Hello!
Amber Alesawy is an Egyptian-American photographer, filmmaker, and producer based in New York City. A graduate of NYU Gallatin, where she studied environmental and anthropological filmmaking, her work explores the intersection of people, culture, and the environment through documentary film, portraiture, and travel photography.
As a Bronx Documentary Center fellow, Amber has developed films examining New York City's social and environmental landscapes, including a documentary on environmental injustice in the South Bronx ("Asthma Alley") and an ongoing project exploring the role of nightlife in shaping community and identity.
Alongside her independent work, Amber is an Associate Producer at NBCUniversal's The KARAMO Show and has worked across documentary, television, and photography productions in producing, camera, sound, and post-production. She is always interested in collaborating on meaningful visual storytelling projects.