Festival Selections:
2025:
AFI Conservatory Nomination for Energa CAMERIMAGE Student Etudes Competition
Audience Award Winner: Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today, Hola Mexico Film Festival
New York Latino Film Festival
Keep It Weird!
2024:
Fantaspoa International Fantastic Festival
Aperture International Film Festival
International Film Gala London
AFI Visual Essay Showcase
2023:
Virginia Film Festival
POV Shorts Season 6
SFFilm Festival (Bay Area Short Film Prize)
Palm Springs International Shorts Fest (Best Student Documentary Special Mention)
Atlanta Film Festival
Hot Docs Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
SFDoc Fest
Nashville Film Festival
Denver Film Festival
Loft Film Fest
Film Festival For Women's Rights In South Korea
Cleveland International Film Festival
2022
Audience Award Best Short Documentary: BlackStar Film Festival
DOCNYC
New Orleans International Film Festival
Indie Memphis Film Festival
NICHO 54
Athena Film Festival
Alexandra Geneviève Agar is a cinematographer and camera operator whose work spans commercials, music videos, documentary films and series for Showtime, Hulu, Disney, Bloomberg Media, and HBO Max, including COUPLES THERAPY, BEACH COTTAGE CHRONICLES, and JAY LENO'S GARAGE
A graduate of the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory, Geneviève holds an MFA in Cinematography. Geneviève was named a 2024 Cinematography Fellow by the Television Academy Foundation, where she was also selected as a Bob Bennett Future Leader for her innovation and leadership in entertainment. In 2025, she was recognized as a Semi-Finalist for the Women In Media (WIM) Altitude Awards, which honors technical and artistic achievement in cinematography.
Her work has premiered at festivals including AFI Fest, Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival, Virginia Film Festival, New York Latino Film Festival, and the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF), in addition to being selected as a Vimeo staff pick.
Geneviève's favorite films are RELATOS SALVAJES (2014), KOYANNISQATSI (1982), and L.A. STORY (1991). When she's not on set, she grows narrowleaf milkweed to support Monarch butterflies and roller skates along the LA River. She holds a BA in Economics from the University of Virginia.
Featured Press:
British Cinematographer: Geneviève Agar selected as future leader by Television Academy Foundation
C-Ville: The making of Taking
Voyage LA: Geneviève Agar's Story
Deadline: “Origin” And “American Symphony” Win Top Awards At Virginia Film Festival
Daily Progress: Charlottesville native's first feature film premiering at Virginia Film Festival