Christopher LaMarca is an Emmy nominated Cinematographer and Director based in Los Angeles. Known for the intimacy of his character driven work, he lensed the film SUGARCANE which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and won the ‘Directing Award’ in U.S. competition.
His work has screened in top festivals worldwide including Sundance, Telluride, SXSW, Berlinale and The Museum of Modern Art. Christopher has received several Special Jury awards including being nominated for Cinema Eye Honors, named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine and a Sundance Institute Edit and Story lab film fellow.
After 10 years on the road as an award-winning magazine photojournalist (Time / Rollingstone/ GQ) his monograph, Forest Defenders: the Confrontational American Landscape was published by powerHouse Books. Compelled to translate his photography work to the screen, Christopher switched mediums and brought his intimate and raw visual aesthetic to film. His love for immersive filmmaking and sonic soundscapes weave in and out of some of the most pressing social and cultural issues of the moment.
