---
name: "Blake McClure"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/blake-mcclure"
fi1m_id: "blake-mcclure"
imdb_id: "nm0565969"
tmdb_id: 1293379
wikidata_id: "Q130604568"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T19:11:11.944639+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."
---

# Blake McClure

## Identity

Blake McClure

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/blake-mcclure
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** blake-mcclure
- **IMDb ID:** nm0565969
- **TMDB ID:** 1293379
- **Wikidata ID:** Q130604568
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130604568, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565969/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1293379

Cinematographer. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 77 (2), 2020s 64 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 68 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130604568, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565969/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1293379

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*American Crime Story*](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md) (78), [*You're the Worst*](https://film.one/tv/youre-the-worst.md) (76), [*The Dropout*](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md) (70)
- **HBO Max:** [*Rooster*](https://film.one/tv/rooster.md) (57)

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

## Biography

Blake McClure is an American cinematographer and member of the American Society of Cinematographers. He graduated from Watkins Film School in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was born in 1986, and began working in film as a production assistant on the Coen brothers’ *O Brother, Where Art Thou?* (2000), shot by Roger Deakins.

McClure has shot numerous television series, including seasons of *You’re the Worst* (2014–2019), *A.P. Bio* (2018–2021, also directing an episode), *Miracle Workers* (2019–2023, also directing episodes), *Ratched* (2020), *Hollywood* (2020), *The Dropout* (2022), *Minx* (2022–2023), *Loot* (2022–2024), *Grotesquerie* (2024) and *Rooster* (2026). In 2014 he received an ASC Award for Best Cinematography in a Half-Hour Episodic Series for his work on *Drunk History*.

*Sources: blake-mcclure.com, imdb.com, cinematography.world.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Rooster* (2026), Fi1m 57, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/rooster.md)
- *The Dropout* (2022), Fi1m 70, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md)
- *American Crime Story* (2016), Fi1m 78, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)
- *You're the Worst* (2014), Fi1m 76, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/youre-the-worst.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Rooster* (2026), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/tv/rooster.md)
- *Grotesquerie* (2024), series, Director of Photography
- *Loot* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *The Dropout* (2022), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md)
- *Vampires vs. the Bronx* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Ratched* (2020), series, Director of Photography
- *Hollywood* (2020), series, Director of Photography
- *Miracle Workers* (2019), series, Director, Director of Photography
- *A.P. Bio* (2018), series, Director
- *Killing Gunther* (2017), Director of Photography
- *American Crime Story* (2016), series, Second Unit Director of Photography, Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)
- *Listening* (2015), Director of Photography
- *You're the Worst* (2014), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/youre-the-worst.md)
- *After* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Super Zeroes* (2012), Director of Photography
- *The Arm* (2012), Director of Photography
- *The Object* (2007), Camera Operator
- *Rush Night* (2004), Director of Photography

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