Greg Harriott is an Emmy award winning cinematographer based in NYC. His varied body of work includes shooting from dugout canoes in the Amazon, a music video with first lady Michelle Obama in the White House, award-winning narrative and documentary features, and commercials for brands like Pepsi, Reebok, Armani, Alfa Romeo, and more.
In 2013 Greg won a Daytime Emmy for filming Born to Explore with Richard Wiese, an ABC travel show that he lensed for four years. While filming Born to Explore, Greg summited Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, tracked lions in the Serengeti, filmed with orangutans in Borneo, and traveled across five continents.
Other recent DP credits include:
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project which was shortlisted for the 2024 Oscars and won the Grand Jury Award for best documentary at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023.
The Cave of Adullam which won Best Documentary and the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022
Black Girls Play: The Story of Handgames which was shortlisted for the 2024 Oscars and won Best Documentary Short at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2023.
Additional cinematography on Free Solo which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2019.
Greg is a certified FAA drone pilot, scuba diver, and wilderness first responder.
RECENT PRESS:
“Greg Harriott’s cinematography delivers clear-eyed close-ups of the poet’s face, but then hints at the ethereal with more cosmic, otherworldly double-exposed images.”
Canon: Award-winning cinematographers on why they choose Canon
Filmmaker Magazine: “I Wanted the Lenses To Have Some Character”: DP Greg Harriott on Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
CNN: Friendly Horse Canoodles Cameraman’s Ear
“The cameraman is a consummate professional. He keeps shooting.”
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