Dominique Hessert Owens is an award winning Cinematographer and Producer based in Los Angeles. She is best known for her vérité work in character driven documentary films.

Intimate storytelling is what first drew Dominique to visual storytelling. With a background in photojournalism, cinematography captured her early on in her career working as a video producer at the start-up media company Ozy Media, where she pitched, produced, shot and edited the company’s first video series Life, Interrupted, winning the company its first Webby.

Dominique moved on from Ozy Media to The New Yorker, where she developed short documentary films that embodied her passion for immersive storytelling. One of the films grew to become Brittany vs. State of Alabama (Netflix), an experience which fueled her fueled her career shift into long form film. After relocating to Los Angeles, Dominique worked as a camera operator and Associate Producer for Tripod Media on Good Night Oppy (Amazon) where she spear-headed VFX efforts with Industrial Light & Magic. The film went on to win an Emmy Award and six Critics Choice awards.

Most recently, she finished working as a cinematographer on Pamela, a love story (Netflix), Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter (Netflix), and Come See Me in the Good Light, premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.