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name: "Carolina Costa"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 December 1984"
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updated: "2026-09-17T03:24:22.633926+00:00"
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# Carolina Costa

Cinematographer. Born 1 December 1984 in Brazil.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 December 1984, Brazil

## Biography

Carolina Costa is a Brazilian cinematographer. She studied at the University of the Arts London, where she was mentored by Sue Gibson, and later earned a master's degree in cinematography from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.

Costa has served as director of photography on episodes of the series *Insecure* (2016). Her feature credits include *The Chosen Ones* (2015), for which she won an Ariel Award for Best Cinematography; *Dance of the Forty One* (2020); *Hala* (2019); *Flower* (2017); *Grotesquerie* (2024); and *Heroic* (2023). Several of her films have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

She is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and was named one of American Cinematographer's Rising Stars of 2018. Costa has received additional Ariel Award nominations and was included on Variety's list of "10 Latinxs To Watch in 2020".

*Sources: carolinampcosta.com, ymcinema.com, womennmedia.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Insecure* (2016), Fi1m 81, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/insecure.md)

## Also known for

- *American Horror Stories* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Monster: The Ed Gein Story* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Flower* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Grotesquerie* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Dance of the Forty One* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Heroic* (2023), Director of Photography
- *The Exorcism of Carmen Farias* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Hala* (2019), Director of Photography

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