Kris Kimlin - Director of Photography

Name: Kris Kimlin - Director of Photography
Address: Los Angeles, CA, US
Telephone: +13233873801
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12/24/2025

1953–2025 🤍

I’m going to miss my friend Mohammed Barki.
He was incredibly sweet and kind to me and my crew. After I had the pleasure of directing him this past season on House Of David, he gave me one of the kindest compliments I’ve ever received. A week later, he asked someone for my WhatsApp, and he sent me a text asking to be a text pal. It was such a sweet gesture. From then on we texted about movies, life, and family. He was my gpen pal. He asked me to watch the movies he had directed and asked me to tell him what a thought. I only found out through the process that he was an incredibly highly regarded director in Palestine and his work was moving and undeniable. Asking me my opinion was

Mohammed was the rare kind of person who didn’t just talk about love—he lived it. Fully. Quietly. Generously.

I’m really going to miss our text conversations.

In the words of Capra, “Whenever you hear a bell ring, an angel gets his wings.”
The bells are ringing, my friend.

11/13/2025

House Of David Season 2 comes to a close Sunday on on Amazon Prime. In the final episode I directed a sequence that featured this stunt with Like any production, we were short on time and the stunt would involve a large reset to pull off. With time waning, I recalled the old Fincher adage “when you need ten shot in the rest of your day and the sun is going down, how do you do it in two”. Insert the cowboy switch. With the incredible putting together stunts with the team, as well as stunt cameraman to back me up on the second camera, we did this stunt in 2 takes and it was a wrap on the night. What a killer crew and amazing technicians to pull this one off. Slide one: the shot in the show. Slide two: how we pulled it off.

11/03/2025

I'be been slow posting about House of David Season 2. Episode 6 just dropped on Wonder Project on Prime, so I wanted to start catching up by posting some cast portraits I took while shooting this past season. Cheers to our wonderful cast and their fantastic performances this season. ❤️🫶🤌🏼

10/27/2025

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10/17/2025

Back in early 2023, pulled me into his office and said “how do you feel about going to Hungary”? Next thing I know, I was in the middle of shooting this epic along side our Hawk unit director & producer .rae In tandem with the Wolf unit, we made The Pendragon Cycle along side our wonderful Hungarian Crew. Enjoy the long awaited trailer.

10/09/2025

Frame Grabs!
Season 2 of House of David has kicked off! Reflecting on Episode 1, “A Tale of Two Swords” — directed by my longtime friend and collaborator — who asked me to DP for him. I’ve served as Second Unit Director through both seasons, directing our battles and action sequences, and this one was special.

We wanted the battle to feel like a “fog of war” — claustrophobic, terrifying, and disorienting — where you only hear your enemy until they’re upon you. Shooting mostly in silhouette had been a dream of mine, and this gave us that chance. Dark, moody, and colorful — exactly what we aimed for.

Huge thanks to my gaffer for flying to Greece on short notice to help craft the look. And to our incredible Greek crew, who poured everything into this sequence — it’s unlike anything I’ve seen on TV since Game of Thrones.

Our designer Chad Krowchuck gave us a beautiful world to shoot in, and the Greek stunt team created jaw-dropping fights, my camera, grip and electric team who moved the camera fluently and lit beautifully, and our 1st AD kept it all moving but also builds a world and a scene like no other AD out there. What this team pulled off in episodic TV time is nothing short of cinematic.

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DP: 👋🏼
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10/06/2025

More behind the scene from the first episode of House Of David S2.

10/05/2025

Today is the day. House Of David Season 2 hits on . While I direct our 2nd unit/battle unit, I was asked by to partner up with him and DOP the first episode of season two and could not be more excited. Here is some stills and BTS looks at our thrilling first episode of the season. Incredibly proud of the team and work we all put into this epic episode of House Of David.

09/21/2025

The morning after Wrap parties are alway best enjoyed with coffee and reminders of last nights fun. Here is to an amazing crew and 14 incredible weeks in Ireland with the crew of Young Washington. Can’t wait till you see what we did. ❤️

08/11/2025

Happy Birthday to my most adorable, precious, beautiful, sexy, funny, caring, thoughtful, talented, brilliant wifey. She makes every day better and makes me a better man and person. I love you babies, happy birthday and may all your wishes come true. ❤️❤️❤️

07/20/2025

What an amazing Championship Sunday at watching .scheffler take the Claret Jug. Had a blast with the boys &

A special thank you to the Queen of all golf for the tickets. It was so good to see you, you’re the best!

07/06/2025

On to the next journey. See you soon Ireland. 🍀

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http://kriskimlin.com/

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