ALICIA ROBBINS, ASC

Alicia Robbins, ASC grew up just outside Birmingham, Alabama, surrounded by music and creativity as the daughter of musicians. Her passion for visual storytelling first sparked while studying communications

at Vanderbilt University, where she discovered cinematography through the campus TV station. Captivated by the camera’s power to tell stories, Robbins pursued her craft at the American Film Institute, graduating in 2003. For more than a decade, she honed her eye across independent films, commercials, documentaries, and music videos, determined to work on anything that kept her creative instincts sharp. Her breakthrough came in 2018 on Shondaland’s For the People (ABC), where she

joined as a C camera operator and additional cinematographer. This opportunity led to her becoming the first female director of photography on a Shondaland series, Grey’s Anatomy. She served as lead DP for Season 17, after alternating as DP in Season 16. Her work on episode 1519, “Silent All These Years,” received critical acclaim as one of the show’s most powerful episodes. Robbins’ journey with Shondaland has continued on the global stage, lensing multiple episodes of Bridgerton

Seasons 3, 4 and the new upcoming season 5. Beyond Shondaland, she shot Netflix’s limited series Keep Breathing (2022), starring Melissa Barrera, exploring themes of survival and childhood trauma against the striking landscapes of Vancouver. She also contributed four episodes to Season 2 of NBC’s Quantum Leap. Her most recent TV accomplishment is lensing the new reboot of Baywatch which is set to air in January of 2027. She shot the first four episodes, setting the look for this iconic reboot. Her feature film work includes Babysplitters, winner of Best Feature at the 2020 Santa Barbara International Film Festival and Best Comedy Feature at the San Diego International Film Festival, with Variety praising its “sparkling” cinematography. The Wedding Invitation earned accolades as Best Romantic Comedy at the Manhattan Film Festival and Best Comedy at the Burbank International Film Festival in 2016. In

recognition of her craft, Robbins received the Emerging Cinematographer Award (2018) from the International Cinematographers Guild for her short Internet Gangsters. She is also a new, proud member of The American Society of Cinematographers, being inducted in October of 2025. Across her 23-year career, Robbins has built a reputation for blending technical mastery with a versatile, artistic eye, seamlessly transitioning between intimate, independent stories and large-scale studio productions.

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