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Clair Popkin

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Also known as Клэр Попкин

Biography

Clair is a New York City and LA based cinematographer. He works in all media formats from documentaries & films to commercials, music videos and TV series. Clair is also an avid rock climber and skydiver and scuba diver with extensive experience filming outdoor and adventure sports. He has filmed projects all over the world. Clair grew up in Maine, which is where he traces his love of the outdoors to. In Maine he was introduced to still photography at an early age, printing and processing his own black and white photos at the age of 12. Clair traces his passion for cinematography to his early interest in still photography.

Filmography25 titles

Free Solo

2018Director of Photography

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

2023Director of Photography

The Way I See It

2020Director of Photography

Before the Flood

2016Camera Operator

True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality

2019Director of Photography

Jim: The James Foley Story

2016Director of Photography

Living With Lincoln

2015Director of Photography

Wild Life

2023Director of Photography

The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson

2026Additional Director of Photography

Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates

2019Director of Photography

Becoming Warren Buffett

2017Director of Photography

A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

2021Director of Photography

King In The Wilderness

2018Director of Photography

Shut Up and Play the Hits

2012First Assistant Camera

John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls

2018Director of Photography

Bleed for This

2016Camera Operator

Love+War

2025Additional Director of Photography

Love, Marilyn

2012First Assistant Camera

Someone Great

2019Camera Operator

The Boy from Medellín

2020Director of Photography

Vox Lux

2018Camera Operator

28 Hotel Rooms

2012First Assistant Camera

The Adderall Diaries

2015Camera Operator

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

Director of Photography

A Very Murray Christmas

2015Camera Operator