Antonio Cisneros is an award winning cinematographer and documentary photographer originally from San Antonio, Texas. His interest is to create social documentary work in both still and motion photography. A graduate of New York University Tisch School of the Arts Class of 2008 and the American Film Institute, he specializes in Cinematography and Documentary Production. His film As Waters Recede, a documentary following the lives of Katrina Survivors displaced in New York City, won the Carl Lerner Award for Social Relevance and was a Wasserman Nominee at the First Run Film Festival 2008. The film went on to screen at the Directors Guild of America. Over the years, Cisneros worked as a camera assistant to such prestigious cinematographers as Lisa Rinzler ASC, Bradford B. Young (Best Cinematography Sundance 2011) and Claudio Rocha before becoming a cinematographer himself. He has lensed over 50 films including feature documentaries, music videos, commercials, web series and narrative features. In 2011, Cisneros won an award for Best Cinematography at the Philadelphia First Glance Film Festival for the short film Love me Tender. He is currently shooting the feature documentary The Graduates by Bernardo Ruiz (Reportero) slated for broadcast on PBS Independent Lens March 2013.