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Trish Govoni

(She / Her)

Director of Photography

New York, New York US

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I have had the privilege and pleasure of meeting people and tell their stories as a DP for over 20 years. I believe that storytelling is a powerful way to influence the world. I love the team aspect of filmmaking and the potential of every story

About

Trish Govoni is an accomplished director and cinematographer. Her numerous credits span a wide variety of documentary, narrative and commercial projects. Her latest film with director Godfrey Reggio, Once Within A Time premiered at the Santa Fe International Film Festival in 2022. Other doc credits include The Witness, The Wrecking Crew, and Visitors, a long-awaited Adreienne. and Pretty Old. She has been the DP on the broadcast series Iconoclasts for the Sundance channel, and Explorer for National Geographic. Her work as a DP can also be seen in the Netflix Christmas movie HOLLY STAR. She has shot countless commercials, branded campaigns and PSAs for the likes of Visa, Levi’s, Sony, Microsoft, Tostitos, OLAY Subaru, and many other global brands. Her directing credits include promo and branded content campaigns for Breast Cancer Awareness, CNN, OLAY, NBC, NY1 and various Broadway shows including FROZEN and TOOTSIE. She is a graduate of both the American Film Institute and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and lives in New York City

Featured Work

The Witness

Kitty Genovese became synonymous with apathy after news that she was stabbed to death on a New York City street while 38 witnesses did nothing. Forty years later, her brother decides to find the truth. He uncovers a lie that transformed his life, condemned a city and defined an era. Directed by James Solomon. A FilmRise release

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Yes She Can

Preparing for the Iditarod - excerpt

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Pretty Old

When 30 women aged 67 - 84 from across America and around the world descend on Fall River, Massachusetts to compete in the 30th anniversary Ms. Senior Sweetheart Pageant, hilarity and heartbreak ensue.

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VISITORS

Director Godfrey Reggio reveals humanity's trance-like relationship with technology, which, when commandeered by extreme emotional states, produces massive effects far beyond the human species.

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