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Nausheen Dadabhoy

Nausheen Dadabhoy

Cinematographer

Nausheen Dadabhoy, is a Pakistani-American director and cinematographer whose work spans fiction and documentary films. As a cinematographer her credits include LA FEMME ET LE TGV (2016), a live action short film Oscar nominee, Emmy winning ARMED WITH FAITH (2018), Emmy nominated NOT DONE: WOMEN REMAKING AMERICA (2020) and CONSCIENCE POINT (2019) which all aired nationally on PBS. Nausheen's films have screened at festivals worldwide including Sundance, TIFF, Tribeca, Locarno and have appeared on Netflix, HBO, Hulu and Showtime. THE GROUND BENEATH THEIR FEET (2014) — her directorial debut following two Pakistani women who were paralyzed after an earthquake — premiered at IDFA in the first appearance competition. Her second feature film, AN ACT OF WORSHIP, about the last 30 years of Muslim life in America premiered in competition at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival and will air on POV. She is currently developing an iTVS funded short documentary entitled, HALAL BODIES, about how Muslim-American children learn about sex. Nausheen has been a Film Independent Project:Involve Fellow (2011), a Berlin Talents participant (2017), a Firelight Fellow (2018), a Chicken & Egg Eggcelerator Lab Fellow (2019), a newportFILM Documentary Cinematography Fellow (2019), a Soros Equality Fellow (2020) and she is currently a Pillars Artist Fellow (2022). She was part of DOCNYC’s inaugural “40 Under 40” which features the talented and diverse voices in documentary filmmaking today. In addition to her work as a filmmaker Nausheen also works as an educator. She was recently a lecturer at the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and previously a visiting faculty member at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology in Karachi, Pakistan. She has conducted workshops at SUNY Purchase, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Claremont McKenna College, and Bard College. She’s been a cinematography mentor for Re-Present Media and Chicken & Egg Pictures. Nausheen is based in NYC, Los Angeles and Karachi, Pakistan. She received her MFA in Cinematography from the American Film Institute Conservatory. When she’s not on set Nausheen can be found reading comics books or painting quotidian moments of life as a documentary cinematographer.

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Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 32 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 20% in 30 days

What are Nausheen Dadabhoy's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
29%
Morality
21%
Self
20%
Power
10%
Survival
8%
Ideas
7%
Bonds
4%
Justice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame3 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 4

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 9 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 4 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
7
Tense
5
Joyful
3
Hopeful
3
Warm
2
Other
6

How their films linger

Thought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet6
  • Ambiguous1
  • Cyclical1
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Nausheen Dadabhoy's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Nausheen Dadabhoy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

32 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

  • The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas(2025)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Halal Bodies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director

  • Steal This Story, Please!(2025)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Business of Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse(2024)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • A Shot at History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Cinematographer

  • Witness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Cinematographer

  • The Greatest Night in Pop(2024)

    Camera Operator

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Louder: The Soundtrack of Change(2024)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Another Body(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • No Accident(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • unseen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Thanks

  • Donyale Luna: Supermodel(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • I Am Vanessa Guillen(2022)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Cinematographer

  • Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Cinematographer

  • An Act of Worship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Cinematographer

  • Mickey: The Story of a Mouse(2022)

    Additional Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Keep This Between Us(2022)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Through the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • Not Done: Women Remaking America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director

  • Down a Dark Stairwell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Camera Operator

  • Naughty Books(2020)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Conscience Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • An Act of Worship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Cinematographer

  • Love Reset (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • The Railroad Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • The Ground Beneath Their Feet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Jackson Heights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 27 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Josh: Independence Through Unity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Cinematographer

  • Lunch(2012)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

Career shape

A full career of 29 titles from 2012 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Steal This Story, Please! (2025)

$750K worldwide

Highest rated

Steal This Story, Please! (2025)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Louder: The Soundtrack of Change (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing5 of 29: 3 only directing, 2 with another roleCinematography23 of 29: 21 only cinematography, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndOther crew3 of 29: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s9 · crew2020s20 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Nausheen Dadabhoy's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 13; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 14 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · cinematographer

No Accident (2023)

93rd percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Steal This Story, Please! (2025)

Midcredits 98th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 59/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 60, detractors 20. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Nausheen Dadabhoy work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nausheen Dadabhoy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kristi Jacobson shares the most, 3.

Directors

Editors

Producers