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Christopher Blauvelt

Born May 29, 1970 · Los Angeles, California, USA (age 56)

Christopher Blauvelt is an American cinematographer, and a third generation film craftsman. Blauvelt started his career in the camera and electrical department under cinematographers Harris Savides, Christopher Doyle and Lance Acord. He continued to work with cinematographer and mentor Harris Savides until his sudden death from brain cancer. Blauvelt's continued work with Kelly Reichardt has garne…

Known For

The Game

The Game · 1997

MovieDramaThriller

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

Lethal Weapon 4

Lethal Weapon 4 · 1998

Lethal Weapon 4

MovieActionCrime

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.

A Single Man

A Single Man · 2009

MovieDramaRomance

Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, is the story of a British college professor who dwells on the past and cannot see his future. We follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters ultimately lead him to decide if there is a meaning to life after the death of his long time partner, Jim.

May December

May December · 2023

Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.

Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon 3 · 1992

Lethal Weapon 3

MovieActionThriller

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

mid90s

MovieDramaComedy

In 1990s Los Angeles, a 13-year-old spends his summer navigating between a troubled home life and a crew of new friends he meets at a skate shop.

Speed 2: Cruise Control

Speed 2: Cruise Control · 1997

Speed 2: Cruise Control

MovieActionThriller

A disgruntled former employee hijacks the Seabourn Legend cruise liner. Set on a fixed course, without any means of communication and at the mercy of the hijacker, it's up to the one cop on vacation and his soon to be fiancé (hopefully) Annie to regain control of it before it kills the passengers and causes an environmental disaster. Insurmountable and daunting tasks await them on their perilous journey throughout the ship trying to fend off the hijacker and save the passengers.

Danny Collins

Danny Collins · 2015

MovieMusicComedy

An ageing hard-living 1970s rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon.

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The Game

The Game · 1997

MovieDramaThriller

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

Second Assistant Camera

Lethal Weapon 4

Lethal Weapon 4 · 1998

Lethal Weapon 4

MovieActionCrime

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.

Second Assistant Camera

A Single Man

A Single Man · 2009

MovieDramaRomance

Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, is the story of a British college professor who dwells on the past and cannot see his future. We follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters ultimately lead him to decide if there is a meaning to life after the death of his long time partner, Jim.

Camera Operator

May December

May December · 2023

Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.

Director of Photography

Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon 3 · 1992

Lethal Weapon 3

MovieActionThriller

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

Second Assistant Camera

mid90s

MovieDramaComedy

In 1990s Los Angeles, a 13-year-old spends his summer navigating between a troubled home life and a crew of new friends he meets at a skate shop.

Director of Photography

Speed 2: Cruise Control

Speed 2: Cruise Control · 1997

Speed 2: Cruise Control

MovieActionThriller

A disgruntled former employee hijacks the Seabourn Legend cruise liner. Set on a fixed course, without any means of communication and at the mercy of the hijacker, it's up to the one cop on vacation and his soon to be fiancé (hopefully) Annie to regain control of it before it kills the passengers and causes an environmental disaster. Insurmountable and daunting tasks await them on their perilous journey throughout the ship trying to fend off the hijacker and save the passengers.

Second Assistant Camera

Danny Collins

Danny Collins · 2015

MovieMusicComedy

An ageing hard-living 1970s rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon.

Second Unit Director of Photography

C'mon C'mon

C'mon C'mon · 2021

Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they embark on a cross-country trip to see life away from Los Angeles.

Additional Photography

The Bling Ring

The Bling Ring · 2013

MovieDramaCrime

Lured by stardom, a crew of aimless teens breaks into celebrity homes for a string of high-profile robberies and fame by appropriation.

Director of Photography

Showing Up

Showing Up · 2023

MovieComedyDrama

In the days leading up to a possibly career-changing exhibition, a sculptor navigates her relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.

Director of Photography

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them · 2014

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

Director of Photography

Certain Women

Certain Women · 2016

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.

Director of Photography

The Mastermind

The Mastermind · 2025

MovieDramaCrime

In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.

Director of Photography

Emma.

MovieComedyRomance

In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.

Director of Photography

I'm Still Here

I'm Still Here · 2010

MovieMusicComedy

I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.

Camera Operator

Elephant

Elephant · 2003

MovieCrimeDrama

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

First Assistant Camera

First Cow

First Cow · 2020

MovieDramaWestern

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow—the first, and only, in the territory.

Director of Photography

Hot Milk

Hot Milk · 2025

Rose and her daughter Sofia travel to the Spanish seaside town of Almería to consult with the shamanic Dr. Gomez, a physician who could possibly hold the cure to Rose’s mystery illness, which has left her bound to a wheelchair. But in the sultry atmosphere of this sun-bleached town Sofia, who has been trapped by her mother’s illness all her life, finally starts to shed her inhibitions, enticed by the persuasive charms of enigmatic traveller Ingrid.

Director of Photography

Greenberg

Greenberg · 2010

MovieComedyDrama

Roger Greenberg, a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother. He's stranded there—since he doesn't drive—until his brother's assistant, Florence, comes to his rescue. She's as much a lost soul as he is, and the pair form a significant connection—giving Roger a much-needed reason to be happy.

"B" Camera Operator

Geronimo: An American Legend

Geronimo: An American Legend · 1993

Geronimo: An American Legend

MovieWesternHistory

The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.

Second Assistant Camera

Meek's Cutoff

Meek's Cutoff · 2011

MovieWesternHistory

A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.

Director of Photography

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot · 2018

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

MovieComedyDrama

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

Director of Photography

Night Moves

Night Moves · 2014

MovieThrillerDrama

The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.

Director of Photography