Maria Raad is a cinematographer from Beirut, Lebanon. Through her work, she strives to capture beauty amidst chaos.  After receiving a BFA in Film from Syracuse University, and a certificate of 35mm filmmaking from FAMU (Czech Republic), she participated in the American Film Institute’s 2023 Cinematography Intensive for Women and completed the IATSE Local 600 loader training.

She is currently based in Brooklyn, NY.