FRANCES KROON SASC
CINEMATOGRAPHER

Born among over-sized avocados and coral trees in Mpondoland South Africa, Frances also spent sections of her childhood in London and Honduras. She has gone on to live in both Los Angeles and Kyoto, leaving her speaking a few languages (English and Spanish the best).

Having come up through the camera department, she holds an MFA in Cinematography from the prestigious American Film institute. Her work has won Best Cinematography at Tribeca; was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance; won both gold and silver screen at the Cannes YDA awards; as well as the Grand Prix at Hollyshorts. She is also an American Society of Cinematographers heritage award nominee; was selected as 1 of 5 DPs in Film Independent's project Involve; and as well as a Berlinale talent. She is a member of the South African Society of Cinematographers.

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Her approach includes an incidental spontaneity that embraces visual imperfections rather than exerting oneself on the image as its creator. To quote the Cohen brothers, she is just ‘…trying to do justice to the story…. Not pee on it.’

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She is most recently interested in the impressions left between two entities and how they are decomposed by time.

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