Leigh Lisbao Underwood

Leigh Lisbão Underwood is an award-winning director of photography whose work has been seen at festivals including Cannes, Tribeca, and Palm Springs, and on national television. Mr. Underwood works primarily in short and feature-length narrative, as well as documentary and commercials, and his credits include the upcoming independent features 1915, Brasil Meu Amor, Death Clique (Lifetime) and Sugar Baby (Lifetime).  He  studied under seasoned cinematographers including John Simmons ASC, John Bailey ASC, Richard Crudo ASC, and Vilmos Zsigmond ASC. He was the recipient of the award for best cinematography at the Palm Springs International Shortfest in 2013 for his work on the short film The Boy Scout.

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