James Laxton

James Laxton

Nascimento : 1981-02-03, San Francisco, California, USA

Perfil

James Laxton

Filmes

Mufasa: The Lion King
Director of Photography
A prequel to Disney's 2019 film, "The Lion King".
Another Young Couple
Director of Photography
Another Young Couple — borne out of a camera test for If Beale Street Could Talk, James and I asked my friends Essence and Jihaari, newly transplanted to LA to allow us into their home for an afternoon tea about their lives and loves, apart and together. We were migrating to the Alexa 65 for Beale Street and wanted to see for ourselves how that large-format sensor would affect intimate portraiture within lived spaces… in particular the faces and spaces of Black folk.
Los Valientes
Director of Photography
The life of a gay, undocumented immigrant is drastically altered when circumstances take him to a conservative town in Pennsylvania.
Reconnect
Cinematography
Timed with the start of the fall/winter 2021 season, Reebok unveils the first look at its refreshed brand creative direction led by Vice President of Creative Direction at Reebok, Kerby Jean-Raymond and Artistic Marketing Director, Jide Osifeso through the “Reconnect” film. Inspired by Osifeso’s own relationship to sports growing up, the film explores forward movement – literally and figuratively – and examines the relationships between ourselves, sports and our communities.
The Gaze
Director of Photography
In all my years of doing press, I've been repeatedly asked about the white gaze. Rarely have I been set upon about the Black gaze; or the gaze distilled. This is an answer to a question rarely asked.
Walrus Yes: The Making of Tusk
Himself
5 years ago Kevin Smith tried to end his career with the movie Tusk. Enjoy this documentary on the making of Tusk 'Walrus Yes'.
Se a Rua Beale Falasse
Director of Photography
Tish está esperando um filho enquanto luta para livrar seu marido de uma acusação criminal injusta e de subtextos racistas, a tempo de tê-lo em casa para o nascimento de seu bebê.
Anything
Director of Photography
Na trama, baseada na peça de mesmo nome de Timothy McNeil, Lynch interpretará um homem com comportamento suicida após a morte de sua esposa e que se muda de Mississippi para Los Angeles, onde pode ficar sob o olhar atento de sua protetora irmã (Maura Tierney). O homem então começa uma intensa amizade um profissional do sexo transgênero (Matt Bomer). O improvável novo casal deve então conciliar suas origens muito diferentes conforme tentam preencher o vazio em suas vidas.
Moonlight: Sob a Luz do Luar
Director of Photography
Uma história atemporal de relações humanas e autoconhecimento, o drama Moonlight narra a vida de um jovem afro-americano desde a infância até a vida adulta e a luta dele para encontrar seu lugar no mundo enquanto cresce num bairro violento de Miami. Ao mesmo tempo um retrato essencial da vida contemporânea do afro-americano e uma reflexão intensa, pessoal e poética sobre identidade, família e amizade, a produção independente Moonlight é ainda uma obra de cinema inovadora que ecoa uma profunda compaixão e verdades universais. Ancorada em extraordinárias performances de um talentoso elenco, a direção estupenda de Barry Jenkins traz sua visão única e profundamente comovente sobre o caleidoscópio de momentos, pessoas e forças desconhecidas que determinam nossas vidas e nos fazem ser quem somos.
Yoga Hosers
Director of Photography
Colleen Collette e Colleen McKenzie, duas jovens estudantes e funcionárias de uma loja de conveniência em Manitoba, se veem frente a um mal antigo que se ergue sob o solo canadense, ameaçando o convite das amigas-xarás para uma aguardada festa. Para combater esse inimigo, as Colleens irão unir suas forças com ninguém menos que a lenda Guy Lapointe.
Holidays
Director of Photography
Do feriado da páscoa para um particular e macabro presente de Dia dos Namorados, o filme é repleto de histórias dos dias festivos do calendário, trazendo o mais subversivo lado de cada celebração.
Rubberhead
Cinematography
Sarah Silverman hosts the first episode of Rubberhead - a night of comedy shorts featuring some of her favorite performers. With comedy from Nathan Barnatt, Jade Catta-Preta, Michael Cassidy, Shelby Fero, Nathan Fielder, David Dineen-Porter, Kyle Dunnigan, Brett Gelman, Todd Glass, Lauren Lapkus, Natasha Leggero, Emily Maya Mills, Tig Notaro, John C Reilly, Seth Rogen, Nick Rutherford, Rob Schrab, Paul Rust, Laura Silverman, Stoney Sharp, Armen Weitzman, Kulap Vilaysack, Eric Wareheim, Harris Wittels, Charlyne Yi and more!
Marcados Pela Guerra
Director of Photography
Tentando deixar para trás a sufocante e pacata vida de uma cidade do interior, uma jovem (Kristen Stewart) decide se alistar no exército na esperança de ser mandada para o Iraque, onde entraria em contato com uma nova cultura. Ela acaba, no entanto, sendo realocada para Guantánamo, onde se depara com uma rotina de ódio e abuso. Mesmo assim, inicia uma polêmica amizade com um dos presos.
Tusk: A Transformação
Director of Photography
Um americano escritor de podcasts impetuoso vai corajosamente à selva canadense para entrevistar um idoso com um passado incrível e descobre que o segredo sombrio deste homem envolve uma morsa.
Bad Milo!
Director of Photography
A curiosa trama gira em torno de um homem (Ken Marino) que sofre de fortes dores de estômago, até descobrir que tem um demônio vivendo dentro de si. Durante uma sessão com um terapeuta (Peter Stormare), o protagonista permite que a criatura saia de seu corpo e lhe dá o nome de Milo.
Atormentada
Director of Photography
Lee é uma fotojornalista que tem um caso com o escritor John. Quando ele desaparece, Lee acaba em um hospital psiquiátrico, para tentar se recuperar. Lá, decide contar com a ajuda de um amigo para encontrar o antigo amor e provar sua sanidade.
Vida de Adulto
Director of Photography
Amy acaba de se formar e tem certeza de que seu destino é ser uma grande poetisa. Enquanto trabalha em uma sex shop, faz de tudo para conquistar a atenção de seu grande ídolo, o poeta Rat Billings, e se tornar sua protegida.
California Solo
Director of Photography
Lachlan MacAldonich is a self-described “lazy Scotsman” and former guitar player for a once-popular 1990s rock band. No longer famous, he now lives a comfortably numb existence working on an organic farm outside Los Angeles. He drinks himself into a stupor every night and retires to his shabby apartment to record his podcast, recounting the tragic deaths of great musicians. After a particularly heavy night of drowning his sorrows at a local watering hole, he is arrested for driving under the influence. This snag, coupled with a long-ago conviction for a drug offense, means Lachlan faces possible deportation. His only hope of remaining stateside is proving that his absence would cause extreme hardship for a spouse or relative – forcing him to confront relationships he thought were buried forever.
Para Se Divertir, Ligue...
Director of Photography
A bem-sucedida Lauren subitamente fica sozinha, depois que seu namorado termina com ela. A bagunceira Katie está a ponto de perder o apartamento de seus sonhos, se não encontrar uma pessoa para dividir as despesas. Elas relutantemente resolvem morar juntas, mesmo não tendo nada em comum, até que Lauren descobre que Katie está trabalhando com telessexo e decide entrar nesse bom negócio. Mas à medida que essa parceria começa a dar dinheiro, sua recente amizade enfrenta inesperados desafios que podem deixá-la por um fio.
The Murder of Hi Good
Director of Photography
The Murder of Hi Good is a true-crime revisionist western set in Northern California, 1870. It details the eventual murder of California’s most notorious Indian hunter; Hiram Good. Most historians believe that his indentured servant “Indian Ned” killed him, a native boy whom he’d raised as a son. It’s suspected that Ned was influenced by the nearby Mill Creek Indians or “diggers”, who were struggling to eke out an existence on their ancestral lands.
Leave Me Like You Found Me
Director of Photography
After a year of heartbreak and loneliness, Erin and Cal have forgotten enough of each other's flaws to get back together. They take what they hope will be a romantic camping trip in Sequoia National Park. Alone in the majestic landscape, they begin to revisit their past relationship. As cracks start to show each is left wondering whether the other has changed enough to make it work this time.
O mito da liberdade
Director of Photography
Em meio às longas estradas, quarteirões, fábricas abandonadas e lagos que formam a área metropolitana de Detroit, quatro jovens procuram por amor e aventura na última noite do verão. Maggie, Rob, Claudia e Scott exploram as maravilhas da vida suburbana e correm atrás dos primeiros beijos, paqueras, festas e da popularidade. Ao procurarem pela experiência adolescente ideal, eles descobrem os momentos mais simples que se tornarão parte de sua juventude.
Remigration
Cinematography
Upon returning to their countryside cabin one day, Kaya, his wife Helen, and their daughter Naomi are confronted by two suited men: representatives of the San Francisco Remigration Program. The men explain that San Francisco is now occupied entirely by the wealthy class. But stoplights still burn out and trains occasionally jump their rails. Blue-collar labor isn't obsolete, but it's scarce. The city has created a program to "remigrate" long-gone working class families from their inland homes back to the city that once pushed them out. Kaya, Helen, and Naomi return to San Francisco and join a handful of other potential remigrants for a tour of what can be expected in their new lives. But can they learn to trust their old home once again?
The Violent Kind
Director of Photography
One night at a secluded farmhouse deep in the Northern California woods, a small group of hardened young bikers and their girlfriends are tormented when one of the girls becomes savagely possessed and a gang of "Rockabillies" seemingly from the 1950's descends upon them to collect what is growing inside her.
A Young Couple
Director of Photography
A couple discuss their relationship.
Pig Hunt
Camera Loader
When John takes his San Francisco friends to his deceased uncle's remote ranch to hunt wild pigs, it seems like a typical guys weekend with guns - despite the presence of John's sexy girlfriend Brooks. But as John and his crew trek deeper into the forest, they begin tracking the awful truth about his uncle's demise and the legend of The Ripper -- a murderous three-thousand-pound black boar!
Medicine for Melancholy
Director of Photography
Waking from a one-night stand that neither remembers, Micah and Joanne find themselves wandering the streets of San Francisco, sharing coffee and conversation and searching for a deeper connection.
Little Brown Boy
Cinematography
A little brown boy gets caught up in a violent shooting and must come to terms with the incident and the part he has played.
My Josephine
Director of Photography
Aadid tells us his life in seven minutes. He's an Arabic-speaking young man working the night shift at a laundromat and dry cleaners somewhere in the United States. In the aftermath of 9/11, they wash U.S. flags for free. He says they get six or seven per day. He tells us about Napoleon's two wives: Marie Louise for an heir, Josephine for love. Aadid likes Adela, his co-worker. She's his Josephine. We watch Aadid and Adela hand wash the flags and put them in dryers. They fold them. They dance. They stand side by side outside the door of the laundromat looking at the dawn. Will this companionship become something more?