Zanin Lindsay is a Black/Latino Cinematographer from the Bronx based in NYC. While passionate about creating visually-driven stories that better represent the nuances of BIPOC identity, he also focuses on streamlining the image-making process into a collaborative, engaging, and communicative atmosphere to ensure the intangible vision of the film can turn into a tangible reality that better connects with the audience.

Zanin earned his Media and Digital Film Production Associates at Bronx Community College. In his senior year, Zanin was awarded the first-ever Sol Negrin Memorial Award, sponsored by the IATSE Local 600 International Cinematographers Guild, for being a leader among his peers and a representative for the program. His thesis film, Antithesis, won First Place at the 25th Annual Bronx Community College Film and Video Festival and was awarded the Chairsperson's and Peter J. Rondinone Memorial awards. After graduating from the program, Zanin was accepted into City College's Film and Video BFA program, where only 25 students are selected each year.

Zanin's professional debut was for The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show, where he got to film and interview Harry Belafonte himself. Zanin went on to shoot the short film Our Lady Lupe, which premiered during The Latino Experience PBS Primetime Broadcast Special on July 13, 2021. Zanin's other notable works have been featured in the Ford Foundation, The New Yorker, Food and Wine, Vogue Thailand, and SPORAS: Artisans for Change.

Zanin is available for freelance, part-time, and contract work and is part of Local 600: International Cinematographers Guild. When not working, Zanin enjoys teaching and leading filmmaking workshops while volunteering for nonprofits that aim to make film and filmmaking more accessible to underrepresented persons in and outside the Bronx.

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Zanin Lindsay

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