Zac Manuel Director/DP

Zac Manuel is an Academy Award-nominated director and cinematographer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Zac’s work in documentary draws from complex legacies of Southern identity, with particular interest in the impacts of history and inheritance on Black communities. Zac uses his camera to create bridges of intimacy and transparency between himself and his films’ participants, with a collaborative and improvisational shooting style inspired by the movements and rhythms of jazz. Zac’s cinematography credits include Time, Academy Award nominee for Best Feature Documentary, Buckjumping and Descendant, which was released by Netflix. His directing credits include This Body, released on PBS, Nonstop, which was acquired by the Criterion Channel in 2022, and Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero. Zac is currently directing the feature documentary, Ghetto Children, produced by XTR.