Biography
Charles Coleman is a cinematographer from Raleigh, North Carolina with aspirations of shooting narrative and experimental work for a living. He has a chameleonic style that he adapts to wildly diverse projects, while maintaining a focus on the intimate, ambiguous, and immaterial qualities of interpersonal drama and artistic invention. He's also known for his dense schedule and intense dedication and work ethic.
While primarily a DP who lives in the camera and g&e departments, Charles also spends a lot of time in the edit bay cutting and postproducing color. He was also the recipient of the Michael Piller Excellence in Screenwriting award in 2024 for a full-length screenplay written for the competitive Writing for the Screen and Stage program at UNC Chapel Hill, and he has amateur experience producing, directing, and postproduction sound mixing. He loves the theoretical as much as the technical, with a personal affinity for Theodoros Angelopoulos, Andrei Tarkovsky, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Wong Kar-Wai. For Charles, though, the work dictates the style, always.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Greenwood
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2025
FDOC
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2025
FDOC
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2025
FDOC
Role: Sound Editor
MOVIE • 2025
FDOC
Role: Colorist
MOVIE • 2025
Quiet are the Birds
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2024
Quiet are the Birds
Role: Colorist
MOVIE • 2024
Dingus
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2024
Grade Point Savage
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2024
Grade Point Savage
Role: Colorist
MOVIE • 2024
Dingus
Role: Color Grading
MOVIE • 2024
Flowers, Wings, and Pretty Things
Role: Colorist
MOVIE • 2024
Flowers, Wings, and Pretty Things
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2024
Flowers, Wings, and Pretty Things
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2024
Flowers, Wings, and Pretty Things
Role: Sound Designer
MOVIE • 2024
Blackest Darkness
Role: Camera Operator
MOVIE • 2024
If I Saw You
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2023
Someone is Coming
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2023
Evergreen
Role: Sound Designer
MOVIE • 2023
Evergreen
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2023