Director

Clay Kessler

Camera

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 5

TMDB ID: 5317267

Known for: Camera

Born: September 17, 2001

Age: 24

Place of birth: Evendale, Ohio USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2025 - 2025

Years active: 1

Frequent jobs

Director (2)Director of Photography (1)Production Assistant (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

Clayton James Kessler is an American cinematographer. He received the Mad Royal Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography for Hiraeth (2023). His best-known works include Gnomed (2025) and Racing the Storm (2025). Kessler recently completed his narrative noir drama, Chasing Shadows (2025), which is currently being screened at festivals.