DONIJAH COLLIER WAS RAISED IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. HE IS BI-COASTALLY BASED IN LOS ANGELES AND NEW HAVEN/NEW YORK. COLLIER HOLDS A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CINEMATOGRAPHY FROM COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, AND A MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN CINEMATOGRAPHY FROM THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CONSERVATORY. WHILE AT AFI, HE WAS HONORED WITH THE KIRK DOUGLAS FELLOWSHIP. COLLIER PHOTOGRAPHED THE FILM “SIX PACK,” WHICH WAS AWARDED PANAVISION’S NEW FILMMAKER GRANT, WINNING AT THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL BLACK FILM FESTIVAL.  IN 2024, COLLIER WON BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR HIS WORK ON “NEW HIRE” FROM THE FLEX OBSCURA FILM FESTIVAL. COLLIER’S PHOTOGRAPHY ON “THE COME UP,” WHICH FOLLOWS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS USING SLAM POETRY TO NAVIGATE GROWING UP IN CHICAGO, WAS CHOSEN FOR THE CHICAGO XL FUTURE OF FILM, RISING STAR CATEGORY. THIS NARRATIVE SHORT FILM IS CURRENTLY STREAMING ON AMC+. COLLIER RECOGNIZES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF REDEFINING THE NARRATIVES PREVALENT IN CONTEMPORARY STORYTELLING. HIS AMBITION IS GROUNDED IN THE CREATION OF DIVERSE AND INNOVATIVE STORIES THAT POSSESS THE POTENTIAL TO EVOKE EMOTION. HE HOPES TO TELL STORIES THAT CULTURALLY AND POLITICALLY IMPACT OUR SOCIETY, LED BY HIS PASSION FOR THE HUMANITIES AND THE ART OF VISUAL STORYTELLING.