Nelisa Alcalde is a UK-based cinematographer born in the south of Spain. She is a member of Illuminatrix-Rising.
She holds a BA in Film & TV from Edinburgh University and an MFA in Cinematography from FAMU. Additionally, she worked as an assistant camera, where she learned the skills to work professionally.
She directed and lensed Honey Bunny Duracell, shot on 35mm film, which won the Art of a New Era Award from the Czech Association of Cinematographers (AČK), the Best Documentary Paper Bird Award at the LJMU MA Festival, and Best Documentary Short at the International Sport Film Festival in Slovenia.
Back in the UK, she lensed and co-directed Isabel’s Independence with Inma De Reyes, a BBC Scotland/Scottish Documentary Institute funded mid-length documentary broadcast on BBC Scotland in 2020. She also shared a cinematography credit on The Boy and the Suit of Lights, directed by Inma De Reyes, which won Best International First Feature Film at Sheffield 2024. Alcalde has also shot narrative shorts such as All Up There, directed by Bonnie McRae, which won the Best Director Award at the BFI Future Film Festival 2024 and the Silver Award for Passion Project at the Young Directors Festival at Cannes.