Jay Kamal is an award-winning cinematographer based in Vancouver, Canada. He works worldwide on feature films, television series, commercials, and music videos.
Jay holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours in Film Production from the University of British Columbia, and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Film and Theatre from the University of Alberta.
While travelling around the world, living in unusual places, and interacting with reclusive societies including North Korea, Jay developed a passion for diverse storytelling and incorporates unique cultural elements into his films. Jay speaks English, French, Arabic, Japanese, and Spanish, and enjoys working with international crews in their native languages.
A member of the International Cinematographers Guild and an associate member of the Canadian Society of Cinemtatographers, Jay works as a Director of Photography and Steadicam Operator and has led camera teams on feature films and television series for Netflix, Warner Brothers, Disney, and other networks.
Jay’s work has screened and won awards at international film festivals including Cannes and on streamers and networks such as The CW, Amazon Prime, UPtv and Lifetime Channel. He is experienced with visual effects, stunts, 35mm film, drone, on-ice, and underwater cinematography as well as practically every camera technique and system in existence.
Jay will be returning as Director of Photography on Season 2 of “Blue Skies”, a police procedural television series set in a national park that plays on Apple TV, UP TV and Pixel in the United States and CityTV in Canada. He also completed “Taken at the Truck Stop”, a feature film that recently had its theatrical premiere in Los Angeles and aired on Lifetime Channel, as well as “One Baby, Please!” a miniseries about a gay couple deciding to have a baby.
