Cast & creator
James Laxton
Best known for BEEF, Mufasa: The Lion King, Black Monday
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Laxton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
37
film credits
4
television credits
1
2003–2024 · acting roles
6.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (41)
Showing 41 of 41 credits
BEEF
Director of Photography
2023
Mufasa: The Lion King
Director of Photography
2024
Black Monday
Director of Photography
2019
Nightcrawler
Additional Director of Photography
2014
Moonlight
Director of Photography
2016
Tusk
Director of Photography
2014
The Underground Railroad
Director of Photography
2021
If Beale Street Could Talk
Director of Photography
2018
Here and Now
Director of Photography
2018
Camp X-Ray
Director of Photography
2014
Adult World
Director of Photography
2014
For a Good Time, Call...
Director of Photography
2012
Yoga Hosers
Director of Photography
2016
Tour de Pharmacy
Camera Operator
2017
Bad Milo!
Director of Photography
2013
Holidays
Director of Photography
2016
The Myth of the American Sleepover
Director of Photography
2011
Anything
Director of Photography
2018
Remigration
Director of Photography
2011
Walrus Yes: The Making of Tusk
Self
2019
California Solo
Director of Photography
2012
The Moment
Director of Photography
2013
Dealin' with Idiots
Director of Photography
2013Reconnect
Director of Photography
2021
Medicine for Melancholy
Director of Photography
2009
Rubberhead
Director of Photography
2014
The Gaze
Director of Photography
2021
Pig Hunt
Camera Loader
2008
The Violent Kind
Director of Photography
2010Leave Me Like You Found Me
Director of Photography
2012
The Murder of Hi Good
Director of Photography
2012
My Josephine
Director of Photography
2003Lemonade War
Director of Photography
2014
Another Young Couple
Director of Photography
2023Los Valientes
Director of Photography
2021
A Young Couple
Director of Photography
2009
Youth
Director of Photography
2016
Little Brown Boy
Director of Photography
2003
Karma
Director of Photography
2010Welcome to the Last Bookstore
Director of Photography
2015
The Black Jacket
Director of Photography
2016