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Laela Kilbourn

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Laela Kilbourn
Parents of a boy on the autism spectrum form a competitive swim team, recruiting other teens on the spectrum and training them with high expectations and zero pity. Swim Team chronicles the extraordinary rise of three diverse young athletes, capturing a moving quest for inclusion, independence and a life that feels like winning.
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An Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Cinematography for her work on "Girls State", director of photography Laela Kilbourn also won Best Feature Cinematography for "Swim Team", and has filmed eight Sundance Film Festival premieres, such as DuPont-Columbia Journalism Award winner "This Is Home". Her work has appeared on FX, NBC, PBS, Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Epix, Amazon Studios, A&E, Nick Jr., History, and ESPN. A member of the International Cinematographers Guild, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, New York Women in Film & Television, and the International Collective of Female Cinematographers, she has a degree in social anthropology from Harvard University.
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 4 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Girls State (2024)
    Girls State
    6.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 2024
    Sabbath Queen (2024)
    Sabbath Queen
    7.3
    • Cinematographer
    • 2024
    Mario Ernesto Sánchez and Benji Leon in Death of a Fool (2020)
    Death of a Fool
    4.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 2020
    This Is Home (2018)
    This Is Home
    6.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 2018

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Afterlife
      • Cinematographer
      • Completed
      • Short
      • 2026
    • Someone Loves You
      • Cinematographer
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Park Slope Moms
      • Cinematographer
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Emotional Rescue
      • Cinematographer
      • Script
    • Michael Apted, Chrissie Hynde, Annie Lennox, Ralf D. Bode, Rod Caird, Jo Durden-Smith, Peter Gilbert, Boris Grebenshchikov, David A. Stewart, Christophe Lanzenberg, Susanne Rostock, Steve Lawrence, Crosby Stills & Nash, Deborah Newman, Jerry Durkin, Thomas Campbell Jackson, Gerry Ohrstrom, and Christopher Lanzenberg in The Long Way Home: Remastered and Expanded (2026)
      The Long Way Home: Remastered and Expanded
      • cinematographer
      • 2026
    • Betsy F*ing Ross
      Short
      • director of photography
      • 2025
    • Guellen, Kansas
      Short
      • director of photography
      • 2025
    • Off the Face of the Earth (2024)
      Off the Face of the Earth
      7.3
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Sabbath Queen (2024)
      Sabbath Queen
      7.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Don't Be Dainty...It's Derby
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Girls State (2024)
      Girls State
      6.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Bloodlines of the Slave Trade (2023)
      Bloodlines of the Slave Trade
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Annee Agnello, Gene Gabriel, Dustin Sardella, and Susan Oliveras in The Duke and Duchess of Queens (2022)
      The Duke and Duchess of Queens
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Crabs in a Barrel (2022)
      Crabs in a Barrel
      5.5
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Crossovers Live! (2021)
      Crossovers Live!
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Tipping the Pain Scale (2021)
      Tipping the Pain Scale
      8.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Strip Down, Rise Up (2021)
      Strip Down, Rise Up
      5.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Mario Ernesto Sánchez and Benji Leon in Death of a Fool (2020)
      Death of a Fool
      4.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • This Is Home (2018)
      This Is Home
      6.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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