Clair Popkin

Personal Info

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Gender

Male

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Clair Popkin

Biography

Clair is a New York City and LA based cinematographer. He works in all media formats from documentaries & films to commercials, music videos and TV series. Clair is also an avid rock climber and skydiver and scuba diver with extensive experience filming outdoor and adventure sports. He has filmed projects all over the world. Clair grew up in Maine, which is where he traces his love of the outdoors to. In Maine he was introduced to still photography at an early age, printing and processing his own black and white photos at the age of 12. Clair traces his passion for cinematography to his early interest in still photography.

Production

2020

The Boy from Medellín

as Director of Photography

2021

2016

The Adderall Diaries

as Camera Operator

2016

Jim: The James Foley Story

as Director of Photography

2023

Wild Life

as Director of Photography

2023

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

as Director of Photography

2018

Free Solo

as Director of Photography

2012

28 Hotel Rooms

as First Assistant Camera

2015

A Very Murray Christmas

as Camera Operator

2017

Becoming Warren Buffett

as Director of Photography

2018

John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Director of Photography

2016

Before the Flood

as Camera Operator

2016

Bleed for This

as Camera Operator

2013

Love, Marilyn

as First Assistant Camera

2016

Hamilton's America

as Additional Camera

2012

Shut Up and Play the Hits

as First Assistant Camera

2018

Vox Lux

as Camera Operator

2019

Someone Great

as Camera Operator

2013

Made in America

as First Assistant Camera

2020

The Way I See It

as Director of Photography

2018

King in the Wilderness

as Director of Photography

2015

Living With Lincoln

as Director of Photography

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