What's up! I'm a cinematographer and gaffer based in Brooklyn, NY.
A few things I've been up to: last year I shot Chicks, a short horror-comedy about a teenage sleepover that turns pretty dark; this was my third time collaborating with Geena Marie Hernandez. In 2021, I worked with director Antonio Méndez Esparza [2018 John Cassavetes Independent Spirit Award] on three documentaries highlighting Florida's Early Childhood Court System, as DP and editor. Back in 2019, I won a Student Emmy for my short documentary Woman of Steel, which highlights Ashley Young's life as a self-proclaimed human cyborg with a bionic right arm. I love documentary just as much as I love narrative.
I love taking pictures of my friends when they're not looking. Fucking love my Ricoh GR.
Outside of film life, I spend most of my down time on languages; I speak French at an intermediate level, and am working hard on my Spanish.
contact: chris.andrew.violette at gmail.com
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Focusing his camera on people with disabilities, Bedford man shines (NH Union Leader, April 2019)
FSU film student wins national award for documentary on ‘bionic woman’ (FSU News, January 2019)