Jason Ellson
Personal Info
Known for
Camera
Gender
Male
Jason Ellson
Biography
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.
Known For
Crew
Mayday
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
Voltron
"A" Camera Operator
(2026)
Mortal Kombat II
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
(2025)
Lilo & Stitch
Steadicam Operator, Camera Operator
(2022)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
(2022)
Thirteen Lives
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
(2022)
Elvis
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
(2021)
Mortal Kombat
Steadicam Operator, "A" Camera Operator
(2021)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
(2020)
Mulan
Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
(2018)
Game Night
"B" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
(2018)
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Steadicam Operator, "A" Camera Operator, Second Unit Director of Photography
(2017)
Snatched
Steadicam Operator, "B" Camera Operator
(2017)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
(2016)
Spectral
Camera Operator, "A" Camera Operator
(2016)
Hidden Figures
Steadicam Operator, "A" Camera Operator
(2016)
Central Intelligence
Steadicam Operator, Second Unit Director of Photography, "B" Camera Operator
(2016)
Mother's Day
"A" Camera Operator
(2015)
Fantastic Four
Steadicam Operator
(2015)
Jane Got a Gun
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
(2015)
Truth
"A" Camera Operator
(2014)
22 Jump Street
"B" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
(2014)
The Gambler
Steadicam Operator
(2014)
The Bag Man
"A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
(2013)
Tracks
Second Unit Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator
(2013)
Gilded Lilys
Steadicam Operator, "A" Camera Operator
(2013)
We're the Millers
"B" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
(2012)
21 Jump Street
Steadicam Operator, "B" Camera Operator
(2012)
The Avengers
Steadicam Operator
(2012)
The Watch
"B" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
(2011)
Abduction
Steadicam Operator
(2010)
Faster
Camera Operator
(2010)
Salt
Steadicam Operator
(2009)
Surrogates
Camera Operator
(2009)
Angels & Demons
Camera Operator
(2007)
How the Earth Was Made
Director of Photography
(2007)
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Director of Photography