Brooklyn, NY (207) 776-0735 Clair@clairpopkin.com
-Scuba certification, Advanced open water certification.
-USPA Skydiving coach and C-License holder with camera flying experience.
Union: -IATSE 600
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Director of Photography
National Geographic Documentary Films "Free Solo"
Directors: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin
**Academy Award winner 2019 Best Documentary feature**
**Cinema Eye Honors 2018, Best Cinematography**
**Critics Choice Award 2018, Outstanding Cinematography**
Director of Photography
Amazon Prime "The Boy From Medellin"
Director: Matthew Heineman
Director of Photography
Netflix "Inside Bill’s Brain"
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Director of Photography
HBO "Jim: The James Foley story"
Director: Brian Oakes
**Winner: Audience award, U.S. Documentary, Sundance Film Festival 2016** **Primetime Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking 2016**
Director of Photography
Peacock "The Way I See It"
Director: Dawn Porter
Director of Photography
Ace Content / Coca Cola / Project (RED) "The Last Mile"
Director: Kim A Snyder
Director of Photography
Netflix "Remastered: Devil at the Crossroads"
Director: Brian Oakes
Director of Photography
HBO "King In The Wilderness"
Director: Peter Kunhardt
**Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival 2018**
Director of Photography (Series)
Jigsaw Productions & ESPN Films "Enhanced"
Director: ep.1 & ep.4 E. Chai Vasarhelyi, ep.6 Alison Klayman
Director of Photography
HBO "John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Director: Peter Kunhardt
Director of Photography
HBO "Panic: The untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis"
Director: John Maggio
Director of Photography
HBO "The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee"
Director: John Maggio
Director of Photography
National Geographic "Year Million" (Chile, U.K. & Japan segments)
Director: Mark Elijah Rosenburg
Director of Photography
Netflix "Abstract the Art of Design - Tinker Hatfield"
Director: Brian Oakes
Director of Photography
BAM "Carters summer essentials"
Director: Tim Marsella
Director of Photography
HBO "Becoming Warren Buffett"
Director: Peter Kunhardt
Director of Photography
Director: Peter Kunhardt
Director of Photography
@Radical Media “GT Academy” Season 4 (U.S. Shoots)
Director: Jeff Zwart
Director of Photography
Showtime “Dark net"
Additional Cinematographer (3 episodes)
Showtime “Years of Living Dangerously"
Director: Joel Bach DP: Maryse Alberti
Camera operator
National Geographic "Before the Flood"
Director: Fisher Stevens DP: Antonio Rossi
"B" Camera operator
"Bleed for this"
Director: Ben Younger DP: Larkin Seiple
Camera operator
Netflix “A Very Murray Christmas"
Director: Sofia Coppola DP: John Tanzer
“A” Camera operator
Picrow/Amazon “Alpha House” (Pilot)
Director: Adam Bernstein DP: Matthew Lloyd CSC
"B" Camera operator
@Radical Media “Park Bench” Seasons 1 and 2
Director: Steve Buscemi DP: Luke McCoubrey
2nd Unit DP / “B” Camera operator
CMS / Walmart "I'm a factory", "Rush", "Lights on" (Olympics 2014)
Director: Simon Ratigan DP: Bob Pendar-Hughes
"B" Camera operator
Feature- "The Adderall Diaries"
Director: Pamela Romanowsky DP: Bruce Thierry Chueng
"B" Camera operator
O Positive / AT&T “Holidays”
Director: Kenny Herzog DP: Jeff Cutter
Camera operator
Serial Pictures / Target “Fashion show”
Director: Jonas Akerlund DP: Par Ekberg
"B" Camera operator / Movi operator
Interrogate / Prudential “Do what you love”
Director: Brennan Stasiewicz DP: Joe Arcidiacono
"B" Camera operator
SMB Production Services / Verizon “Billy on the street”
Director: Tim K DP: Ed David / Zak Mulligan
"A" Camera operator
Tool of North America / ESPN “Hobbit Promo”
Director: Evan Silver DP: Ed David
“B” Camera operator
Moxie Firecracker Films/ HBO “A Good Job, Stories of the FDNY”
Director: Steve Buscemi/Liz Garbus DP: Maryse Alberti
Director of Photography
GuyManly/ Conveyor “Woolgatherer”
Director: Matthew Thompson
"B" Camera operator
Liberty Mutual/ Seftel Productions "The Responsibility Project- The Home Team”
*Selection SXSW 2014*
Director: Josh Seftel
Director of Photography
Reloaded films “The Ravaging”
Director: Paul Nicoletos
**HollyShorts 2013 - Official Finalist
-Action On Film Festival 2013: Best Action Short of the Year. Best Science Fiction Short
-Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival 2014
-Selection FirstGlance Film Festival 2014
-Selection North Hollywood CineFest 2014**
Director of Photography
Knowmore Productions- Mogwai “San Pedro”
Director: Antony Crook
Director of Photography
GuyManly “Reflecting”
Director: Matt Thompson
Director of Photography
GuyManly/Alcoholic Faith Mission “Alaska”
Director: Matt Thompson
Director of Photography
GuyManly/The Malpractice “Oh the Irony”
Director: Matt Thompson
Camera Operator
Radical Media/Discovery channel “Earth 2050- Brazil”
DP: Joe Arcidiacono
Camera Operator
ART21 “William Kentridge, Anything is Possible”
DP: Joel Shapiro
Camera Operator
Radical Media/Discovery channel “Dean of Invention”
DP: Bill Winters
Camera Operator
HBO/Stick Figure productions “Lily Dale”
DP: Claudia Woloshin
Camera Operator
SpikeTV “Fast Machines with Funkmaster Flex”
Camera Operator
Turn Century Pictures “Dirty Pictures”
DP: Etienne Sauret
2nd Unit Camera Operator
G-Unit Films- Feature “Before I Self Destruct”
Director: Curtis Jackson; DP: Bobby Eras
Camera Operator
The Onion News Network/IFC “Onion News Network”
DP: Chris Cannucciari
EDUCATION:
Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York,
• Majored in Political Science
o Overall GPA: 3.5
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