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]

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