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James Adolphus

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The struggle for survival of traditional art and culture in the face of a rapidly changing and modernizing world
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Needle Through Brick (2009)
James Adolphus is a director, an Emmy Award-winning producer, and a three-time Peabody Award-winning cinematographer who focuses on stories of globally relevant social, cultural, and political issues. James Adolphus is a cinematography alumnus of the American Film Institute Conservatory, and he is the recipient of the American Film Institute Conservatory Fisher Fellow Award.
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 7 nominations total

    Known for

    Mary Tyler Moore in Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023)
    Being Mary Tyler Moore
    7.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 2023
    The Warren (2014)
    The Warren
    7.7
    Short
    • Director
    • 2014
    Soul of a Nation (2021)
    Soul of a Nation
    5.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    Gifted & Black
    • Director

      Credits

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      Cinematographer

      • Noah Kahan in Noah Kahan: Out of Body (2026)
        Noah Kahan: Out of Body
        7.8
        • director of photography
        • 2026
      • Hollywood Black (2024)
        Hollywood Black
        7.3
        TV Series
        • director of photography
        • 2024
      • Mary Tyler Moore in Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023)
        Being Mary Tyler Moore
        7.5
        • Cinematographer
        • 2023
      • Dating Around (2019)
        Dating Around
        6.4
        TV Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2019–2020
      • Snapped (2004)
        Snapped
        7.7
        TV Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2019
      • Encore! (2019)
        Encore!
        7.6
        TV Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2019
      • Billy Crystal, Bob Costas, Frank Deford, Bryant Gumbel, Jerry Jones, Jim Lampley, Soledad O'Brien, Billy Packer, John Thompson, Mary Carillo, James Brown, Bernard Goldberg, Armen Keteyian, Lenny Dykstra, Sonja Steptoe, Andrea Kremer, Stephon Marbury, Jeb Corliss, Alessandro Zanardi, Carl Quintanilla, Jim Harbaugh, Jon Frankel, Josh Hamilton, Ashrita Furman, Lezlie Hiner, Lopez Lomong, David Scott, and Bill Johnson in Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (1995)
        Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
        7.8
        TV Series
        • Cinematographer
        • Bloodsport
        • 2015–2018
      • Phil Rosenthal in Somebody Feed Phil (2018)
        Somebody Feed Phil
        8.3
        TV Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2018
      • N.O.R.E., Tip 'T.I.' Harris, 2 Chainz, Logic, Rapsody, G-Eazy, and Dave East in Rapture (2018)
        Rapture
        7.1
        TV Mini Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2018
      • The Last Survivor (2017)
        The Last Survivor
        Short
        • Cinematographer
        • 2017
      • Believer with Reza Aslan (2017)
        Believer with Reza Aslan
        5.7
        TV Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2017
      • TIME: The Kalief Browder Story (2017)
        TIME: The Kalief Browder Story
        8.4
        TV Mini Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2017
      • Years of Living Dangerously (2014)
        Years of Living Dangerously
        8.4
        TV Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2016
      • Homicide Hunter (2011)
        Homicide Hunter
        8.7
        TV Series
        • director of photography
        • Cinematographer
        • 2014–2016
      • Tonya Bell, Malikha Mallette, and Traciy Curry-Reyes in Fatal Attraction (2013)
        Fatal Attraction
        7.6
        TV Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2015–2016

      Camera and Electrical Department

      • The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets (2025)
        The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets
        6.7
        TV Mini Series
        • additional cinematography
        • 2025
      • Confronting a Serial Killer (2021)
        Confronting a Serial Killer
        5.9
        TV Series
        • second unit director of photography
        • 2021
      • Years of Living Dangerously (2014)
        Years of Living Dangerously
        8.4
        TV Series
        • additional cinematography
        • 2016
      • Jersey Strong (2013)
        Jersey Strong
        8.3
        TV Series
        • camera operator
        • 2013
      • Where Do We Go from Here (2012)
        Where Do We Go from Here
        Short
        • camera operator
        • 2012
      • Stuck (2012)
        Stuck
        6.4
        Short
        • grip
        • 2012
      • Dree Hemingway and Boonee in Starlet (2012)
        Starlet
        7.0
        • additional first assistant camera
        • 2012
      • Paying for It (2012)
        Paying for It
        6.0
        Short
        • camera operator
        • 2012
      • Firelight (2011)
        Firelight
        7.4
        Short
        • gaffer
        • 2011
      • Happy Birthday Michael Peck (2011)
        Happy Birthday Michael Peck
        8.8
        Short
        • first assistant camera
        • 2011
      • Just Like Her (2011)
        Just Like Her
        6.1
        Short
        • camera operator
        • 2011
      • Murray Bartlett in August (2011)
        August
        6.2
        • camera operator
        • 2011
      • Brick City (2009)
        Brick City
        8.4
        TV Series
        • additional camera operator
        • 2011
      • Hannah Montana: Learn to Be a Pop Star
        3.6
        Video
        • assistant camera
        • 2007
      • Tiler Peck and Maria May in Learn to Be a Princess (2007)
        Learn to Be a Princess
        Video
        • assistant camera
        • 2007

      Director

      • Mary Tyler Moore in Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023)
        Being Mary Tyler Moore
        7.5
        • Director
        • 2023
      • Soul of a Nation (2021)
        Soul of a Nation
        5.9
        TV Mini Series
        • directed by
        • 2021
      • Dating Around (2019)
        Dating Around
        6.4
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2019–2020
      • You Ain't Got These (2020)
        You Ain't Got These
        6.0
        TV Series
        • Director (2019-2020)
        • 2020
      • Independent Lens (1999)
        Independent Lens
        8.1
        TV Series
        • co-director
        • 2015
      • The Warren (2014)
        The Warren
        7.7
        Short
        • Director
        • 2014
      • Little White Lie (2014)
        Little White Lie
        7.2
        • co-director
        • 2014
      • Beauty Queen Murders (2013)
        Beauty Queen Murders
        6.4
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2013
      • Deadly Ambition (2013)
        Deadly Ambition
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2013
      • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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      Needle Through Brick
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      Needle Through Brick

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