---
name: "Shane F. Kelly"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shane-f-kelly"
fi1m_id: "shane-f-kelly"
imdb_id: "nm0446867"
tmdb_id: 32235
wikidata_id: "Q16887858"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-01T22:51:45.472991+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."
---

# Shane F. Kelly

## Identity

Shane F. Kelly

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shane-f-kelly
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shane-f-kelly
- **IMDb ID:** nm0446867
- **TMDB ID:** 32235
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16887858
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16887858, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446867/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32235

Cinematographer. Born in Sixmilecross, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Richard Linklater](https://film.one/person/richard-linklater.md), [Ethan Hawke](https://film.one/person/ethan-hawke.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 73 (1), 2010s 81 (2), 2020s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 77 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Animation 1, Crime 1, Documentary 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $64m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16887858, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446867/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32235

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Blue Moon*](https://film.one/film/blue-moon.md) (78), [*Hit Man*](https://film.one/film/hit-man.md) (74)
- **AMC+:** [*Boyhood*](https://film.one/film/boyhood.md) (88)

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

## Biography

Shane F. Kelly is a cinematographer. He has worked extensively with director Richard Linklater, serving as director of photography on *A Scanner Darkly* (2006), *Everybody Wants Some!!* (2016), *Last Flag Flying* (2017) and *Hit Man* (2024). On *Boyhood* (2014) he began as camera operator before taking over as cinematographer for the later sections of the production.

Kelly is from Sixmilecross, County Tyrone, in Northern Ireland. He graduated from the University of Ulster at Coleraine with a degree in multimedia and began his career in London before working as an editor in Seattle and then moving into camera work in Los Angeles. He has been based in Austin, Texas, for many years and has also shot music tours and television projects including episodes of *Friday Night Lights*.

*Sources: imdb.com, irishtimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Blue Moon* (2025), Fi1m 78, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-moon.md)
- *Hit Man* (2024), Fi1m 74, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/hit-man.md)
- *Boyhood* (2014), Fi1m 88, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/boyhood.md)
- *Tim's Vermeer* (2013), Fi1m 74, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/tims-vermeer.md)
- *A Scanner Darkly* (2006), Fi1m 73, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/a-scanner-darkly.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Blue Moon* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-moon.md)
- *Hit Man* (2024), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/hit-man.md)
- *God Save Texas* (2024), series, Director of Photography
- *I Am Vanessa Guillen* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood* (2022), Director of Photography
- *The Tiger Rising* (2022), Director of Photography
- *India Sweets and Spices* (2021), Director of Photography
- *The Blazing World* (2021), Director of Photography
- *The Last Right* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Where'd You Go, Bernadette* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Last Flag Flying* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Unconventional* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Everybody Wants Some!!* (2016), Director of Photography
- *SXSW Comedy With W. Kamau Bell* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Boyhood* (2014), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/boyhood.md)
- *Tim's Vermeer* (2013), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/tims-vermeer.md)
- *Bernie* (2012), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Older Than America* (2008), Director of Photography
- *A Scanner Darkly* (2006), Director of Photography — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/a-scanner-darkly.md)
- *Rollergirls* (2006), series, Director of Photography
- *When Zachary Beaver Came to Town* (2003), Camera Operator
- *Urbania* (2000), Director of Photography
- *The Lot* (1999), series, Director of Photography
- *Delivered* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Starved* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Pearl Jam: Sponsored By No One - 1995 Tour Film* (1995), Cinematography
- *Mad Season: Live at the Moore* (1995), Director of Photography

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