About

Blaine Dunkley is a New York City & Montana based Director of Photography and Steadicam Operator, and a 2026 ICG Local 600 Emerging Cinematographer Awards honoree for Week One. As a DP, he shot the noir thriller The Blue Rose, was one of the cinematographers on Netflix's Heart of Invictus with Prince Harry, served as 2nd Unit DP on The Haunting of Pennhurst (Tribeca 2026), and shared the 2022 Salem Film Festival American Cinematographer Award for his work on Tigre Gente. He is currently lead DP on The Undefeated, a feature documentary from director Kamran Rosen, now in post-production.

As a camera operator, he runs Steadicam, handheld, wheels, gimbals, long lenses, Technocrane, and drones. His operating credits include A-Camera/Steadicam on Fault (Tribeca 2026), A-Camera on The Next Play, Steadicam on Our Bodies & Other Shames (Bentonville 2026), camera operator on a comedy sketch with Anne Hathaway and Bowen Yang, and the CNN/HBO live broadcast of Good Night and Good Luck. He also works as a live Steadicam and Jimmy Jib Operator for NBC and MSNow on The Today Show and Morning Joe.

In music, he has shot videos for Hozier and Banners, whose "Got It In You" (which he also directed) has passed 31 million views, and has operating credits with Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Don Toliver, Muse, Foreigner, Jon Batiste, and Justin Timberlake.

A former Local 52 lighting technician and avid film photographer, Blaine brings a dramatic eye for light to every format, always keeping human performance at the center of the frame.