Sean O’Shea and James Takata, photo by B. Lewin
Takata and Sterling K. Brown, photo by R. Batzdorff
James Takata operating steadicam, photo uncredited
James Takata won the ICG Emerging Cinematographers Award for his work on the short film Only Child (2012). He recently shot two episodes of the hit TV show This Is Us on which he also is the A Camera/Steadicam Operator. Takata is a member of ICG Local 600.