About

Blaine Dunkley is a New York City & Montana based Cinematographer, Steadicam Operator & Aerial DP. He served as Director of Photography on the pop-surrealist noir thriller The Blue Rose and the Netflix documentary series Heart of Invictus with Prince Harry. His photographic work on the wildlife crime documentary Tigre Gente earned the Salem Film Festival 2022 American Cinematographer Award, and his collaboration on Wild Hogs & Saffron took home the Audience Award at the Academy Qualifying Riverrun Film Festival in 2024.

Equally active as a Camera and Steadicam Operator, Blaine brings the same precision to narrative features and shorts as he does to live performance — with credits including the CNN/HBO broadcast of Good Night and Good Luck theatrical, a VEVO session with Billie Eilish, and artist engagements with Foreigner, Jon Batiste, Celine Dion, and Justin Timberlake. On the broadcast side, he has shot extensively for NBC and MSNBC through Versant/MSNow as a live Steadicam and Jib Operator, with work spanning The Today Show, Morning Joe, Velshi, Primetime specials, and Election Night coverage.

In the music space, his creative range extends beyond the lens: his live music video for Banners' "Got It In You (Acoustic)" — which he co-produced, directed, shot, edited, and colored — has surpassed 31 million YouTube views. His SST Sessions with JS Ondara, a collection of four live music videos produced with Videostatic, has become a touchstone in the indie live performance world. His music industry credits include VEVO, BBC, Columbia Records, Island, and Verve, with additional commercial DP work for Nylon, Coca-Cola, and Puma.

With a passion for evocative camera work and dramatic lighting, Blaine brings a dramaturgical sensibility to every project — equally at home in intimate observational documentary, theatrical narrative, and live broadcast. Drawing from his background as a photojournalist, musician, set lighting technician, immersive event curator, and dancer, he brings grandeur and fantasy to his projects, always letting human performance remain at the center.