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Cheli Clayton-Samaras

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Producer
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Cheli Clayton-Samaras is known for Deep Impact (1998), Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) and Abduction (2011).
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    Known for

    Elijah Wood and Leelee Sobieski in Deep Impact (1998)
    Deep Impact
    6.3
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Cheli Clayton)
    • 1998
    Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
    Thor: Love and Thunder
    6.2
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Cheli Clayton, "b" camera)
    • 2022
    Taylor Lautner in Abduction (2011)
    Abduction
    5.1
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Cheli Clayton)
    • 2011
    Bai Ling, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jon Lovitz, Wallace Shawn, Seann William Scott, Justin Timberlake, Dwayne Johnson, Mandy Moore, and Cheri Oteri in Southland Tales (2006)
    Southland Tales
    5.3
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Cheli Clayton Samaras, "b" camera)
    • 2006

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
      Joker: Folie à Deux
      5.2
      • First assistant camera "b" camera
      • 2024
    • Christian Slater, Hugh Grant, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Melissa McCarthy, Mikey Day, Amy Schumer, Kyle Mooney, Drew Tarver, and Morgan West in Unfrosted (2024)
      Unfrosted
      5.5
      • first assistant camera: b camera (as Cheli Clayton)
      • 2024
    • Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion, Josh Sharp, Bowen Yang, and Aaron Jackson in Dicks: The Musical (2023)
      Dicks: The Musical
      5.3
      • A camera/Steadicam 1st AC/Ronin tech (as Cheli Clayton)
      • 2023
    • Sydney Leroux in Sydney Leroux Goes Undercover (2022)
      Sydney Leroux Goes Undercover
      Video
      • camera operator
      • 2022
    • Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
      Thor: Love and Thunder
      6.2
      • first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Cheli Clayton)
      • 2022
    • Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby in Our Flag Means Death (2022)
      Our Flag Means Death
      7.8
      TV Series
      • A Camera/Steadicam 1st AC/Ronin tech (as Cheli Clayton)
      • 2022
    • Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd in The Shrink Next Door (2021)
      The Shrink Next Door
      7.1
      TV Series
      • A camera/Steadicam 1st AC/ronin tech (as Cheli Clayton)
      • 2021
    • Helen Mirren, Fred Armisen, Tommy Davidson, Jon Hamm, Maya Rudolph, Megan Thee Stallion, and Sarah Cooper in Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020)
      Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
      5.5
      TV Special
      • first assistant camera: "a" camera (as Cheli Clayton)
      • 2020
    • Xosha Roquemore and Alano Miller in Cherish the Day (2020)
      Cherish the Day
      6.4
      TV Series
      • A Camera/Steadicam 1st AC (as Cheli Clayton)
      • 2020
    • Richard Jenkins, Evan Rachel Wood, and Gina Rodriguez in Kajillionaire (2020)
      Kajillionaire
      6.4
      • first assistant camera: "a" camera (as Cheli Clayton Samaras)
      • 2020
    • Natalie Portman and Mehdi Taleghani in Lucy in the Sky (2019)
      Lucy in the Sky
      4.9
      • 1st assistant camera: b camera/steadicam (as Cheli Clayton)
      • 2019
    • Dan Stevens in Legion (2017)
      Legion
      8.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant camera: "b" camera
      • 2019
    • Self, E (2019)
      Self, E
      Short
      • camera operator: "a" camera (as Cheli Clayton)
      • 2019
    • Dog Days (2018)
      Dog Days
      6.2
      • first assistant camera: "a" camera (as Cheli Clayton Samaras)
      • 2018
    • Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder in Destination Wedding (2018)
      Destination Wedding
      6.0
      • first assistant "b" camera (as Cheli Clayton)
      • 2018

    Cinematographer

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      • Cinematographer (as Cheli Clayton)
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Pandemic Screams
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production
      • Short

    Producer

    • Self, E (2019)
      Self, E
      Short
      • executive producer (as Cheli Clayton)
      • 2019
    • A Jewel in the Sand
      8.0
      Short
      • producer (as Cheli Clayton)
      • 2004

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