifff.fr. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  7. ↑ "Cinematographer Oren Soffer crafts a nuanced portrait of an intimate weekend for the short film See You Soon". panavision.com. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  8. ↑ "American Society of Cinematographers Names Student Award Recipients". hollywoodreporter.com. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  9. ↑ "OREN SOFFER". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  10. ↑ https://www.gamesradar.com/gareth-edwards-the-creator-guerilla-filmmaking/
  11. 1 2 Anderson, Erik (January 4, 2023). "Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Nominations: 'Poor Things,' 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Lead". AwardsWatch. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  12. ↑ https://www.bafta.org/film/longlists-2024-ee-bafta-film-awards
  13. ↑ "2016 FilmQuest – FilmQuest".
  14. ↑ "13 Students Nominated for 2015 ASC Gordon Willis Heritage Awards". theasc.com. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  15. ↑ "No Letting Go". imdb.com. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  16. ↑ "FIRST RUN FESTIVAL. 2017 UNDERGRADUATE CRAFT AWARDS". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
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