Nicole Hirsch Whitaker

Movies

It Takes Three
Cinematography
When Chris, the coolest guy in school discovers that Roxy sees through his popularity and good looks, he enlists Cy to reverse catfish her-letting him take over his social media accounts to add substance to his style.
Deadcon
Director of Photography
The horrors and isolation of being a social media influencer run rampant when a collection of YouTube and Instagram stars soon discover there are things scarier than thousands of teenagers armed with phones asking for selfies.
Amateur Night
Director of Photography
Guy Carter, an insecure expectant father unable to find work in his field, accepts a job driving hookers around Los Angeles. One long and crazy evening proves to our hero that he is, in fact, up to the task of fatherhood.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
VFX Director of Photography
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.
Girl Rising
Director of Photography
Nine filmmakers each profile a young girl from a different part of the world to weave a global tapestry of youth in the 21st century.
Miss Representation
Director of Photography
The film MISS REPRESENTATION exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. Explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman. It’s time to break that cycle of mistruths.
On the Doll
Cinematography
A lurid, dark look into the lives of sex workers, where victims of child abuse deal with the consequences later in life.
Salt
Director of Photography
When she learns the disturbing nature of her abusive husband's extramarital affair, Phoebe and her sister-in-law-turned-mistress, West, devise a playful revenge plot that quickly devolves into a conspiracy to commit murder. Writer-director Bradford Tatum stars in this dark and twisted contemporary noir thriller as Phoebe's despicable husband, a paranoid artist named Randal.
Thank You for Smoking
Second Unit Director of Photography
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.