Jeffrey Waldron

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Jeffrey Waldron
Born
U.S.
Occupation(s)Cinematographer, director
Years active2002–present

Jeffrey Waldron is an American cinematographer and director. [1] [2] [3] Waldron worked on various feature films and TV series, including Little Fires Everywhere , Dear White People , Transpecos , You Hurt My Feelings , and Haunted Mansion . [4] [5] [6] With Shannon Service he also co-directed Ghost Fleet, a 2018 award-winning documentary about immigrants tricked into forced labor on fishing ships in Thailand.

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Career

Jeffrey served as cinematographer on the 2011 film The Dynamiter , for which he was nominated for Best Cinematography at the Independent Spirit Awards. [7] In 2012, he made his directorial debut with series Remixed, which was nominated for best directing (non-fiction) at the IAWTV Awards. [8] In 2018, he co-directed the film Ghost Fleet, along with Shannon Service, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy Award in the category of "Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary" in 2020. [9] [10] Most recently he served as cinematographer for the film You Hurt My Feelings directed by Nicole Holofcener, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. [11]

Selected filmography

Feature films

YearTitleContributionNote
2023 Haunted Mansion Cinematographer
2023 You Hurt My Feelings Cinematographer
2018Ghost FleetCo-director, cinematographer [12] [13]
2016 Transpecos Cinematographer
2011 The Dynamiter Cinematographer

Television

YearTitleContributionNote
2022 A League of Their Own CinematographerPilot
2021 The Morning Show Cinematographer2 episodes
2021 Gossip Girl CinematographerPilot
2020 Little Fires Everywhere Cinematographer4 episodes
2019 Mrs. Fletcher Cinematographer7 episodes
2019 GLOW Cinematographer1 episode
2018 Champaign ILL Cinematographer10 episodes
2018 Here and Now Cinematographer4 episodes
2017 Brockmire Cinematographer8 episodes
2017 Dear White People Cinematographer10 episodes
2016-2017 Lopez Cinematographer14 episodes
2016 Crunch Time Cinematographer6 episodes
2012RemixedDirector, cinematographer6 episodes

Awards and nominations

YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.
2020Nominated News and Documentary Emmy Awards Outstanding Cinematography: DocumentaryGhost Fleet [10]
2019Won Palm Springs International Film Festival John Schlesinger Award [14]
Won Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival Spotlight Documentary Competition [15]
Won International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights Creative Documentary [16]
2018Nominated Doc NYC Viewfinders Grand Jury Prize [17]
Nominated El Gouna Film Festival Feature Documentary Competition [18]
Nominated Hamptons International Film Festival Documentary Feature [19]
2013Nominated IAWTV Awards Best Directing (Non-Fiction)Remixed [8]
2012Nominated Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography The Dynamiter [7]
2006Won Newport Beach Film Festival Best Cinematography, Short FilmThe Honeyfields [20]

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