Jason Ellson
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Jason Ellson, SOC, is a camera and steadicam operator. He began his professional journey shooting news and documentaries across Australia and Southeast Asia. In 1998, he became an accredited steadicam operator. In 2000, he relocated to the United States to follow his interest in narrative filmmaking.
Ellson’s credits include high-profile films such as Hidden Figures (2016), Mulan (2020), Mortal Kombat (2021), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and Elvis (2022). He has held roles as an A-camera operator and a steadicam operator, among others.
In 2014, he won a News & Documentary Emmy for One Life (2011) in the category Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary and Long Form, an award he shared with Kevin Flay, Rod Clarke, Barrie Britton, Gavin Thurston, and Simon Werry. He was also a winner of the Emerging Cinematographer Awards in 2009 for Aftermath.
He was also nominated by the Society of Camera Operators for Camera Operator of the Year for his work on Elvis (2022) in 2023.
Ellson is based in Los Angeles, married, with three children. Physical fitness is an important part of his life, which supports the often demanding work on set.
Crew
Mortal Kombat
Steadicam Operator, "A" Camera Operator
Game Night
"B" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Steadicam Operator, "A" Camera Operator, Second Unit Director of Photography
Fantastic Four
Steadicam Operator
21 Jump Street
Steadicam Operator, "B" Camera Operator
Spectral
Camera Operator, "A" Camera Operator
Hidden Figures
Steadicam Operator, "A" Camera Operator
Tracks
Second Unit Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator
Central Intelligence
Steadicam Operator, Second Unit Director of Photography, "B" Camera Operator
Gilded Lilys
Steadicam Operator, "A" Camera Operator
22 Jump Street
"B" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
Surrogates
Camera Operator
Snatched
Steadicam Operator, "B" Camera Operator
Abduction
Steadicam Operator
Angels & Demons
Camera Operator
The Avengers
Steadicam Operator
Mulan
Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
The Watch
"B" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
How the Earth Was Made
Director of Photography
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Director of Photography
Mayday
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
Mortal Kombat II
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
Voltron
"A" Camera Operator
Lilo & Stitch
Steadicam Operator, Camera Operator
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
Thirteen Lives
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
Elvis
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
Mother's Day
"A" Camera Operator
Jane Got a Gun
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
The Gambler
Steadicam Operator
The Bag Man
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
We're the Millers
"B" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
Street Fighter
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
