James Layton

I am a London based A / B camera operator, Steadicam operator and MK-V AR Omega Revolution operator and Director of Photography. After working for The Oil Factory music video production company as an in-house runner I moved in to the camera department as a camera trainee working for my father, Vernon Layton BSC, and George and Chunky Richmond. I continued to work as a trainee and clapper loader with some jobs as focus puller before training with Garrett Brown - the inventor of the Steadicam.

After working primarily as a Steadicam operator I was taken on by PrinceStone in London and began to take on more roles as B camera, and then A camera operator. I have shot feature films with actors such as Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Billy Bob Thornton, James Franco, Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts. I am a member of the ACO (Association of Camera Operators) and the GBCT (Guild of British Camera Technicians).