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Arthur Jafa

  • Cinematographer
  • Director
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Arthur Jafa was born on 30 November 1960 in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Daughters of the Dust (1991), Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and Just Married (2003).
BornNovember 30, 1960
BornNovember 30, 1960
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Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Daughters of the Dust
6.7
  • Cinematographer
  • 1991
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Eyes Wide Shut
7.5
  • Camera and Electrical Department(as Arthur Jaffa, second unit)
  • 1999
Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy in Just Married (2003)
Just Married
5.4
  • Camera and Electrical Department(second unit)
  • 2003
Dreams Are Colder Than Death (2014)
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
7.4
  • Cinematographer
  • 2014

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Cinematographer

  • Mya Taylor in Happy Birthday, Marsha! (2017)
    Happy Birthday, Marsha!
  • Apex (2017)
    Apex
  • Love is the Message, the Message is Death (2016)
    Love is the Message, the Message is Death
  • Solange in Solange: Don't Touch My Hair (2016)
    Solange: Don't Touch My Hair
  • Solange: Cranes in the Sky (2016)
    Solange: Cranes in the Sky
  • Devendra Banhart: Saturday Night
  • Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story (2014)
    Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story
  • Kim Hill, JoNell Kennedy, Emayatzy Corinealdi, and De'Adre Aziza in In the Morning (2014)
    In the Morning
  • Numa Perrier in Florida Water (2014)
    Florida Water
  • Dreams Are Colder Than Death (2014)
    Dreams Are Colder Than Death
  • Head and Hands: My Black Angel (2013)
    Head and Hands: My Black Angel
  • The Start Up (2013)
    The Start Up
  • Nine for IX (2013)
    Nine for IX
  • Independent Lens (1999)
    Independent Lens
  • Roomieloverfriends (2012)
    Roomieloverfriends

Director

  • WS, a longer super nova
  • Ye in Kanye West Feat. Travis Scott: Wash Us in the Blood (2020)
    Kanye West Feat. Travis Scott: Wash Us in the Blood
  • The White Album (2018)
    The White Album
  • Jay-Z: 4:44
    • (as TNEG)
  • Apex (2017)
    Apex
  • Love is the Message, the Message is Death (2016)
    Love is the Message, the Message is Death
  • New Soul Rebel: Adrian Younge
  • Dreams Are Colder Than Death (2014)
    Dreams Are Colder Than Death
  • Slowly This

Camera and Electrical Department

  • David Oyelowo in Selma (2014)
    Selma
  • Africa Unite: A Celebration of Bob Marley's 60th Birthday (2008)
    Africa Unite: A Celebration of Bob Marley's 60th Birthday
  • Flag Wars (2003)
    Flag Wars
  • Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy in Just Married (2003)
    Just Married
  • Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Matt O'Leary, and Jeremy Sumpter in Frailty (2001)
    Frailty
    • (uncredited)
  • Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
    Eyes Wide Shut
    • (as Arthur Jaffa)
  • Denzel Washington in Malcolm X (1992)
    Malcolm X
    • (as Arthur Jafa Fielder)
  • Daughters of the Dust (1991)
    Daughters of the Dust
    • (as A. Jaffa Fielder)
  • Ronnie Bell and Everett Silas in My Brother's Wedding (1983)
    My Brother's Wedding
    • (as A.J. Fielder)

Personal details

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    • November 30, 1960
    • Tupelo, Mississippi, USA
    • Julie Dash1983 - ? (divorced, 1 child)

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    Has one daughter: N'Zinga.

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