On the Teradek Live Show at NAB, I talk to Julia Swain, Jess Lopez and Katy Williams about the challenges of being a female cinematographer and what they think can be done to encourage more women to take up the craft.
We also discuss how they got their start in the industry and Julia Swain talks about her documentary Women Of Light, that features some of the leading female Cinematographers in the industry including Reed Morano ASC and Mandy Walker ASC ACS.
Matthew Allard is a multi-award-winning, ACS accredited freelance Director of Photography with over 30 years' of experience working in more than 50 countries around the world.
He is the Editor of Newsshooter.com and has been writing on the site since 2010.
Matthew has won 51 ACS Awards, including six prestigious Golden Tripods. In 2016 he won the Award for Best Cinematography at the 21st Asian Television Awards.
Matthew is available to hire as a DP in Japan or for work anywhere else in the world.