Jeffrey Waldron is an American cinematographer and director. Waldron worked on various feature films and TV series, including Little Fires Everywhere, Dear White People, Transpecos, You Hurt My Feelings, and Haunted Mansion. With Shannon Service he also co-directed Ghost Fleet, a 2018 award-winning documentary about immigrants tricked into forced labor on fishing ships in Thailand.
Career
Jeffrey served as cinematographer on the 2011 film The Dynamiter, for which he was nominated for Best Cinematography at the Independent Spirit Awards. In 2012, he made his directorial debut with series Remixed, which was nominated for best directing (non-fiction) at the IAWTV Awards. In 2018, he co-directed the film Ghost Fleet, along with Shannon Service, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy Award in the category of "Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary" in 2020. Most recently he served as cinematographer for the film You Hurt My Feelings directed by Nicole Holofcener, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
Selected filmography
Feature films
| Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
|---|
| 2023 | Haunted Mansion | Cinematographer | |
| 2023 | You Hurt My Feelings | Cinematographer | |
| 2018 | Ghost Fleet | Co-director, cinematographer | |
| 2016 | Transpecos | Cinematographer | |
| 2011 | The Dynamiter | Cinematographer | |
Television
| Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
|---|
| 2022 | A League of Their Own | Cinematographer | Pilot |
| 2021 | The Morning Show | Cinematographer | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Gossip Girl | Cinematographer | Pilot |
| 2020 | Little Fires Everywhere | Cinematographer | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Mrs. Fletcher | Cinematographer | 7 episodes |
| 2019 | GLOW | Cinematographer | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Champaign ILL | Cinematographer | 10 episodes |
| 2018 | Here and Now | Cinematographer | 4 episodes |
| 2017 | Brockmire | Cinematographer | 8 episodes |
| 2017 | Dear White People | Cinematographer | 10 episodes |
| 2016-2017 | Lopez | Cinematographer | 14 episodes |
| 2016 | Crunch Time | Cinematographer | 6 episodes |
| 2012 | Remixed | Director, cinematographer | 6 episodes |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
|---|
| 2020 | Nominated | News and Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary | Ghost Fleet | |
| 2019 | Won | Palm Springs International Film Festival | John Schlesinger Award | |
| Won | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival | Spotlight Documentary Competition | |
| Won | International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights | Creative Documentary | |
| 2018 | Nominated | Doc NYC | Viewfinders Grand Jury Prize | |
| Nominated | El Gouna Film Festival | Feature Documentary Competition | |
| Nominated | Hamptons International Film Festival | Documentary Feature | |
| 2013 | Nominated | IAWTV Awards | Best Directing (Non-Fiction) | Remixed | |
| 2012 | Nominated | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Cinematography | The Dynamiter | |
| 2006 | Won | Newport Beach Film Festival | Best Cinematography, Short Film | The Honeyfields | |
