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'''James Laxton''' is an [[United States|American]] cinematographer best known for his collaborations with filmmaker [[Barry Jenkins]], specifically his work on Jenkins' 2016 film ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]'', for which he won an [[Independent Spirit Award]] and received his first Academy Award nomination.{{Cite web |url=http://filmmakermagazine.com/100603-a-one-camera-show-dp-james-laxton-on-moonlight/ |title=A One-Camera Show: DP James Laxton on Moonlight |publisher=filmmakermagazine.com}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pressberg|first1=Matt|title=Oscar Nominee Reactions: Meryl Streep Sends GIF, Jeff Bridges Says 'Woo Hoo!'|url=http://www.thewrap.com/oscar-nominee-reactions-jeff-bridges-meryl-streep-gif/|website=www.thewrap.com|publisher=The Wrap|access-date=27 January 2017}}</ref>
'''James Laxton''' is an American cinematographer who is best known for his collaborations with filmmaker [[Barry Jenkins]], specifically his work on Jenkins' 2016 film ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]'', for which he won an [[Independent Spirit Award]] and received an Academy Award nomination.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://filmmakermagazine.com/100603-a-one-camera-show-dp-james-laxton-on-moonlight/ |title=A One-Camera Show: DP James Laxton on Moonlight |date=18 November 2016 |publisher=filmmakermagazine.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Pressberg|first1=Matt|title=Oscar Nominee Reactions: Meryl Streep Sends GIF, Jeff Bridges Says 'Woo Hoo!'|url=http://www.thewrap.com/oscar-nominee-reactions-jeff-bridges-meryl-streep-gif/|website=www.thewrap.com|date=24 January 2017 |publisher=The Wrap|access-date=27 January 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Laxton began at [[Florida State University]], where he met Jenkins. They collaborated on numerous films, including the critically acclaimed 2016 film Moonlight. After graduating, Laxton entered the industry by assisting the camera department on features and shorts, including projects from directors such as David Nordstrom, David Parker, and Cole Schreiber.


Laxton started his career at Florida State University where he met his often collaborator, Barry Jenkins. The relationship built in college has led them to shoot countless films including the 2016 film Moonlight which was the recipient of multiple awards and nominations since the film's release. After graduating from University, Laxton began his work in the industry by assisting the camera department on features and shorts while also taking on other projects from Directors like David Nordstrom, David Parker, Cole Schreiber and many more. Throughout his childhood he joined his mother onset, this experience being key to his decision to join the camera department. The rhythm of set, how total chaos would ensue and then settle with a single action, only for the director to call cut and for the mania to continue. Moments like this were key in inspiring a young James Laxton to think of a career in the film industry as an option.<ref>Friedman, Illya. "James Laxton, ASC on Best Picture winner Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk: working with Barry Jenkins and Kevin Smith, his early career and influences." ''The Cinematography Podcast, Hot Rod Cameras/Spotify, 01-08-2020,'' https://open.spotify.com/episode/4IM2SrtOAFpblygqBx6Kke.</ref>
In childhood, Laxton accompanied his mother, a noted costume designer, to film sets. He reported being inspired by the rhythm of chaos and calm on the movie set, which played a significant role in his decision to enter the industry.<ref>Friedman, Illya. "James Laxton, ASC on Best Picture winner Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk: working with Barry Jenkins and Kevin Smith, his early career and influences." ''The Cinematography Podcast, Hot Rod Cameras/Spotify, 01-08-2020,'' https://open.spotify.com/episode/4IM2SrtOAFpblygqBx6Kke.</ref>


Laxton's most critically acclaimed credit is the 2016 film ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]''، directed by Barry Jenkins. The film explores themes of sexuality in a harsh urban environment. A relatively low budget of 1.5 million dollars<ref>{{Citation|title=Moonlight|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4975722/|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> forced Laxton to forgo equipment such as underwater camera gear and search for innovative cinematographic solutions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9jYW1ub2lyLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Qv&episode=aHR0cDovL2NhbW5vaXIuY29tLz9wPTg2MDQ|publisher=The Cinematography Podcast |title= James Laxton, ASC on Best Picture winner Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk: working with Barry Jenkins and Kevin Smith, his early career and influences|website=Google Podcasts|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref>
==Feature films==


''[[If Beale Street Could Talk (film)|If Beale Street Could Talk]]'' was also a Jenkins collaboration. The film features a tragic love story set in 1970s New York City, between Clementine "Tish" Rivers (played by [[KiKi Layne]]) and wood artist Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt (played by [[Stephan James (actor)|Stephan James]]). The two struggle against racism, sexual harassment and assault, and a false rape accusation. The film is based on a novel by [[James Baldwin]], and uses a non-linear structure.
=== ''Moonlight'' ===
Arguably his most critically acclaimed film was Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins. The film takes themes of sexuality and explores them in a harsher urban environment. The Cinematography of Moonlight took contemporary film-making and put a new lens on it. With a relatively low budget of 1.5 million dollars,<ref>{{Citation|title=Moonlight|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4975722/|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> there weren't a lot of resources that were able to be spent on tings like underwater camera gear for example.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9jYW1ub2lyLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Qv&episode=aHR0cDovL2NhbW5vaXIuY29tLz9wPTg2MDQ|publisher=The Cinematography Podcast |title= James Laxton, ASC on Best Picture winner Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk: working with Barry Jenkins and Kevin Smith, his early career and influences|website=Google Podcasts|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> However, challenges like these made it possible for Jenkins and Laxton to think outside of the box on how they would be able to pull certain shots off. This ingenuity gives birth to the cinematic language of the film and it projects boldly with every scene.


In discussing the success of the movie, which has been described as "trading docu-realism for crafted visual poetry of the highest level,"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/if-beale-street-could-talk-cinematography-james-laxton-barry-jenkins-james-baldwin-1202033808/|title=If James Baldwin Made Films: How DP James Laxton Translated the Bold Imagery of 'Beale Street'|last=O'Falt|first=Chris|date=2019-01-09|website=IndieWire|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> Laxton and Jenkins accredited their years-long process of conversation and collaboration.
=== ''If Beale Street Could Talk'' ===
After the commercial success of ''Moonlight'', the next film for the two filmmakers would be a tragic love story between Tish Rivers played by KiKi Layne and a wood artist Alonzo 'Fonny' Hunt played by Stephan James as they meet begin to build a life together until Fonny is accused of a crime he didn't commit. From this point on, Tish is doing every that she can in order to set her love free. With the film being biased on a novel by James Baldwin, there are often times where the cinematography feels "novel-like" this to mean that you often lose yourself in any given scene and how intricately the characters traits and emotions intertwine with one another. "To find and fine-tune the precise visual grammar of Baldwin’s mastery Jenkins followed a process that served him so well with his previous Oscar-winner. One of the keys to “Moonlight” transcending the limitations of its $1.5 million budget – trading docu-realism for crafted visual poetry of the highest level".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/if-beale-street-could-talk-cinematography-james-laxton-barry-jenkins-james-baldwin-1202033808/|title=If James Baldwin Made Films: How DP James Laxton Translated the Bold Imagery of ‘Beale Street’|last=O'Falt|first=Chris|date=2019-01-09|website=IndieWire|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> The language that Jenkins and Laxton created for Moonlight creates a look well beyond the low budget and shed more light on the verite style cinematography.


==Filmography ==
==Filmography ==
<!---
===Short film===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year
! Year
! Film
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
| ''My Josephine''
|rowspan=2|[[Barry Jenkins]]
|
|-
| ''Little Brown Boy''
|
|-
| 2005
| ''The Unseen Kind-Hearted Beast''
| [[Amy Seimetz]]
|
|-
| 2009
| ''A Young Couple''
| Barry Jenkins
|
|-
| 2010
| ''Eggshells for Soil''
| [[Megan Boone]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2012
| ''Mission Chinese''
| David Parker<br>Cole Schreiber
|
|-
| ''Rest''
| Cole Schreiber
|
|-
| 2013
| ''Fête des Pets''
| Nicholas Jasenovec
|
|-
| 2014
| ''Lemonade War''
| [[Ramin Bahrani]]
|
|-
|rowspan=4|2016
| ''Easter''
| [[Nicholas McCarthy (director)|Nicholas McCarthy]]
| Segment of ''[[Holidays (2016 film)|Holidays]]'';<br>Shared credit with Bridger Nielson and Shaheen Seth
|-
| ''Bernie Sanders Is the One for Me''
| Andrew Deyoung
|
|-
| ''Youth''
| Brett Marty
|
|-
| ''Welcome to the Last Bookstore''
| Chad Howitt
| Documentary short
|-
| 2019
| ''Squarespace: Dream It''
| [[Spike Jonze]]
|
|-
| 2021
| ''Reebok's Reconnect''
| Jonas Lindstroem
|
|}
--->
===Feature film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Director
! Notes
! Notes
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| ''[[Medicine for Melancholy]]''
| ''[[Medicine for Melancholy]]''
| [[Barry Jenkins]]
| [[Barry Jenkins]]
|
| Nominated – [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography]]
|-
|-
|rowspan=3| 2010
|rowspan=3|2010
| ''[[The Violent Kind]]''
| ''[[The Violent Kind]]''
| [[The Butcher Brothers]]
| [[The Butcher Brothers]]
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|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=2| 2010
| 2010
| ''The Last Buffalo Hunt''
| Lee Anne Schmitt
|
|-
| ''Sawdust City''
| ''Sawdust City''
| David Nordstrom
| David Nordstrom
|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=4| 2012
|rowspan=4|2012
| ''[[California Solo]]''
| ''[[California Solo]]''
| Marshall Lewy
| Marshall Lewy
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| ''[[Leave Me Like You Found Me]]''
| ''[[Leave Me Like You Found Me]]''
| [[Adele Romanski]]
| [[Adele Romanski]]
| With Jay Keitel
|
|-
|-
| ''The Murder of Hi Good''
| ''The Murder of Hi Good''
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|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=5| 2013
|rowspan=4|2013
| ''[[Bad Milo]]''
| ''[[Bad Milo]]''
| Jacob Vaughan
| Jacob Vaughan
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|-
|-
| ''[[The Moment (2013 film)|The Moment]]''
| ''[[The Moment (2013 film)|The Moment]]''
| Jane Weinstock
| [[Jane Weinstock]]
|
|
|-
|-
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|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|2014
| ''Tradition Is a Temple:<br> The Modern Masters of New Orleans''
| Darren Hoffman
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 2014
| ''[[Camp X-Ray (film)|Camp X-Ray]]''
| ''[[Camp X-Ray (film)|Camp X-Ray]]''
| Peter Sattler
| Peter Sattler
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|-
|-
| ''[[Tusk (2014 film)|Tusk]]''
| ''[[Tusk (2014 film)|Tusk]]''
|rowspan=2| [[Kevin Smith]]
|rowspan=2|[[Kevin Smith]]
|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=5| 2016
|rowspan=2|2016
| ''[[Yoga Hosers]]''
| ''[[Yoga Hosers]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Holidays (2016 film)|Holidays]]''
| [[Nicholas McCarthy (director)|Nicholas McCarthy]]
| Segment – "Easter", also with Bridger Nielson and Shaheen Seth
|-
| ''The Black Jacket''
| Ryan Simon
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]''
| ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]''
| Barry Jenkins
| Barry Jenkins
|
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer|New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.backstage.com/news/awards-season/huppert-moonlight-la-la-land-honored-nyfcc-and-lafca/|title=Huppert, 'Moonlight,' 'La La Land' Honored by NYFCC and LAFCA|newspaper=Backstage.com|access-date=2017-01-27}}</ref><br> Nominated – [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>Nominated – [[American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases|American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Cinematography]]<br>Nominated – [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>Nominated – [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>Nominated – [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>Nominated – [[St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>Nominated – [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography]]
|-
| ''Youth''
| Brett Marty
|
|-
|-
| 2017
| 2017
| ''Anything''
| ''[[Anything (film)|Anything]]''
| Timothy McNeil
| Timothy McNeil
|
|
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| 2018
| 2018
| ''[[If Beale Street Could Talk (film)|If Beale Street Could Talk]]''
| ''[[If Beale Street Could Talk (film)|If Beale Street Could Talk]]''
| Barry Jenkins
|rowspan=2|Barry Jenkins
|
| Nominated – [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography]]
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Mufasa: The Lion King]]''
|
|-
|-
| TBA
| TBA
| ''Los Valientes''
| Untitled ''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'' follow-up
| [[Aurora Guerrero]]
| Barry Jenkins
| ''Filming''
|
|}
|}
<!---

'''Documentary film'''
===Short films===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year
! Year
! Film
! Title
! Director
! Director
! Notes
|-
|rowspan=2| 2003
| ''My Josephine''
|rowspan=2| [[Barry Jenkins]]
|-
| ''Little Brown Boy''
|-
| 2005
| ''The Unseen Kind-Hearted Beast''
| [[Amy Seimetz]]
|-
| 2009
| ''A Young Couple''
| Barry Jenkins
|-
|-
| 2010
| 2010
| ''Eggshells for Soil''
| ''The Last Buffalo Hunt''
| Lee Anne Schmitt
| [[Megan Boone]]
|
|-
|-
| 2013
|rowspan=2| 2012
| ''Tradition Is a Temple: The Modern Masters of New Orleans''
| ''Rest''
| Darren Hoffman
| Cole Schreiber
| With Jason Prowell, Shane Sauer and Richard Thompson III
|-
| ''Mission Chinese''
| David Parker<br>Cole Schreiber
|-
|rowspan=2| 2013
| ''Fête des Pets''
| Nicholas Jasenovec
|-
| ''Sarah Silverman's Perfect Night''
| [[Liam Lynch (musician)|Liam Lynch]]
|-
| 2014
| ''Lemonade War''
| [[Ramin Bahrani]]
|-
| 2015
| ''Welcome to the Last Bookstore''
| Chad Howitt
|-
|-
| 2016
| 2016
| ''Bernie Sanders Is the One for Me''
| ''The Black Jacket''
| Ryan Simon
| Andrew Deyoung
|
|-
|-
|}
|}
--->

===Television===
===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year
! Year
! Film
! Title
! Director
! Director
! Notes
! Notes
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| 2011
| 2011
| ''Futurestates''
| ''Futurestates''
| Barry Jenkins
| [[Barry Jenkins]]
| 1 episode – ''Remigration''
| Episode "Remigration"
|-
|-
| 2013
| 2013
| ''You and Your Fucking Coffee''
| ''You and Your Fucking Coffee''
| [[Henry Phillips (comedian)|Henry Phillips]]
| [[Henry Phillips (comedian)|Henry Phillips]]
| Episodes "Election Day" and "Theater Lobby"
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
| 2014
| 2014
| ''Rubberhead''
| ''Rubberhead''
| Dean Fleischer-Camp
| [[Dean Fleischer Camp]]
| TV Movie (segment – "Knickers")
| TV movie;<br>Segment "Knickers"
|-
|-
| 2016
| 2016
| ''Garfunkel and Oates:<br> Trying to Be Special''
| ''Garfunkel and Oates:<br> Trying to Be Special''
| Jeremy Konner<br>[[Riki Lindhome]]
| Jeremy Konner<br>[[Riki Lindhome]]
| TV short;<br>With Samuel Brownfield
| TV Movie
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Here and Now (2018 film)|Here and Now]]''
| [[Alan Ball (screenwriter)|Alan Ball]]
| Episode "Eleven Eleven"
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Black Monday (TV series)|Black Monday]]''
| [[Seth Rogen]]<br>[[Evan Goldberg]]
| Episode "365"
|-
| 2021
| ''[[The Underground Railroad (TV series)|The Underground Railroad]]''
| Barry Jenkins
| Miniseries
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Awards/Nominations
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Medicine for Melancholy]]''
| Nominated – [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography]]
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]''
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer|New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.backstage.com/news/awards-season/huppert-moonlight-la-la-land-honored-nyfcc-and-lafca/|title=Huppert, 'Moonlight,' 'La La Land' Honored by NYFCC and LAFCA|newspaper=Backstage.com|access-date=2017-01-27}}</ref><br> Nominated – [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>Nominated – [[American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases|ASC Award for Outstanding Cinematography]]<br>Nominated – [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>Nominated – [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>Nominated – [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>Nominated – [[St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography|St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography]]<br>Nominated – [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography|Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography]]
|-
| 2018
| ''[[If Beale Street Could Talk (film)|If Beale Street Could Talk]]''
| Nominated – [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography|Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography]]
|-
|-
|}
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|title = Awards for James Laxton
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|list =
{{Black Reel Award for Outstanding Cinematography}}
{{Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography}}
{{Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography}}
{{Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography}}
{{Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography}}

Latest revision as of 04:06, 6 January 2025

James Laxton
Alma materFlorida State University (BFA)
Years active2003–present
ParentAggie Guerard Rodgers (mother)[1]

James Laxton is an American cinematographer who is best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Barry Jenkins, specifically his work on Jenkins' 2016 film Moonlight, for which he won an Independent Spirit Award and received an Academy Award nomination.[2][3]

Career

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Laxton began at Florida State University, where he met Jenkins. They collaborated on numerous films, including the critically acclaimed 2016 film Moonlight. After graduating, Laxton entered the industry by assisting the camera department on features and shorts, including projects from directors such as David Nordstrom, David Parker, and Cole Schreiber.

In childhood, Laxton accompanied his mother, a noted costume designer, to film sets. He reported being inspired by the rhythm of chaos and calm on the movie set, which played a significant role in his decision to enter the industry.[4]

Laxton's most critically acclaimed credit is the 2016 film Moonlight، directed by Barry Jenkins. The film explores themes of sexuality in a harsh urban environment. A relatively low budget of 1.5 million dollars[5] forced Laxton to forgo equipment such as underwater camera gear and search for innovative cinematographic solutions.[6]

If Beale Street Could Talk was also a Jenkins collaboration. The film features a tragic love story set in 1970s New York City, between Clementine "Tish" Rivers (played by KiKi Layne) and wood artist Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt (played by Stephan James). The two struggle against racism, sexual harassment and assault, and a false rape accusation. The film is based on a novel by James Baldwin, and uses a non-linear structure.

In discussing the success of the movie, which has been described as "trading docu-realism for crafted visual poetry of the highest level,"[7] Laxton and Jenkins accredited their years-long process of conversation and collaboration.

Filmography

[edit]

Feature film

[edit]
Year Title Director Notes
2008 Medicine for Melancholy Barry Jenkins
2010 The Violent Kind The Butcher Brothers
The Myth of the American Sleepover David Robert Mitchell
Karma Adivi Sesh
2010 Sawdust City David Nordstrom
2012 California Solo Marshall Lewy
For a Good Time, Call... Jamie Travis
Leave Me Like You Found Me Adele Romanski With Jay Keitel
The Murder of Hi Good Lee Lynch
2013 Bad Milo Jacob Vaughan
The Moment Jane Weinstock
Dealin' with Idiots Jeff Garlin
Adult World Scott Coffey
2014 Camp X-Ray Peter Sattler
Tusk Kevin Smith
2016 Yoga Hosers
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
2017 Anything Timothy McNeil
2018 If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins
2024 Mufasa: The Lion King
TBA Los Valientes Aurora Guerrero Filming

Television

[edit]
Year Title Director Notes
2011 Futurestates Barry Jenkins Episode "Remigration"
2013 You and Your Fucking Coffee Henry Phillips Episodes "Election Day" and "Theater Lobby"
2014 Rubberhead Dean Fleischer Camp TV movie;
Segment "Knickers"
2016 Garfunkel and Oates:
Trying to Be Special 		Jeremy Konner
Riki Lindhome 		TV short;
With Samuel Brownfield
2018 Here and Now Alan Ball Episode "Eleven Eleven"
2019 Black Monday Seth Rogen
Evan Goldberg 		Episode "365"
2021 The Underground Railroad Barry Jenkins Miniseries

Awards and nominations

[edit]
Year Title Awards/Nominations
2008 Medicine for Melancholy Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
2016 Moonlight Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography[8]
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated – ASC Award for Outstanding Cinematography
Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated – San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated – St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
2018 If Beale Street Could Talk Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography

References

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  1. ^ "Producer's Corner: Adele Romanski — The Myth of the American Sleepover by Serena Donadoni". Women and Hollywood. July 25, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  2. ^ "A One-Camera Show: DP James Laxton on Moonlight". filmmakermagazine.com. 18 November 2016.
  3. ^ Pressberg, Matt (24 January 2017). "Oscar Nominee Reactions: Meryl Streep Sends GIF, Jeff Bridges Says 'Woo Hoo!'". www.thewrap.com. The Wrap. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. ^ Friedman, Illya. "James Laxton, ASC on Best Picture winner Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk: working with Barry Jenkins and Kevin Smith, his early career and influences." The Cinematography Podcast, Hot Rod Cameras/Spotify, 01-08-2020, https://open.spotify.com/episode/4IM2SrtOAFpblygqBx6Kke.
  5. ^ Moonlight, retrieved 2020-04-12
  6. ^ "James Laxton, ASC on Best Picture winner Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk: working with Barry Jenkins and Kevin Smith, his early career and influences". Google Podcasts. The Cinematography Podcast. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  7. ^ O'Falt, Chris (2019-01-09). "If James Baldwin Made Films: How DP James Laxton Translated the Bold Imagery of 'Beale Street'". IndieWire. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  8. ^ "Huppert, 'Moonlight,' 'La La Land' Honored by NYFCC and LAFCA". Backstage.com. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
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