Lidia Nikonova
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LA-based director of photography, Lidia works on narrative, documentary and commercial projects. Prior to working in film she was a photojournalist - her work has been published in newspapers around the world including The Daily Telegraph, The Age, Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald and many others. She believes that thoughtfulness, authenticity and honesty are crucial to storytelling.
Her work played at numerous festivals including New York Film Festival and Cannes Lions. She received several Best Cinematography awards for her film The Day That (2017). Lidia’s commercial work has been featured on Vimeo, i-D, Vogue and Nowness.
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She is a recipient of a prestigious American Film Institute Scholarship. Lidia holds a BA in Film Theory from The University of Sydney (AUS) and MFA in Cinematography from AFI (USA).
Lidia is a member of ICFC, Cinematographers XX, Free The Work and WIM.
Known for
Bama Rush
May 23, 2023
Night Nurse
July 10, 2026
While Mortals Sleep
January 20, 2022
Family Portrait
August 4, 2023
Cosboi
January 27, 2022
Lena
March 11, 2019
Laying Out
October 6, 2019
Sakha Tyla: How to teach a machine to understand Sakha
December 20, 2021
Isotope
August 28, 2024
Test Piece
July 14, 2025
The Day That
April 12, 2018
Surveyor
Behind the camera15
- 2026Subscriber Director of Photography
- 2026Jezebels Director of Photography, Digital Imaging Technician
- 2026Night Nurse Director of Photography
- 2025Test Piece Director of Photography
- 2024Isotope Director of Photography
- 2023Family Portrait Cinematography, Director of Photography
- 2023Bama Rush Director of Photography, Cinematography
- 2022The Big Squeeze Cinematography
- 2022Cosboi Cinematography
- 2022