Marianne Williams

Marianne is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles. A dual citizen of the US and Italy, she received an MFA in Cinematography from the AFI Conservatory, where she began her practice of shooting 16mm and 35mm motion picture film. Collaborative and thoughtful, Marianne creates a unique world for each project and employs a light, natural approach to VFX and SFX.

Marianne has created 2022 campaigns for Neutrogena, Target, Olay, Sephora and Rhode Beauty. Her documentary and editorial work has been published by Vogue, Nowness, i-D, and Garage Magazine. She was recently a guest on the Wandering DP podcast and featured on the Cooke Optics Shot on Cooke series.

Recent scripted projects include Matthew Lessner’s pilot The Position which premiered in competition at SXSW 2021 and Black Card Snatched for Comedy Central with Obama’s Other Daughters and director Laura Murphy. Other narrative credits include indie features Wing Dad and Passing Parade, Writhing, a short about the HIV epidemic shot on 16mm, and Arkasha Stephenson’s Vessels, which won the Iris Prize for LGBTQ media