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James Boon

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Sound Department
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James Boon is known for Survivor (2000), Secrets of the Elephants (2023) and Cameramen Who Dare: Bear Battleground (2010).
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    • Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys
      • 8 nominations total

    Known for

    Survivor (2000)
    Survivor
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Secrets of the Elephants (2023)
    Secrets of the Elephants
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Cinematographer
    Cameramen Who Dare: Bear Battleground (2010)
    Cameramen Who Dare: Bear Battleground
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji (2020)
    World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Survivor (2000)
      Survivor
      7.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • camera
      • camera assistant ...
      • 2011–2026
    • David Blaine: Do Not Attempt (2025)
      David Blaine: Do Not Attempt
      7.8
      TV Series
      • additional camera operator
      • 2025
    • John Varty in Living with Leopards: A John Varty Story (2023)
      Living with Leopards: A John Varty Story
      • camera operator
      • 2023
    • Ranveer vs. Wild with Bear Grylls (2022)
      Ranveer vs. Wild with Bear Grylls
      6.5
      • camera team
      • 2022
    • The Amazing Race (2001)
      The Amazing Race
      7.8
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2022
    • Ultimate Oceans (2021)
      Ultimate Oceans
      7.3
      TV Series
      • camera assistant: sound recording
      • 2021
    • Chasing the Sun (2020)
      Chasing the Sun
      9.5
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2020
    • Secrets of the Bull Shark (2020)
      Secrets of the Bull Shark
      5.6
      TV Special
      • cinematography
      • 2020
    • World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji (2020)
      World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
      7.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2020
    • Dolphin Super Pod (2020)
      Dolphin Super Pod
      • camera assistant: sound recording
      • 2020
    • Mongoose Island (2020)
      Mongoose Island
      • camera operator
      • 2020
    • F. Murray Abraham, Peter Coyote, Allison Argo, David Attenborough, Paul Christie, John Benjamin Hickey, Howard McGillin, George Page, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Nora Young, Toby Leonard Moore, and Chris Morgan in Nature (1982)
      Nature
      8.9
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • 2019
    • Okavango: River of Dreams (2019)
      Okavango: River of Dreams
      8.0
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • 2019
    • Africa's Deadly Kingdoms (2018)
      Africa's Deadly Kingdoms
      8.4
      TV Series
      • assistant camera
      • camera assistant
      • 2018
    • Terra Mater (2011)
      Terra Mater
      8.0
      TV Series
      • additional camera
      • 2017

    Cinematographer

    • Bugs That Rule the World (2025)
      Bugs That Rule the World
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Max Djenohan in Survival of the Beast (2025)
      Survival of the Beast
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • We Built A Zoo (2024)
      We Built A Zoo
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2024
    • Shark Week (1987)
      Shark Week
      7.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2023
    • Saving Giants: Malelane (2023)
      Saving Giants: Malelane
      • director of photography
      • 2023
    • Secrets of the Elephants (2023)
      Secrets of the Elephants
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Snake City 9
      TV Series
      • cinematography
      • 2023
    • Senzo: Murder of a Soccer Star (2022)
      Senzo: Murder of a Soccer Star
      5.3
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2022
    • Snake City 8 (2022)
      Snake City 8
      8.8
      TV Series
      • cinematography
      • 2022
    • Extinction: The Facts (2020)
      Extinction: The Facts
      8.5
      TV Movie
      • director of photography
      • 2020
    • Shark vs. Surfer (2020)
      Shark vs. Surfer
      6.0
      TV Special
      • director of photography
      • 2020
    • Fishing for Giants - Barracuda (2017)
      Fishing for Giants - Barracuda
      • cinematography
      • 2017
    • Honey Badger: The Great Survivor (2017)
      Honey Badger: The Great Survivor
      7.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Snake City (2014)
      Snake City
      8.3
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • Cinematographer
      • cinematography
      • 2014–2017
    • Girl Eat World (2015)
      Girl Eat World
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Lucky Bean Media
      • 2015

    Sound Department

    • Caught in the Act (2007)
      Caught in the Act
      8.4
      TV Series
      • sound
      • 2008

    Personal details

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      • James Boon. Official website
    • Alternative name
      • J. Boon

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