Bio

Drew Soleiman is a New York City based Director of Photography renowned for his unique ability to blend his beautiful naturalistic style to make for intimate personal stories. His work consists of short films, docs, commercials, music videos, and documentaries.

FILM EXPERIENCE

Waiting for Godot Documentary by Lucy Walker (September 2025)

B-camera Operator

Late Fame Feature film by Kent Jones (Jan-Feb 2025)

Camera PA

Into The Sky Feature film by Evan Buxbaum & Drew Mylera (May-June 2025)

Grip

Tony’s Tomatos Short Film by Gianni Mclaughlin (Dec 2024)

2nd Assistant Camera

• Swapping lenses, batteries and cards

Oh Hi! Rom-Com Feature Film by Sophie Brooks

Grip (Aug-Sept 2024)

• Rigging the concord, 20 by 20 frames onto mombos, etc

• Organizing the grip truck and staging

• Running equipment onto set promptly

NYC Water Cruises Social Media Ad

Cinematographer (Aug 2023)

• Filmed a commercial from script to screen with a crew of 6-7 people

• Setup lighting aboard the ship according to the sun

• Operated DJI gimbal to counteract the moving boat

• Edited the commercial to engage the audience with the story and sound

Lost On A Mountain In Maine 

Doc-Feature by Andrew Knightlinger

2nd Assistant Camera  (July 2022)

• Loaded Dailes onto camera truck

• Supplied fresh batteries, and SD cards to the camera dept.

• Setup and broke down video village