Nasreen is an award winning cinematographer whose work illuminates historically excluded voices, and normalizes intersectional storytelling. By illuminating racial injustice, disability inequity, marginalized youth, the first woman VP, and the largest telescope NASA has ever constructed, Nasreen thrives as a leader in films that shift our culture. Her ability to motivate audiences is a direct result of approaching story through intersectional identities: multi-heritage, Black, MENA, Disabled (chronic pain, neurodivergent), Muslim, LGBTQIA+, and 1st Generation.
Successful productions include, lensing Kamala Harris’ Vice Presidential campaign, Oprah’s Emmy award series Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, Netflix’s Unknown Cosmic Time Machine, Vogue’s Supreme Models, and Apple+ Dear… episode with Billy Porter. She executive produced East of the River that was supported by Tribeca Film Festival, and directed campaigns for NASA, GitHub, and the Women’s March, in addition to lensing scripted films centering Gay and Disabled lead characters. Forbes described her as “breaking barriers.”
Nasreen is a Visions mentee of the American Society of Cinematographers, a fellow of the Ford & Mellon Foundation’s Disability Futures, a fellow of The Disruptors, a fellow of Sundance’s Accessible Futures Intensive, an alumni of the RespectAbility Lab, and a fellow of the WIF Creative Circle. Born in Oakland California, raised in Northern Virginia outside of Washington D.C., she graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn New York with a BFA in Fine Arts thanks to a scholarship from the Black Alumni Office. Nasreen has participated in the Sundance Film Festival and developed programming for AFI DOCS, the Nantucket Film Festival, the Brooklyn International Film Festival, CINE, TIVA, and the EMMYS. She helped lead the 2022 RespectAbility LAB, dedicated to introducing twenty Disabled writers, and directors to studios like Disney, Sony, Lionsgate, Dreamworks and Warner Brothers.
Nasreen founded ALL MEDIA STORYTELLING to amplify stories that build a sustainable foundation for all communities to thrive. ALL MEDIA STORYTELLING works to transform how Americans engage with people within communities who have been portrayed through a biased lens, and achieve equity for future generations. Offering: Conceptualizing, Scripting, Payroll, Crewing, Insurance, Interviews, Direction, Cinematography, Sound Recording, and Editing. Dedicated to hiring equitable, Nasreen works with Disabled, BIPOC, women, and non-binary people on productions staffed.
Speaking engagements: Sundance Film Festival, AFI Conservatory “Collectivism in Advocacy”, Lionsgate "Conversations That Matter", Disney’s The Power of Inclusion Summit, TEDx, NASA Women in Action, AwesomeCon, ReelAbilities Festival NYC + LA, RespectAbility LAB, StoryCode, Filmgate Miami, Light City Baltimore, Bus Boys & Poets, PORTALS, AMPM, Pratt Manhattan Mornings, The George Washington University, WPOW at Ohio University, DePaul University, and Pratt Institute
Content published: Apple, OWN, NASA, Netflix, Amazon, FX, IFC, BBC, NPR, UN Women, Hana Kuma, SXSW, AMC, Discovery, WITNESS
Fieldwork: Ethiopia, Iraq, New Zealand, Iceland, Costa Rica, Greenland
