Cristina Dunlap has contributed her vision and skills as a Director of Photography to numerous award-winning projects including television series, films, music videos and commercials. Dunlap recently lensed three projects selected for SXSW: the narrative short Lip Service; the musical short film Cousin John - The Arrival, and the Refinery29-produced episodic series, Embrace, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year and then went on to win top prize in the Episodic Pilot Competition at SXSW.
Dunlap’s credits also include the Nicole Perlman’s horror short Undo which was selected by the Sundance Institute for Hulu’s annual Halloween film contest Huluween Film Fest; Brad Michael Elmore’s Bit, which premiered at Toronto’s Inside Out Festival, won the Grand Jury Award at the 2019 L.A. Outfest, and was nominated for The Queerties; and she was the second unit DP for the 2016 Emmy-nominated television series Her Story.
In the past two years, Dunlap has lensed incredible projects directed by Dakota Johnson, Cory Bailey, and Rosario Dawson, along with music videos for acclaimed artists like Lizzo, Coldplay, Kali Uchis, The Chainsmokers, and BØRNS.
Dunlap also DP’d Brandi Carlile’s music video “Party of One,” which starred and was Creative Directed by Elisabeth Moss.
Dunlap was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and graduated from USC’s prestigious School of Cinematic Arts with a degree in Film Production.