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Soraya Sélène

Asian Diaspora Of Asian Descent Black Of African Descent Mixed Race Additional Identities BIPOC Woman she/her

Soraya Sélène (b. Saint Cloud, France) is a director and cinematographer in narrative and documentary film. Her work centers around intergenerational narratives, coming of age stories, and emotional landscapes, visualized through lyrical cinematography and a womanist lens.


Soraya received her MFA in Directing & Cinematography from UCLA and her BA from Wesleyan University. She is a Brown Girls Doc Mafia member and a founding member of the International Collective of Female Cinematographers (ICF+C). Soraya is also faculty at California Institute of the Arts, while continuing to work on independent projects. She lives in Los Angeles with her twin children, who inspire all her work.

Format: Scripted Feature, Scripted Shorts, Unscripted Features, Unscripted Shorts, Unscripted Episodic, Scripted Episodic

Genre: Art, Coming of Age, Asian, Black, Documentary, Drama, Experimental, Family, Music, People of Color, Social Justice, Women, Youth

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States, New York, New York, United States