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Sean Price Williams

Born August 1, 1977 · Wilmington, Delaware, USA (age 49)

Sean Price Williams is an American cinematographer and film director. Williams is known for his work as a cinematographer, frequently collaborating with Alex Ross Perry and the Safdie Brothers. He made his directorial feature film debut with The Sweet East.

Known For

Uncut Gems

Uncut Gems · 2019

MovieDramaThriller

A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

Good Time

Good Time · 2017

MovieCrimeThriller

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.

The Moment

The Moment · 2026

MovieMusicComedy

A rising pop sensation navigates fame and industry pressures while preparing for her arena tour debut, revealing the transformation of underground culture into mainstream success.

White Girl

White Girl · 2016

Summer, New York City. A college girl falls hard for a guy she just met. After a night of partying goes wrong, she goes to wild extremes to get him back.

Tesla

MovieHistoryDrama

The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering a system of wireless energy that would change the world.

Between the Temples

Between the Temples · 2024

Between the Temples

MovieComedyDrama

A grief-stricken cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. The two forlorn souls develop a special connection.

Heaven Knows What

Heaven Knows What · 2015

Heaven Knows What

MovieDramaCrime

A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.

Villains

Villains · 2019

MovieComedyHorror

When their car breaks down, a couple on the run headed southbound for a fresh start in the Sunshine State break into a nearby house looking for a new set of wheels. What they find instead is a dark secret, and a sweet-as-pie pair of homeowners who will do anything to keep it from getting out.

Filmography

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Uncut Gems

Uncut Gems · 2019

MovieDramaThriller

A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

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Good Time

Good Time · 2017

MovieCrimeThriller

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.

Director of Photography

The Moment

The Moment · 2026

MovieMusicComedy

A rising pop sensation navigates fame and industry pressures while preparing for her arena tour debut, revealing the transformation of underground culture into mainstream success.

Director of Photography

White Girl

White Girl · 2016

Summer, New York City. A college girl falls hard for a guy she just met. After a night of partying goes wrong, she goes to wild extremes to get him back.

Additional Photography

Tesla

MovieHistoryDrama

The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering a system of wireless energy that would change the world.

Director of Photography

Between the Temples

Between the Temples · 2024

Between the Temples

MovieComedyDrama

A grief-stricken cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. The two forlorn souls develop a special connection.

Director of Photography

Heaven Knows What

Heaven Knows What · 2015

Heaven Knows What

MovieDramaCrime

A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.

Director of Photography

Villains

Villains · 2019

MovieComedyHorror

When their car breaks down, a couple on the run headed southbound for a fresh start in the Sunshine State break into a nearby house looking for a new set of wheels. What they find instead is a dark secret, and a sweet-as-pie pair of homeowners who will do anything to keep it from getting out.

Additional Photography

The Birthday Cake

The Birthday Cake · 2021

The Birthday Cake

MovieCrimeThriller

On the 10th anniversary of his father's death, Giovanni reluctantly accepts the task of bringing a cake to the home of his uncle, a mob boss, for a celebration. Just two hours into the night, Gio's life is forever changed.

Director of Photography

Her Smell

Her Smell · 2019

MovieDramaMusic

A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.

Director of Photography

Zeros and Ones

Zeros and Ones · 2021

MovieWarThriller

Called to Rome to stop an imminent terrorist bombing, a soldier desperately seeks news of his imprisoned brother — a rebel with knowledge that could thwart the attack. Navigating the capital's darkened streets, he races to a series of ominous encounters to keep the Vatican from being blown to bits.

Director of Photography

The Sweet East

The Sweet East · 2023

A picaresque journey through contemporary America, undertaken by a young woman granted access to the strange sects and cults that proliferate in this country by a series of gatekeepers eager to win her over.

Director

Funny Pages

Funny Pages · 2022

A teenage cartoonist rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul.

Director of Photography

Daddy Longlegs

Daddy Longlegs · 2010

MovieDramaComedy

After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment in New York. During these two weeks, he must figure out if he wants to act as their father or be their friend. Ultimately, their trip upstate results in complete lawlessness taking over their lives.

Dale

Computer Chess

Computer Chess · 2013

At the American Computer Chess Convention, enthusiasts gather to pit their programs against other computer chess programs and human players in a tournament for a grand prize of $7500.

Thanks

Harvest

Harvest · 2025

Over seven hallucinatory days, a village with no name, in an undefined time and place, disappears.

Director of Photography

Marjorie Prime

Marjorie Prime · 2017

MovieDramaMystery

A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband.

Director of Photography

Small Apartment

Small Apartment · 2007

Small Apartment

A middle aged man, his son, and his daughter-in-law explore love and perversion in 700 square feet of space.

Director of Photography

Meet the Filmmakers: Josh and Benny Safdie

Meet the Filmmakers: Josh and Benny Safdie · 2017

Meet the Filmmakers: Josh and Benny Safdie

MovieDocumentary

Get to know the siblings whose films have captured the skittering pulse of New York’s city streets. An original documentary featuring footage from the making of their new thriller, Good Time, along with several of the brothers’ early features and shorts. Produced by the Criterion Channel for their "Meet the Filmmakers" series.

Director of Photography

Hidden Hills

Los Angeles in the world of rodent exterminators, with Sean Price Williams as cinematographer.

Cinematography

Listen Up Philip

Listen Up Philip · 2014

Listen Up Philip

MovieComedyDrama

Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip's idol Ike Zimmerman offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject: himself.

Director of Photography

Pharmakon

Pharmakon · 2023

A man lives alone on an island in the Mediterranean. He will see his habits turned upside down by the sudden arrival of a mysterious swimming woman. Unable to communicate, a strange bond develops between them, between fantasies, dreams and unfulfilled desires.

Director of Photography

Candy Rides

Candy Rides · 2012

A painter charms an elusive young woman while bicycling in Brooklyn.

Director of Photography

Sin Alas

Sin Alas · 2015

'Sin Alas' follows the tumultuous life and love of Cuban writer Luis Vargas as he chooses the excitement and possibilities of the revolution over the wealth of his dysfunctional family. His passion for a beautiful young ballerina, married to an important military leader, sends both of their lives spinning out of control. Luis must make his way through warren of Centro Havana, a city held hostage in time by an ideology, on a journey to come to terms with lost love and the mistakes of his youth.

Director of Photography

Trigonometry

Trigonometry · 2020

SeriesDramaComedy

In crowded and expensive London, cash-strapped couple Gemma and Kieran open their small apartment to a third person. Somehow, their new addition, Ray, makes the flat seem bigger, not smaller. Gradually, many things become easier, nicer and better with an extra pair of hands.

Director of Photography

Chillin Island

Chillin Island · 2021

SeriesDocumentaryComedy

New York City natives and rap personalities Alec “Despot” Reinstein, Ashok “Dap” Kondabolu and Aleksey “Lakutis” Weintraub invite their friends to join them at the edge of nature to commune in deserts and swamps in a valiant effort to reveal unknowable truths from the dreamstate of the shared human existence.

Cinematography