Camera • AGE 45
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 Cinematograph...


Mufasa: The Lion King
Director of Photography
2024

BEEF
Director of Photography
2023

Another Young Couple
Director of Photography
2023

The Underground Railroad
Director of Photography
2021

The Gaze
Director of Photography
2021

Walrus Yes: The Making of Tusk
Self
2019

Black Monday
Director of Photography
2019

If Beale Street Could Talk
Director of Photography
2018

Anything
Director of Photography
2018

Here and Now
Director of Photography
2018

Tour de Pharmacy
Camera Operator
2017

Moonlight
Director of Photography
2016

Yoga Hosers
Director of Photography
2016

The Black Jacket
Director of Photography
2016

Holidays
Director of Photography
2016

Youth
Director of Photography
2016

Rubberhead
Director of Photography
2014

Nightcrawler
Additional Director of Photography
2014

Camp X-Ray
Director of Photography
2014

Tusk
Director of Photography
2014

Adult World
Director of Photography
2014

Bad Milo!
Director of Photography
2013

Dealin' with Idiots
Director of Photography
2013

The Moment
Director of Photography
2013

California Solo
Director of Photography
2012

For a Good Time, Call...
Director of Photography
2012

The Murder of Hi Good
Director of Photography
2012

The Myth of the American Sleepover
Director of Photography
2011

Remigration
Director of Photography
2011

Karma
Director of Photography
2010

The Violent Kind
Director of Photography
2010

A Young Couple
Director of Photography
2009

Medicine for Melancholy
Director of Photography
2009

Pig Hunt
Camera Loader
2008

Little Brown Boy
Director of Photography
2003

My Josephine
Director of Photography
2003