---
name: "James Hawkinson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-hawkinson"
fi1m_id: "james-hawkinson"
imdb_id: "nm0370258"
tmdb_id: 54846
wikidata_id: "Q37995005"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "22 May 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:33:06.120977+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."
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# James Hawkinson

## Identity

James Hawkinson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-hawkinson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-hawkinson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0370258
- **TMDB ID:** 54846
- **Wikidata ID:** Q37995005
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hawkinson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37995005, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370258/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54846

Cinematographer. Born 22 May 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 22 May 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2003–2013
- **Also known as:** Jimi Hawkinson, James Hawkinson, ASC
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 87 (1), 2010s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hawkinson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37995005, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370258/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54846

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87), [*Hannibal*](https://film.one/tv/hannibal-2013.md) (81)

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## Biography

James Hawkinson is an American cinematographer. Born in Los Angeles, he began his career as an electrician, lighting technician and gaffer at Boss Film Studios, working on films including *Alien 3* (1992), *Species* (1995) and *Air Force One* (1997). From 1997 he shot numerous music videos.

Hawkinson served as director of photography on the first season of the series *Arrested Development* (2003). He subsequently worked on other television projects including *Community* (2009–10), *Hannibal* (2013–15) and *The Man in the High Castle* (2015–19). His feature credits include *The Hitcher* (2007) and *The Unborn* (2009).

Hawkinson is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series for his work on *The Man in the High Castle*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theasc.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hannibal* (2013), Fi1m 81, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/hannibal-2013.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Barkskins* (2020), series, Director of Photography
- *The Enemy Within* (2019), series, Director of Photography
- *The Man in the High Castle* (2015), series, Director of Photography
- *Hannibal* (2013), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/hannibal-2013.md)
- *The Unborn* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Carpoolers* (2007), series, Director of Photography
- *The Hitcher* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *The Kiss* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Windowlicker* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Zoetrope* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Progeny* (1998), Director of Photography

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