Jeffrey Waldron

Jeffrey Waldron
Born
U.S.
OccupationsCinematographer, director
Years active2002–present

Jeffrey Waldron, ASC is an American cinematographer and director. Waldron worked on various feature films and TV series, including Little Fires Everywhere, Dear White People, Transpecos, You Hurt My Feelings, Haunted Mansion, and Daredevil: Born Again. 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. In 2012, he made his directorial debut with series Remixed, which was nominated for best directing (non-fiction) at the IAWTV Awards. 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. He served as cinematographer for the film You Hurt My Feelings directed by Nicole Holofcener, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

In 2026, Jeffrey was invited to join the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).

Selected filmography

Feature films

Year Title Contribution Note
2025 Poetic License Cinematographer
2023 Haunted Mansion Cinematographer
2023 You Hurt My Feelings Cinematographer
2018 Ghost Fleet Co-director, cinematographer
2016 Transpecos Cinematographer
2016 We Go On Cinematographer
2015 A Light Beneath Their Feet Cinematographer
2012 Rising from Ashes Cinematographer
2011 Searching for Sonny Cinematographer
2011 The Dynamiter Cinematographer

Television

Year Title Contribution Note
2026 Daredevil: Born Again Cinematographer Season 2; 4 episodes
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 Here and Now Cinematographer 4 episodes
2017 Brockmire Cinematographer 8 episodes
2017 Dear White People Cinematographer 10 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
2019 Won Palm Springs International Film Festival John Schlesinger Award
Won Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival Spotlight Documentary Competition
Won International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights Creative Documentary
2018 Nominated Doc NYC Viewfinders Grand Jury Prize
Nominated El Gouna Film Festival Feature Documentary Competition
Nominated Hamptons International Film Festival Documentary Feature
2013 Nominated IAWTV Awards Best Directing (Non-Fiction) Remixed
2012 Nominated Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography The Dynamiter
2006 Won Newport Beach Film Festival Best Cinematography, Short Film The Honeyfields

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. 1 2 "Independent Spirit Awards 2012: Winners and nominees". Los Angeles Times. 23 March 2014. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  8. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Jeffrey Waldron Welcomed as New ASC Member". theasc.com. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "Film Festival Award Winners". psfilmfest.org. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  16. ↑ "DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION". mspfilm.org. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  17. ↑ "The 2019 FIFDH awards list". fifdh.org. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  18. ↑ "DOC NYC ANNOUNCES AWARDS FOR NINTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL". docnyc.net. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  19. ↑ "Ghost Fleet (2018)". elgounafilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  20. ↑ "The Hamptons International Film Festival" (PDF). hamptonsfilmfest.org. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  21. ↑ "Newport Beach Film Festival award winners". ocregister.com. 29 April 2006. Retrieved 2023-03-09.