James Laxton
Camera · Director of Photography · Camera Loader · Additional Director of Photography
Born Feb 3, 1981 · San Francisco, California, USA
Active 2003–present
James Laxton is an American cinematographer best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Barry Jenkins, including Moonlight, for which he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography.
Filmography
Nightcrawler (2014) — Additional Director of PhotographyMoonlight (2016) — Director of PhotographyMufasa: The Lion King (2024) — Director of PhotographyBEEF (2023) — Director of PhotographyIf Beale Street Could Talk (2018) — Director of PhotographyCamp X-Ray (2014) — Director of PhotographyTusk (2014) — Director of PhotographyTour de Pharmacy (2017) — Camera OperatorThe Underground Railroad (2021) — Director of PhotographyAdult World (2014) — Director of PhotographyFor a Good Time, Call... (2012) — Director of PhotographyBad Milo! (2013) — Director of PhotographyBlack Monday (2019) — Director of PhotographyHolidays (2016) — Director of PhotographyThe Myth of the American Sleepover (2011) — Director of PhotographyYoga Hosers (2016) — Director of PhotographyHere and Now (2018) — Director of PhotographyMedicine for Melancholy (2009) — Director of PhotographyMy Josephine (2003) — Director of PhotographyRemigration (2011) — Director of PhotographyDealin' with Idiots (2013) — Director of PhotographyThe Violent Kind (2010) — Director of PhotographyCalifornia Solo (2012) — Director of PhotographyPig Hunt (2008) — Camera Loader