Sarah Cawley(I)
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actress
Sarah Cawley is an East coast cinematographer who splits her time between features and television, having shot both series and pilot episodes for Netflix, Amazon Studios, and AMC.
During her tenure as DP on the show Manifest, the series broke Nielsen's streaming ratings record by surpassing 1 billion minutes viewed for six consecutive weeks and became a #1 hit for Netflix, breaking viewing records and becoming one of Netflix's weekly top 10 most-watched English-language TV series a record 25 times.
In addition to an array of contemporary narratives, Cawley photographed the historic period piece Salem for WGN/Tribune, which won multiple awards and launched original programming for the network with a record-breaking 1.5 million viewers for the show's debut.
Her narrative work in features and television earned her a place on Variety's annual selective list of '10 Cinematographer's to Watch.' In addition to Variety, her work has received favorable press and reviews in American Cinematographer magazine, British Cinematographer, the Los Angeles Times, and the Hollywood Reporter.
A distance runner and triathlete, Cawley was an architectural lighting designer at Kugler Tillotson Associates in Manhattan before committing to cinematography as a career.
Her cinematography projects have taken her to international destinations including Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Thailand, Malaysia, Venezuela, Cuba, Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Turkey.
During her tenure as DP on the show Manifest, the series broke Nielsen's streaming ratings record by surpassing 1 billion minutes viewed for six consecutive weeks and became a #1 hit for Netflix, breaking viewing records and becoming one of Netflix's weekly top 10 most-watched English-language TV series a record 25 times.
In addition to an array of contemporary narratives, Cawley photographed the historic period piece Salem for WGN/Tribune, which won multiple awards and launched original programming for the network with a record-breaking 1.5 million viewers for the show's debut.
Her narrative work in features and television earned her a place on Variety's annual selective list of '10 Cinematographer's to Watch.' In addition to Variety, her work has received favorable press and reviews in American Cinematographer magazine, British Cinematographer, the Los Angeles Times, and the Hollywood Reporter.
A distance runner and triathlete, Cawley was an architectural lighting designer at Kugler Tillotson Associates in Manhattan before committing to cinematography as a career.
Her cinematography projects have taken her to international destinations including Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Thailand, Malaysia, Venezuela, Cuba, Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Turkey.
