David Klein (cinematographer)

David Klein, A.S.C. (born December 1972) is an American cinematographer known for his collaboration with director Kevin Smith. ^{[1] [2]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director
1994	Clerks	Kevin Smith
1995	Not This Part of the World [a]	Phil Atlakson
	Mallrats	Kevin Smith
1997	Chasing Amy
1999	When	Ricardo Scipio
	Eyes to Heaven	Shane Hawks
	Carlo's Wake	Mike Valerio
2000	Vulgar	Bryan Johnson
2001	Wish You Were Dead	Valerie McCaffrey
2002	Tattoo: A Love Story	Richard W. Bean
2004	Roomies	Oliver Robins
2005	The Ape	James Franco
	Fool's Gold
	Zyzzyx Road	John Penney
2006	Clerks II	Kevin Smith
	Novel Romance	Emily Skopov
2007	Good Time Max	James Franco
2008	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Kevin Smith
2010	Cop Out
2011	Red State
	Honey 2	Bille Woodruff
2012	The Story of Luke	Alonso Mayo
2026	The Mandalorian and Grogu †	Jon Favreau

1. Shared credit with Jeffrey D. Smith

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2011	Mr. Sunshine	Thomas Schlamme	Episode "Pilot"
2011-2014	True Blood		19 episodes
2013-2020	Homeland		57 episodes [3]
2017	Six	Lesli Linka Glatter	Episodes "Pilot" and "Her Name Is Esther"
	Law & Order True Crime		2 episodes
2018	Strange Angel	Meera Menon Ernest Dickerson
2020-2023	The Mandalorian	Robert Rodriguez Rachel Morrison Peter Ramsey Rick Famuyiwa	5 episodes [4]
2021-2022	The Book of Boba Fett	Robert Rodriguez Bryce Dallas Howard Dave Filoni	5 episodes [5]
2024-2025	Star Wars: Skeleton Crew	David Lowery Daniel Kwan Daniel Scheinert Jake Schreier Bryce Dallas Howard	4 episodes
2026	The Five-Star Weekend	Minkie Spiro	4 episodes

TV movies

Year	Title	Director
2007	By Appointment Only	John Terlesky
	Flight 29 Down: The Hotel Tango	D. J. MacHale
2019	Deadwood: The Movie	Daniel Minahan

References

1. "David Klein". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
2. "Cinematographer David Klein Delves Into "Deadwood"". SHOOTonline. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
3. "Behind the Lens: Homeland's David Klein, ASC". CreativeCOW.net. 2013. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
4. Jamie Jirak (December 4, 2020). "The Mandalorian: Kevin Smith Reacts to Clerks Cinematographer Filming Chapter 14". Comicbook.com/.
5. "'The Book Of Boba Fett': Cinematographer David Klein Confirmed For Multiple Episodes". THE RONIN. 2021-08-07. Retrieved 2021-12-09.

External links

• David Klein at IMDb