Carissa Dorson

Carissa Dorson is a Los Angeles-based union director of photography originally from Silver Spring, Maryland.  She began her career in sketch comedy, shooting videos that garnered hundreds of millions of views for websites like CollegeHumor and Funny or Die.  She was recently the DP of A Little Late with Lilly Singh on NBC and the comedy feature It's a Party starring SNL’s Ego Nwodim.  Carissa is most fulfilled by using the camera to explore relationships and what it means to be human.  She is also a fine art photographer, with an interest in portraiture.  Her photo series, Funny People. Serious Photos, was featured in L.A. Weekly.  Her first photo book, Conversations with Dad, was just published in 2021 by Kehrer Verlag.  Carissa is an ambassador for Lumix cameras and Rosco lighting, and often speaks publicly about her work.  She graduated with a BFA from Florida State University’s College of Motion Picture Arts in 2011.