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

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Daily Progress: Charlottesville native's first feature film premiering at Virginia Film Festival

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