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Jay Kaufman(II)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Director
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Jay Kaufman
Jay Kaufman is known for Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and The Amazing Race (2001).
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    • Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 4 nominations total

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    Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Oona Chaplin, Jack Champion, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
    Avatar: Fire and Ash
    7.2
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2025
    CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Joel David Moore, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
    Avatar: The Way of Water
    7.5
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2022
    The Amazing Race (2001)
    The Amazing Race
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Mortal Kombat X: Generations (2015)
    Mortal Kombat X: Generations
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • The Dead Don't Lie
      • assistant camera
      • Script
    • Meanwhile in Scandinavia
      • camera operator
      • Filming
    • Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Oona Chaplin, Jack Champion, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
      Avatar: Fire and Ash
      7.2
      • camera operator
      • 2025
    • Miss/Match (2022)
      Miss/Match
      6.3
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2024–2025
    • The Amazing Race (2001)
      The Amazing Race
      7.8
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2022–2025
    • Scotoma (2024)
      Scotoma
      Short
      • second assistant camera
      • 2024
    • CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Joel David Moore, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      Avatar: The Way of Water
      7.5
      • reference camera
      • 2022
    • Bobby Bones in Snake in the Grass (2022)
      Snake in the Grass
      6.1
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2022
    • Jaime Xie, Anna Shay, Christine Chiu, Kane Lim, Kim Lee, Kevin Kreider, and Kelly Mi Li in Bling Empire (2021)
      Bling Empire
      5.8
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2022
    • Betty June Gloom
      Short
      • assistant camera
      • 2020
    • Anne Leighton and Steven Chase in Stan the Man (2020)
      Stan the Man
      6.3
      • first assistant camera
      • 2020
    • Flyby (2019)
      Flyby
      6.8
      Short
      • assistant camera
      • 2019
    • Silence (2018)
      Silence
      • camera operator
      • 2018
    • Spectrophobia (2018)
      Spectrophobia
      6.3
      Short
      • first assistant camera
      • 2018
    • Holi Cow (2018)
      Holi Cow
      TV Series
      • assistant camera
      • 2018
    • Resolution Song (2018)
      Resolution Song
      5.0
      • camera operator
      • 2018
    • Lure (2018)
      Lure
      Short
      • first assistant camera
      • 2018

    Cinematographer

    • Snowbody Like You
      • cinematographer
      • Post-production
    • Dream Come True
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Julián Gil, Valeria Marín, Alfonso de Nigris, Fernando Shoenwald, Sury Sadai, Bárbara de Regil, Marcela Mistral, and Bernardo Flores in Secretos de Parejas (2025)
      Secretos de Parejas
      TV Series
      • cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Bonnie McKee in Bonnie McKee: Jenny's Got a Boyfriend (2024)
      Bonnie McKee: Jenny's Got a Boyfriend
      Music Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Géraldine Bazán, Cynthia Klitbo, Sabine Moussier, Aylín Mújica, Sarah Mintz, and Gabriela Spanic in Secretos de Villanas (2022)
      Secretos de Villanas
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Yuletide the Knot (2023)
      Yuletide the Knot
      5.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Secretos de las Indomables (2023)
      Secretos de las Indomables
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Meg Myers: Children of Light II (2022)
      Meg Myers: Children of Light II
      Music Video
      • director of photography
      • 2022
    • Sueco - Salt
      Music Video
      • director of photography
      • 2022
    • Hollywounded (2019)
      Hollywounded
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Never Gone
      6.9
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Everything's Gonna Be Okay (2018)
      Everything's Gonna Be Okay
      5.7
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Sophia and Reesa (2017)
      Sophia and Reesa
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Veto
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Master of Shadows (2016)
      Master of Shadows
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Jaden Dugger, Sophie Texeira, Christa Texeira, and Kristen Ochoa in Cash Out
      Cash Out
      Music Video
      • director of photography

    Director

    • Now United: Holiday Skytech Remix (Dance Version)
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Sophia and Reesa (2017)
      Sophia and Reesa
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2017

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