Biography
Christopher Blauvelt is an American cinematographer. He was born on 29 May 1970 in Los Angeles, California.
A third-generation film craftsman, Blauvelt began his career in the camera and electrical department, working under cinematographers including Harris Savides, Christopher Doyle and Lance Acord. He collaborated closely with Savides until the latter’s death. Blauvelt’s long-term partnership with director Kelly Reichardt began with Meek’s Cutoff (2010) and continued on subsequent films including Night Moves (2013), Certain Women (2016) and First Cow (2019).
His other credits as director of photography include The Bling Ring (2013), mid90s (2018), Emma. (2020) and May December (2023). In 2012 Variety named him one of its ten Cinematographers to Watch. He received an Independent Cinematographers’ Prize nomination for Meek’s Cutoff and the Dramatic Cinematography award at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival for Low Down.
