Kaliya Warren is an award-winning director and cinematographer who combines visual spectacle with well-drawn character studies. Most recently, she directed the promo campaign for Sony’s One Of Them Days, starring Keke Palmer and SZA, and produced by Issa Rae. She served as Director of Photography on two spots for Vice President Kamala Harris and her 2024 presidential campaign. She directed the Key Art Campaign for the Hulu TV series Reasonable Doubt, executive produced by Kerry Washington and Larry Wilmore, and served as the Series BTS Director for Disney's Obi-Wan Kenobi. Previously, she was the Director of Photography for HBO and Issa Rae’s feature documentary, Insecure: The End. Narratively, she was a top-five finalist for Tribeca and AT&T’s Untold Stories competition, and her pitch for her feature script Expatriates received the $50k Fan Favorite Award.

Warren’s commercial clients have included Vogue, Delta Air Lines, and Facebook. She’s partnered with ad agencies Droga5 and BBDO New York, and her dance film Revelation premiered as part of IFC’s Short Attention Span Cinema Series. She has directed work across four continents — from Tanzania to the Philippines. Warren received her BFA in Film & Television from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and she is a member of IATSE Local 600, International Cinematographers Guild. Warren is represented as a narrative director by Good Fear Content.