Alison Kelly

Known for
Camera
Born
April 16, 1971 (age 55)

Biography

Alison Kelly is a cinematographer for both film and television, with a background in anthropology and fine art. Her cinematography can be seen in acclaimed independent features such as Alaska Is a Drag (dir. Shaz Bennett) and Inventing Tomorrow (dir. Laura Nix), as well as in high-profile television projects including Dietland (created by Marti Noxon) and the Marvel TV series Ironheart (created by Chinaka Hodge). Beyond the set, Alison is deeply committed to fostering a creative community. She mentors up-and-coming filmmakers, leads workshops, and participates in industry panels.

Known For

Filmography

2025
Ironheart poster

Ironheart

TV · Director of Photography · 3 eps

2022
The Lincoln Lawyer poster

The Lincoln Lawyer

TV · Director of Photography · 2 eps

2021
Traces poster

Traces

Movie · Director of Photography

2021
Big Shot poster

Big Shot

TV · Director of Photography · 9 eps

2021
NCIS: Hawaiʻi poster

NCIS: Hawaiʻi

TV · Director of Photography · 10 eps

2020
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story poster

Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story

Movie · Additional Director of Photography

2020
Connecting... poster

Connecting...

TV · Director of Photography · 1 ep

2020
Social Distance poster

Social Distance

TV · Director of Photography · 2 eps

2020
Diary of a Future President poster

Diary of a Future President

TV · Director of Photography · 10 eps

2019
Halfway poster

Halfway

Movie · Director of Photography

2019
Inventing Tomorrow poster

Inventing Tomorrow

Movie · Director of Photography

2019
Clemency poster

Clemency

Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography

2019
Grand Hotel poster

Grand Hotel

TV · Director of Photography · 12 eps

2018
Contra-Internet: Jubilee 2033 poster

Contra-Internet: Jubilee 2033

Movie · Director of Photography

2018
Dietland poster

Dietland

TV · Director of Photography · 10 eps

2017
Alaska Is a Drag poster

Alaska Is a Drag

Movie · Director of Photography

2017
A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted poster

A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted

Movie · Director of Photography

2017
Post-Apocalyptic Potluck poster

Post-Apocalyptic Potluck

Movie · Director of Photography

2017
A Happening of Monumental Proportions poster

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

Movie · Director of Photography

2017
The Quad poster

The Quad

TV · Director of Photography · 5 eps

2017
Counterpart poster

Counterpart

TV · Second Unit Director of Photography · 3 eps

2016
Split poster

Split

Movie · Director of Photography

2015
The Jim Gaffigan Show poster

The Jim Gaffigan Show

TV · Second Unit Director of Photography · 1 ep

2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy poster

FUTURESTATES: Code Academy

Movie · Director of Photography

2014
Isa poster

Isa

Movie · "A" Camera Operator

2014
Finding Carter poster

Finding Carter

TV · Director of Photography · 22 eps

2013
Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? poster

Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?

Movie · Director of Photography

2013
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth poster

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

Movie · Additional Director of Photography

2013
Knife Fight poster

Knife Fight

TV · Camera Operator · 23 eps

2012
Sabbatical poster

Sabbatical

Movie · Director of Photography

2012
The Perfect Fit poster

The Perfect Fit

Movie · Director of Photography

2012
Blue poster

Blue

TV · Director of Photography · 30 eps

2011
Girls! Girls! Girls!

Girls! Girls! Girls!

Movie · Director of Photography

2011
The Custom Mary poster

The Custom Mary

Movie · Director of Photography

2011
Geek Love

Geek Love

TV · Director of Photography, Camera Operator · 8 eps

2011
All on the Line poster

All on the Line

TV · Director of Photography · 9 eps

2010
Hooters! poster

Hooters!

Movie · Director of Photography

2010
The Owls poster

The Owls

Movie · Director of Photography

2010
The Practice of the Wild poster

The Practice of the Wild

Movie · Director of Photography

2010
White Wall poster

White Wall

Movie · Camera Operator

2010
FutureStates poster

FutureStates

TV · Director of Photography · 3 eps

2010
Auction Kings poster

Auction Kings

TV · Director of Photography · 4 eps

2009
Hollywood, je t'aime poster

Hollywood, je t'aime

Movie · Director of Photography

2009
The Sun poster

The Sun

Movie · Director of Photography

2009
The Twenty poster

The Twenty

Movie · Director of Photography

2009
Lost Dream poster

Lost Dream

Movie · Director of Photography

2009
We Are the Mods

We Are the Mods

Movie · Director of Photography

2009
Toddlers & Tiaras: Where Are They Now poster

Toddlers & Tiaras: Where Are They Now

TV · Director of Photography · 9 eps

2008
Kissing Cousins poster

Kissing Cousins

Movie · Director of Photography

2008
Don't Mess with Texas poster

Don't Mess with Texas

Movie · Director of Photography

2008
Late

Late

Movie · Director of Photography

2008
Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane poster

Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane

TV · Camera Operator · 1 ep

2007
In the Spotlight poster

In the Spotlight

Movie · Director of Photography

2007
Cities of the Underworld poster

Cities of the Underworld

TV · Camera Operator · 3 eps

2006
A Lez in Wonderland poster

A Lez in Wonderland

Movie · Director of Photography

2006
Make a Wish poster

Make a Wish

Movie · Director of Photography

2006
Fourteen

Fourteen

Movie · Director of Photography

2006
Neil Young: Heart of Gold poster

Neil Young: Heart of Gold

Movie · Camera Operator

2005
Hung poster

Hung

Movie · Director of Photography

2005
Mystery Diagnosis poster

Mystery Diagnosis

TV · Director of Photography · 2 eps

2004
Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother poster

Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother

Movie · Director of Photography

2003
The Bug Man poster

The Bug Man

Movie · Camera Operator

2003
Hummer poster

Hummer

Movie · Director of Photography

2002
Rollerball poster

Rollerball

Movie · Assistant Camera

2002
Personal Velocity poster

Personal Velocity

Movie · First Assistant Camera

2001
Gasline

Gasline

Movie · Dolly Grip

2000
Gun Shy poster

Gun Shy

Movie · Second Assistant Camera

1999
The Bone Collector poster

The Bone Collector

Movie · Second Assistant Camera

1999
Six Ways to Sunday poster

Six Ways to Sunday

Movie · Additional Second Assistant Camera

1998
No Looking Back poster

No Looking Back

Movie · Camera Loader

1997
Destination Anywhere poster

Destination Anywhere

Movie · Second Assistant Camera

1986
American Masters poster

American Masters

TV · Camera Operator · 1 ep