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name: "Nicole Hirsch Whitaker"
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# Nicole Hirsch Whitaker

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer

## Biography

Nicole Hirsch Whitaker is a cinematographer. She graduated with a BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and began her career as a still photographer before moving into commercials and second-unit work on feature films.

Her narrative credits include *Bad Sisters* (2022), for which she shot three episodes, *Shining Vale* (2022), *Perpetual Grace LTD* (2019), *Jupiter’s Legacy* (2021) and *One Piece* (2023). Documentary work includes *Girl Rising* (2013) and *Cobain: Montage of Heck* (2015), both of which earned her shared Emmy nominations. She joined the American Society of Cinematographers in 2022.

Whitaker is married to cinematographer James Whitaker.

*Sources: theasc.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bad Sisters* (2022), Fi1m 78, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md)

## Also known for

- *Thank You for Smoking* (2005), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *ONE PIECE* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Lioness* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Dust Bunny* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Amateur Night* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Miss Representation* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Shining Vale* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Girl Rising* (2013), Director of Photography

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