Oren Soffer

History

Oren is a director of photography based in Los Angeles and New York City. In 2017, Oren shot two feature films that were released theatrically: 'No Letting Go' starring Alysia Reiner, Kathy Najimy, Richard Burgi and Cheryl Allison; and 'Little Miss Perfect' starring Karlee Roberts, Isabella Palmieri and Lilla Crawford. Also in 2017, a short film that Oren shot, 'Opera of Cruelty,' won the Alternative category at the Student Academy Awards. During his studies at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Oren was nominated for the ASC Gordon Willis Student Heritage Award, and was a finalist for the Arri Volker Bahnemann Award for Cinematography. Oren has also shot dozens of commercials and music videos for a variety of clients including Crest, Viacom, Wilson Tennis, IBM, Grey Goose Vodka, Doritos, Marriott Hotels, Mattel, and MTV, and has worked on multiple feature films apprenticing under acclaimed Director of Photography Reed Morano, ASC.

Profile

Movies

The Creator

Director of Photography

Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war—and mankind itself.

Fixation

Cinematography

Dora, a young woman at the center of an unusual murder trial, is subjected to a psychiatric evaluation, and as the tests become more personal — and frightening — she begins to question the true motives of her doctor and is forced to live through the recreations of her past.

Catalina

Director of Photography

Gus, Will, and Brian have been fast friends since middle school. Now in their mid-twenties, Gus is the only one to have left their hometown for New York City, immersing himself in the queer community and finally coming into his own. He returns home for a weekend camping with “the boys” on Catalina Island, and must find new common ground now that he has changed, while discovering how his friends have changed too.

Allswell

Director of Photography

Three Nuyorican sisters navigate the daunting life-challenges of single motherhood, career and family, all while finding humor and solace within the bonds of sisterhood in this absorbing dramedy.

A Nightmare Wakes

Director of Photography

An adaptation of the novel "Frankenstein," as told through the life of Mary Shelley. As she creates her masterpiece, she gives birth to a monster.

Margo & Perry

Director of Photography

A disillusioned twenty-something woman spontaneously gets a job babysitting a precocious nine year old, but not everything is as it seems.

See You Soon

Director of Photography

A tender queer romance about a gay man who travels across the country to spend the weekend with someone he met on a dating app.

Ride

Director of Photography

Spin classes can be a bit intimidating. But for Brit, the fear is real when her first class turns into a ride for her life.

Opera of Cruelty

Director of Photography

In this surreal drama, a Young Victim invited to an immersive operatic production led by the Famed Fiend, a collector and protector of talent, finds himself infatuated with the Tempestuous Tigress, a young woman and the favorite performer, who wants nothing but to escape.

A Good Dream

Director of Photography

Dreamy college student Uma has a unique connection to the world around her. She can sense people’s thoughts as she navigates the urban jungle of New York City. However, when she begins receiving a series of bizarre and threatening messages from a mysterious character, “Red Rabbit,” she loses track of what’s real and what isn’t.

Lola and Dallas

Director of Photography

An unusual pair on the run are forced to find solace through each other when home is not an option.

The New 35

Director of Photography

New Yorker Kat is celebrating her 35th birthday by embracing her single and childless life. By the end of the night however, her past has come to collect...and conceive?

Uncle Gareth

Director of Photography

After his mother's death, Gareth is caught between his fear of being alone and his fear of dealing with the world outside. The natural solution, hanging out with preserved bodies from his family's funeral home, works perfectly--until he suddenly has to take care of his niece while hiding the bodies from a neighborhood watchman.

Mastodon

Director

Old memories and ghosts from the past resurface when a man reluctantly agrees to help his now-alcoholic childhood friend sober up over the course of a weekend.