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name: "William Klayer"
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# William Klayer

Cinematographer and director.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer, Director
- **Also known as:** Bill Klayer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118126251, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0458473/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1399471

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

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## Biography

William Klayer is a cinematographer and occasional director, also credited as Bill Klayer. He served as director of photography on the television series *Law & Order* (1990) for 90 episodes from 2003 to 2010 and directed two episodes in 2009 and 2010.

Based in New York City, Klayer began in the camera and electrical department before becoming a cinematographer on more than two dozen television series. His credits include *Suits* (2011), *The Following* (2013), *FBI: Most Wanted* (2020) and *30 Rock* (2006). He has also worked as a camera operator on feature films including *The Amazing Spider-Man 2* (2014) and *Run All Night* (2015).

Klayer directed the short film *Under a Stone* (2015) and won Best Director Short Film at the 2016 Big River Film Festival.

*Sources: imdb.com, shotonwhat.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Director, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Also known for

- *The Amazing Spider-Man 2* (2014), Camera Operator
- *Suits* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Run All Night* (2015), Camera Operator
- *The Following* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Relay* (2025), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *FBI: Most Wanted* (2020), Director of Photography

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