Juliana Wang (July 10, 1929 - January 3, 1993) was an American cinematographer. She was one of the first members of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Television in New York and was one of the first female directors of photography in the IA Local 644 union. In 1978, she and colleague Alicia Weber won an Emmy for cinematography.

Biography

Born to a diplomat, Wang spent most of her childhood in Iran. Wang was a self-taught cinematographer who says she shot "just for fun" and learned from others' criticism. She began her career by working on animation, including

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cartoons. She later worked regularly for

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and in the 1960s she shot commercials for

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. She claims to have been the first female director of photography in the IA Local 644 union. She was nominated for an Emmy award alongside Urs Furrer for her work on "Way Back Home," which aired on WABC on October 14, 1967. In the late 1970s she was involved in three

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films as a camerawoman. In 1978, she and Alicia Weber won an Emmy for a ''New York Illustrated'' documentary on lesbian mothers, which aired on NBC. Despite her success in cinematography, Wang spent her later years in poverty, as she struggled to make the transition from shooting film to video. Wang died in Manhattan, New York City on January 3, 1993.

Selected filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Juliana 1929 births 1993 deaths American cinematographers American women cinematographers 20th-century American women 20th-century American people