Jeffrey Waldron

Jeffrey Waldron
Born	U.S.
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, director
Years active	2002–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.

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

Year	Title	Contribution	Note
2023	Haunted Mansion	Cinematographer
2023	You Hurt My Feelings	Cinematographer
2018	Ghost Fleet	Co-director, cinematographer	[12][13]
2016	Transpecos	Cinematographer
2011	The Dynamiter	Cinematographer

Television

Year	Title	Contribution	Note
2022	A League of Their Own	Cinematographer	Pilot
2021	The Morning Show	Cinematographer	2 episodes
2021	Gossip Girl	Cinematographer	Pilot
2020	Little Fires Everywhere	Cinematographer	4 episodes
2019	Mrs. Fletcher	Cinematographer	7 episodes
2019	GLOW	Cinematographer	1 episode
2018	Champaign ILL	Cinematographer	10 episodes
2018	Here and Now	Cinematographer	4 episodes
2017	Brockmire	Cinematographer	8 episodes
2017	Dear White People	Cinematographer	10 episodes
2016-2017	Lopez	Cinematographer	14 episodes
2016	Crunch Time	Cinematographer	6 episodes
2012	Remixed	Director, cinematographer	6 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Work	Ref.
2020	Nominated	News and Documentary Emmy Awards	Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary	Ghost Fleet	[10]
2019	Won	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]
2018	Nominated	Doc NYC	Viewfinders Grand Jury Prize		[17]
	Nominated	El Gouna Film Festival	Feature Documentary Competition		[18]
	Nominated	Hamptons International Film Festival	Documentary Feature		[19]
2013	Nominated	IAWTV Awards	Best Directing (Non-Fiction)	Remixed	[8]
2012	Nominated	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Cinematography	The Dynamiter	[7]
2006	Won	Newport Beach Film Festival	Best Cinematography, Short Film	The Honeyfields	[20]

References

1. "'Little Fires Everywhere' cinematographer Jeffrey Waldron on creating the 'invisible tapestry' of Celeste Ng's book". goldderby.com. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
2. "How Director of Photography, Jeffrey Waldron, Uses Cinematography to Tell a Story While Shooting Hulu's 'Little Fires Everywhere'". fstoppers.com. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
3. "'Transpecos' Cinematographer Warmed to the Extreme Conditions During Thriller's Shoot". variety.com. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
4. "Season Changing Cinematography in Little Fires Everywhere". btlnews.com. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
5. "'You Hurt My Feelings': Release Date, Cast, Trailer, and Everything We Know so Far". collider.com. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
6. "Jeffrey Waldron". dceff.org. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
7. "Independent Spirit Awards 2012: Winners and nominees". Los Angeles Times. 23 March 2014. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
8. "2nd Annual IAWTV Awards 2013". iawtvawards.com. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
9. "TIFF '18 Exclusive doc clip: "Ghost Fleet"". realscreen.com. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
10. "NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 41ST ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS" (PDF). theemmys.tv. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
11. "Sundance 2023 Cinematography Survey: The Cameras and Lenses Behind 40 Narrative Films at the Fest". indiewire.com. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
12. Kenigsberg, Ben (2019-06-06). "'Ghost Fleet' Review: A Quest to End Slavery at Sea". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
13. "Review | Was the tuna you had for lunch caught by slaves? A new documentary makes you wonder". Washington Post. 2019-06-10. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
14. "Film Festival Award Winners". psfilmfest.org. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
15. "DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION". mspfilm.org. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
16. "The 2019 FIFDH awards list". fifdh.org. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
17. "DOC NYC ANNOUNCES AWARDS FOR NINTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL". docnyc.net. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
18. "Ghost Fleet (2018)". elgounafilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
19. "The Hamptons International Film Festival" (PDF). hamptonsfilmfest.org. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
20. "Newport Beach Film Festival award winners". ocregister.com. 29 April 2006. Retrieved 2023-03-09.

External links

• Jeffrey Waldron at IMDb
• Official website