Liz Charky
Camera
Biography
Liz Charky is an American cinematographer of Syrian, Sicilian, and Tonawanda-Seneca heritage, creating visual stories among the endless intersections of humor, heartbreak, love, and loneliness. She loves collaborating from a place of sensitivity, intuition, and playfulness when photographing honest and imaginary moments. Her style around movement, color, and light are often informed by her background as a dance artist and choreographer. Her cinematography has been presented by Camerimage (Golden Tadpole award nominee), Cucalorus Film Festival, NewFilmmakers LA, AFI Fest, SCAD Savannah Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, Reeling: Chicago LGBTQ+ International, SXSW Panel Picker, Cleveland International, Miami International, Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center, Reykjavík International, among others.
Known For
A young gay couple pay an unexpected price for bringing home a free piece of furniture.
Free Bench Must Pick Up Today
In 1850, the Fox sisters organize a séance for a wealthy couple who want to summon the spirit of their deceased son to give them closure. When the girls' parlor tricks backfire, the audience begins to catch on.
Speak with the Dead
A Happy Mart employee is swept up in a late night street fight only to find the mysterious woman is looking for a partner in crime.
Happy Mart
As a lonely middle-schooler experiences the trauma of getting her period for the first time, she discovers her body isn’t the only thing betraying her. "The Girl" explores the feelings of shame, secrecy, longing, confusion, grief, betrayal and anger that are so central to adolescence.
The Girl
There's Something I Have to Tell You is the story of Anna, a reserved woman in her 20s who's temporarily living in a small town in the Bahamas to help her mom build a house. But beneath the surface, Anna is haunted by the memories of her past. During her stay, she struggles to release a devastating truth that has kept her and her mom divided for as long as she can remember.
There's Something I Have to Tell You
OUR BODY ELECTRIC follows the journeys of three athletes, Ariel, Amanda, and Chelsea, from the off-season to the Ms. Olympia stage. Delving into themes of strength, resilience, and self-discovery, the film sheds light on the challenges of achieving success as women in the world of bodybuilding.
Our Body Electric
Two friends meeting for afternoon tea unknowingly become trapped in an AI generated alternate reality catered to them.
Tooth and Nail
In a blue-collar Missouri town, a 13-year-old HVAC apprentice grappling with confusing desires becomes entangled in a surreal, dangerous encounter at the local theatre—where longing and innocence bleed together in one irreversible night.
HVAC
A Los Angeles couple goes camping to meditate and detoxify, when a neighboring camper (with a lit joint and BBQ) quickly makes TENTions run high. (Get it?) A comedy about the traps of perfectionism, and learning to take a big ole bite out of life. Inspired by Mike Leigh's film, Nuts in May (1976)
Nut Milk in May
Gabrielle is undergoing a miscarriage. As her despair and pain grow overwhelming, she enters a surreal realm that allows her to accept what her body could not carry and regain hope in nature's cyclical ways.
An Interior Body
A documentary short sharing open conversations, about sexuality, body image and self-esteem, between three skater girls and other young women.
Me in the mirror
A woman attempts to reclaim her life by joining Witness Protection