Jim Denault

Jim Denault is an American cinematographer.

Graduating from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in photo illustration, he would move to New York City in 1989 and worked in the camera department of several independent films. Denault first served as cinematographer for Michael Almereyda's 1992 film Another Girl Another Planet.

Notable credits for Denault include Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry, Matt Dillon's directorial debut City of Ghosts,

Denault received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work on Carnivàle and Game Change, as well as a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Nadja.

Filmography Film Year Title Director Notes 1992 Another Girl Another Planet Michael Almereyda 1st of 3 collaborations with Almereyda 1994 River of Grass Kelly Reichardt 1995 Nadja Michael Amereyda Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography 1996 Layin' Low Danny Leiner Sudden Manhattan Adrienne Shelly 1997 Clockwatchers Jill Sprecher 1998 Illtown Nick Gomez Too Tired to Die Wonsuk Chin The Book of Life Hal Hartley The Eternal Michael Amereyda 1999 Taxman Avi Nesher A Good Baby Katherine Dieckmann Boys Don't Cry Kimberly Peirce Getting to Know You Lisanne Skyler 2000 Our Song Jim McKay Chasing Sleep Michael Walker 2001 The Believer Henry Bean 2002 Real Women Have Curves Patricia Cardoso City of Ghosts Matt Dillon 2004 Maria Full of Grace Joshua Marston 2005 Heights Chris Terrio 2006 The Night of the White Pants Amy Talkington 2007 Freedom Writers Richard LaGravenese Hounddog Deborah Kampmeier Co-cinematographer with Edward Lachman2008 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Sanaa Hamri 2010 She's Out of My League Jim Field Smith Dinner for Schmucks Jay Roach 2011 Butter Jim Field Smith 2012 The Campaign Jay Roach 2015 Pitch Perfect 2 Elizabeth Banks Trumbo Jay Roach 2016 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Kirk Jones Bad Moms Jon LucasScott Moore 2018 The Grizzlies Miranda de Pencier 2019 What Men Want Adam Shankman

Television Year Title Notes 2002 Push, Nevada 1 episode 2005 Carnivàle 6 episodesNominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) 2005 Six Feet Under 6 episodes 2008 Recount Television film1st of 7 collaborations with Jay Roach 2009 In Plain Sight 15 episodes 2009 Royal Pains 7 episodes 2011 Suits 6 episodes 2012 Game Change Television filmNominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie 2013 Clear History Television film Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight Television film Getting On 5 episodes 2014 Silicon Valley 8 episodes 2015 Wayward Pines 5 episodes 2016 All the Way Television film 2018 The Looming Tower Miniseries, 7 episodes 2019 The Affair 6 episodes 2019-2020 Yellowstone 7 episodes 2020 Coastal Elites Television film 2021-2025 Law & Order: Organized Crime 47 episodes

Accolades Year Award Category Title Result 1995 Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography Nadja 2005Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Cinematography for TV Series Carnivàle 2012 Outstanding Cinematography for TV Movie Game Change 2017 American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Television All the Way