---
name: "Jim Denault"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-denault"
fi1m_id: "jim-denault"
imdb_id: "nm0002681"
tmdb_id: 2864
wikidata_id: "Q14326055"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "25 July 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-23T04:09:30.785124+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."
---

# Jim Denault

## Identity

Jim Denault

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-denault
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-denault
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002681
- **TMDB ID:** 2864
- **Wikidata ID:** Q14326055
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Denault, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14326055, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002681/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2864

Cinematographer. Born 25 July 1960 in New York.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 25 July 1960, New York
- **Active:** 1992–2019
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (2), 2000s 77 (2), 2010s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 74 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 2, Comedy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $23m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Denault, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14326055, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002681/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2864

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Six Feet Under*](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md) (86), [*Silicon Valley*](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md) (82)
- **Tubi:** [*Trumbo*](https://film.one/film/trumbo.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Jim Denault is an American cinematographer. He graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1982 with a BFA in photographic illustration and moved to New York City in 1989, where he began working in the camera department on independent films.

His early credits as director of photography include *Another Girl Another Planet* (1992) and *Nadja* (1995), the latter earning an Independent Spirit Award nomination. He has worked frequently with director Jay Roach on projects including *Recount* (2008), *The Campaign* (2012), *Trumbo* (2015) and *Game Change* (2012). Other notable credits include *Boys Don't Cry* (1999), *City of Ghosts* (2002), *Pitch Perfect 2* (2015), *Bad Moms* (2016) and episodes of *Six Feet Under* (2005), *Carnivàle* (2005) and *Yellowstone* (2018–2020).

Denault has received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work on *Carnivàle* and *Game Change*. He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Trumbo* (2015), Fi1m 58, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/trumbo.md)
- *Silicon Valley* (2014), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md)
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), Fi1m 86, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Hamlet* (2000), Fi1m 68, Additional Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-2000.md)
- *Boys Don't Cry* (1999), Fi1m 85, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/boys-dont-cry.md)
- *Bad Lieutenant* (1992), Fi1m 80, Electrician — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-lieutenant.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

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

- *Good American Family* (2025), series, Director of Photography
- *Law & Order: Organized Crime* (2021), series, Director of Photography
- *Coastal Elites* (2020), Director of Photography
- *The Grizzlies* (2019), Director of Photography
- *What Men Want* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The North Wind's Gift* (2018), Additional Camera
- *Yellowstone* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *Budding Prospects* (2017), Cinematography
- *Bad Moms* (2016), Director of Photography
- *All the Way* (2016), Director of Photography
- *My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Trumbo* (2015), Director of Photography — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/trumbo.md)
- *Pitch Perfect 2* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Silicon Valley* (2014), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md)
- *Only Lovers Left Alive* (2013), Thanks — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/only-lovers-left-alive.md)
- *The Man Who Came Out Only at Night* (2013), as Bakery Customer
- *Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Clear History* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Butter* (2012), Director of Photography
- *The Campaign* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Game Change* (2012), Director of Photography
- *The Great Gatsby in Five Minutes* (2011), Cinematography
- *Dinner for Schmucks* (2010), Director of Photography
- *She's Out of My League* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Royal Pains* (2009), series, Director of Photography
- *Hounddog* (2008), Director of Photography
- *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Recount* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Freedom Writers* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Him and Us* (2006), Director of Photography
- *The Night of the White Pants* (2006), Cinematography
- *Heights* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Maria Full of Grace* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Real Women Have Curves* (2002), Director of Photography
- *City of Ghosts* (2002), Director of Photography
- *The Believer* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Chasing Sleep* (2001), Director of Photography
- *A Good Baby* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Hamlet* (2000), Additional Director of Photography — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-2000.md)
- *Double Parked* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Our Song* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Boys Don't Cry* (1999), Director of Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/boys-dont-cry.md)
- *The Eternal* (1998), Director of Photography
- *The Book of Life* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Too Tired to Die* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Louis & Frank* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Clockwatchers* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Breathing Room* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Layin' Low* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Sudden Manhattan* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Illtown* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Hide and Seek* (1996), Cinematography
- *Nadja* (1995), Director of Photography
- *River of Grass* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Brincando el Charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Bad Lieutenant* (1992), Electrician — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-lieutenant.md)
- *Another Girl Another Planet* (1992), Cinematography, Editor
- *Martial Law II: Undercover* (1991), Gaffer

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