---
name: "Gavin Kelly"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gavin-kelly"
fi1m_id: "gavin-kelly"
imdb_id: "nm1436017"
tmdb_id: 966927
wikidata_id: "Q61994853"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T18:59:11.693566+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."
---

# Gavin Kelly

## Identity

Gavin Kelly

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gavin-kelly
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gavin-kelly
- **IMDb ID:** nm1436017
- **TMDB ID:** 966927
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61994853
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61994853, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1436017/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/966927

Cinematographer. Born in San Diego, California.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Lee Eisenberg](https://film.one/person/lee-eisenberg.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61994853, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1436017/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/966927

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Little America*](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Gavin Kelly, ASC is a cinematographer based in Los Angeles. A native of San Diego, he studied visual arts at the University of California, San Diego, where he won two student Emmys, and later earned an MFA in film production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He received an ASC Student Heritage Award honourable mention for the short film *A Kiss on the Nose*.

Kelly served as director of photography on four seasons of the anthology series *American Horror Story* (2011). His other television credits include the pilot and episodes of *9-1-1* (2018), the pilot of *The Equalizer* (2021), *Wu-Tang: An American Saga* (2019–2023) and *Little America* (2020). He also shot the Oscar-winning short *West Bank Story* (2005). Feature credits include *Cabin Fever* (2016) and *The Midnight Man* (2016). He joined the American Society of Cinematographers in 2023.

*Sources: imdb.com, theasc.com, gavinkellydp.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Little America* (2020), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Ballard* (2025), series, Director of Photography
- *Little America* (2020), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)
- *The Sweet Life* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Ghostmates* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The Midnight Man* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Cabin Fever* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Safelight* (2015), Director of Photography
- *A History of Radness* (2015), Cinematography
- *See You In Valhalla* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Dial a Prayer* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Phantom Halo* (2014), Director of Photography
- *GirlHouse* (2014), Additional Photography
- *A Fine Step* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Chu and Blossom* (2014), Director
- *Sugar* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Kilimanjaro* (2013), Director of Photography
- *LUV* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best* (2012), Director of Photography
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, Director of Photography
- *Sugartown* (2011), Cinematography
- *Little Fish, Strange Pond* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Play the Game* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Wake* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Dog 41* (2008), Cinematography
- *Life by Design* (2008), Camera Operator
- *Nak Muay*, Director of Photography

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