Nikaya Manley

Nikaya Manley is a cinematographer, writer, producer and director born and raised in New York City. She believes deeply in the power of storytelling to build and heal communities, and often uses her hometown as the backdrop of her own narratives. Nikaya is drawn to creating dramatic narratives, often afrofuturistic in nature, centering odd communities and unlikely pairings. She is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Film at Brooklyn College’s Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema where she is concentrating her studies on the craft of cinematography.