Claudio Chea, Director of Photography Washington Heights was shot by Dominican Director of Photography Claudio Chea. Chea has been a frequent collaborator with the director Leon Ichaso, on such films as Bitter Sugar, for which Chea was also associate producer, the classic 1985 Crossover Dreams, starring Ruben Blades, and the 2001 release Pinero, produced by Miramax and starring Benjamin Bratt as the Puerto Rican poet and playwright Miguel Pinero. Chea's photography can also be seen in biopics of two American originals: Hendrix, with Wood Harris in the role of the 60s rock icon, and Ali: An American Hero, starring David Ramsey as the acclaimed prizefighter.