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,^[1] he would move to New York City in 1989 and worked in the camera department of several independent films.^[2] Denault first served as cinematographer for Michael Almereyda's 1992 film Another Girl Another Planet.^[3]

Notable credits for Denault include Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry,^[4] Matt Dillon's directorial debut City of Ghosts,^[2] and would work frequently with Jay Roach in film and television for Recount, Dinner for Schmucks, Game Change, The Campaign, Trumbo, All the Way and Coastal Elites.^[5]

Denault received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work on Carnivàle and Game Change,^[3][6] as well as a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Nadja.^[7]

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
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 Lachman
2008	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 Lucas Scott 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 episodes Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)
2005	Six Feet Under	6 episodes
2008	Recount	Television film 1st 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 film Nominated - 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-present	Law & Order: Organized Crime	37 episodes

Accolades

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

1. For episode "The Road to Damascus"