---
name: "Adam Kimmel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adam-kimmel"
fi1m_id: "adam-kimmel"
imdb_id: "nm0453981"
tmdb_id: 5360
wikidata_id: "Q30303315"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "14 October 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T18:10:58.483438+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Adam Kimmel

## Identity

Adam Kimmel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adam-kimmel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adam-kimmel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0453981
- **TMDB ID:** 5360
- **Wikidata ID:** Q30303315
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30303315, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453981/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5360

Cinematographer. Born 14 October 1960 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 14 October 1960, New York City
- **Active:** 2005–2010
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 73 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30303315, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453981/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5360

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Capote*](https://film.one/film/capote.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Adam Kimmel is an American cinematographer born on 14 October 1960 in New York City. He began his career as a teenager apprenticed to cinematographer Michael Chapman and has worked in camera and electrical departments since the late 1970s.

Kimmel served as director of photography on *Capote* (2005), *Lars and the Real Girl* (2007), *Never Let Me Go* (2010) and *Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House* (2017). He received Independent Spirit Award nominations for his work on *Capote* and *Never Let Me Go*. He has also photographed commercials and short films, and appeared as an actor in *Capote*.

Kimmel is a registered sex offender. He pleaded guilty in 2004 to rape in the third degree and was later convicted of failing to register as a sex offender. He was expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the American Society of Cinematographers in 2021.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com, matthewtoffolo.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Capote* (2005), Fi1m 84, as Richard Avedon — [page](https://film.one/film/capote.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Never Let Me Go* (2010), Fi1m 73, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/never-let-me-go.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Never Let Me Go* (2010), Director of Photography — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/never-let-me-go.md)
- *I'm Here* (2010), Director of Photography
- *These Vagabond Shoes* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Rudo & Cursi* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Eve* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Lars and the Real Girl* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Capote* (2005), as Richard Avedon · Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/capote.md)
- *Chrystal* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Jesus' Son* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Auggie Rose* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Monument Ave.* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Almost Heroes* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Subway Stories* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Beautiful Girls* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Bed of Roses* (1996), Director of Photography
- *New Jersey Drive* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Who Do I Gotta Kill?* (1994), Director of Photography
- *The Ref* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Who's the Man?* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Dressed to Kill* (1980), as Other
- *The Wanderers* (1979), as Folk Singer, Folk singer

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