Biography
Craig Kief is an American cinematographer and member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 2020. He graduated from the Florida State University Film School, where he received an honorable mention for the ASC Gregg Toland Heritage Award. Earlier in his career he worked as a gaffer before moving into cinematography on commercials, music videos and documentaries.
Kief has served as director of photography on several Muppet projects, including the television series The Muppets (2015–2016), Muppets Now (2020) and The Muppets Mayhem (2023), as well as the Disney+ special Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021), which was shot using an LED volume. His other credits include the HBO mockumentaries 7 Days in Hell (2015) and Tour de Pharmacy (2017), the CBS series The Unicorn (2019–2021), and the first seasons of The Kids Are Alright (2018–2019), Me, Myself & I (2017–2018) and The Mick (2017–2018).
He has also photographed stand-up specials such as John Mulaney’s The Comeback Kid (2015) and received a Camerimage nomination for best cinematography on a music video. Kief has contributed to ASC technical committees and taught master classes on virtual production.
