“the jewel tones of Tasha Back’s cinematography are bewitching” The Guardian
Tasha was named a Screen Daily Star of Tomorrow in 2023 and her work on the short film Enjoy won her the BSC Best Cinematography Short Film Award in 2021. Her Feature Film credits include the acclaimed GIRL starring Deborah Lukumuenaa, for director Adura Onashile, which premiered in competition at Sundance 2023 and went on to win Best Feature at Blackstar 2023. Also in 2022 Tasha lensed Naqqash Khalid’s BIFA nominated feature film In Camera starring Nabhaan Rizwaan and Amir El Masry for BFI / BBC Films which screened in competition at this year’s London Film Festival.
Tasha’s TV drama experience includes The Tower (season 3) for ITV, 2nd unit for Apple TVs Masters of the Air, block 1 of Traces season 2 for Alibi and two seasons of the BAFTA winning series 4stories - Adulting and A Mother’s Love for Channel 4. She also shot additional photography on the BAFTA Best Single Drama winner Sitting in Limbo, for director Stella Corradi.
Tasha’s other notable credits include Turner Prize Award winning film The Destructors, for artist Imran Perretta.
Before becoming a DOP Tasha worked as an assistant and then operator in the camera department on feature films and high-end drama for over 10 years, from assisting on Steve McQueen’s Hunger, and World War Z to operating on The Marvels.