Laela Kilbourn

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Laela Kilbourn

Biography

Director of photography Laela Kilbourn has accomplished narrative and documentary works that present intimate portraits of character and compelling stories of transformation; her over thirty years in filmmaking inform her use of verité and studio techniques to build cinematic experiences of discovery and connection. An Emmy winner for Outstanding Cinematography for her work on GIRLS STATE, she also won a Best Feature Cinematography festival award for SWIM TEAM, and has filmed eight Sundance Film Festival documentary feature premieres, such as the DuPont-Columbia Journalism Award winner THIS IS HOME: A REFUGEE STORY; Peabody Award winning HOW ...

Production

2004

Word Wars

as Director of Photography

2021

Strip Down, Rise Up

as Director of Photography

2015

How to Dance in Ohio

as Director of Photography

1996

Reindeer Games

as Director of Photography

2013

My Brooklyn

as Director of Photography

2024

Girls State

as Director of Photography

2017

Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web

as Director of Photography

2010

Beware the Gonzo

as Camera Operator

1997

Kiss & Tell

as Assistant Camera

2010

DMT: The Spirit Molecule

as Additional Camera

2024

Sabbath Queen

as Cinematography

1997

Wag the Dog

as Additional Second Assistant Camera

1996

Girls Town

as Assistant Camera

2018

This Is Home: A Refugee Story

as Director of Photography

2008

American Teen

as Director of Photography

2019

2024

Off the Face of the Earth

as Director of Photography

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Afterlife

as Director of Photography

2012

Magic Camp

as Director of Photography

2023

Bloodlines of the Slave Trade

as Director of Photography

2021

Crabs in a Barrel

as Director of Photography

2021

Tipping the Pain Scale

as Director of Photography

2020

Death of a Fool

as Director of Photography

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