Jason Ellson

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.

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Movies as Crew (38)

Jason Ellson

Street Fighter

Mayday

Lilo & Stitch

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Thirteen Lives

Elvis

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Mortal Kombat

Mulan

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Game Night

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Snatched

Hidden Figures

Spectral

Central Intelligence

Mother's Day

Jane Got a Gun

Fantastic Four

Truth

The Gambler

22 Jump Street

The Bag Man

Tracks

We're the Millers

Gilded Lilys

The Watch

The Avengers

21 Jump Street

Abduction

Faster

Salt

Surrogates

Angels & Demons

How the Earth Was Made

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

Voltron

Gundam

Chief of War

The Catch

The Messengers

True Detective

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Nashville

Alive: Back to the Andes