Biografia
Amy Belling, CSC, is a Canadian Society of Cinematographers nominee (for HOLY ANGELS in 2018 and RESIDUAL SPLENDOUR in 2023) and a four-time Leo Award-winning director of photography. She earned an MFA in Cinematography from the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles. Belling’s accolades include a Canadian Screen Awards nomination, a BAFTA award, and being shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
In television, she shot four episodes of the Amazon Studios series BEYOND BLACK BEAUTY in North Bay, Ontario; one double episode of the Disney+ series TURNER & HOOCH in Vancouver, BC; and the Disney and Freeform TV movie GHOSTING, starring Aisha Dee, Kimiko Glenn, and Kendrick Sampson, for which she won the 2020 Leo Award for Best Cinematography in a TV movie. She also worked on four Lifetime movies and two Hallmark Channel movies.
In independent film, Belling was the director of photography for the US theatrical romantic comedy YOU CAN'T SAY NO, starring Peter Fonda, Marguerite Moreau, and Hamish Linklater, filmed in Santa Rosa, CA; the US indie A REMARKABLE LIFE, featuring Daphne Zuniga, Helen Slater, Eric Roberts, John O'Hurley, and Mark Margolis, shot in Denver, CO; and Telefilm theatrical features TWO 4 ONE, STRESS POSITION, and SONGS SHE WROTE ABOUT PEOPLE SHE KNOWS. The latter was featured in American Cinematographer Magazine, premiered at TIFF 2014, and received three Canadian Screen Award nominations.
Her documentary work with the National Film Board of Canada includes BEAUTY by Christina Willings and the 2018 CSC-nominated docudrama HOLY ANGELS by Jay Cardinal Villeneuve. She also shot the Supre documentary RESIDUAL SPLENDOUR, earning her a 2023 CSC nomination for Best Cinematography in a Short Documentary.
Belling’s Lifetime projects include two films by Gail Harvey: GONE MOM, starring Annabeth Gish, and DYING TO BELONG, starring Shannen Doherty; Stacey K. Black’s HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN, starring Jill Scott; and Stanley M. Brooks’ CRUEL INSTRUCTION, featuring Camryn Manheim. For Hallmark Channel, she worked on Jessica Harmon’s MY BEST FRIEND'S BOUQUET and Christie Will Wolf’s FIVE STAR CHRISTMAS.
Her early short films include WHY THE ANDERSON CHILDREN DIDN'T COME TO DINNER and THE SADDEST BOY IN THE WORLD, both directed by Jamie Travis, which premiered at TIFF, SXSW, Slamdance, Rotterdam, and Karlovy Vary.
Belling holds an O-1 working visa for the US, Canadian citizenship, and an EU passport from Finland.
