Member— The International Cinematographers Guild - I.A.T.S.E. Local 600
2014 Emmy Award Winner - Director of Photography — ABC: Disney's Magical Christmas Celebration
Over the past 22 years, Jay has honed his craft in the conception and execution of lighting across a hugely diverse range of styles, from beauty lighting or a dramatic narrative look, to stylized lighting of stage sets and venues for music, game shows, and comedy specials. This is orchestrated in tandem with his mastery in the technical and aesthetic use of the camera, in both single-camera and multi-cam cinema style, to tell a story and convey a mood, or cover the action. Jay was also instrumental in the creation of the look and style of the Emmy Nominated childrens TV show, Yo Gabba Gabba, as the series director of photography
Jay has two rescue dogs named Charles and Blanche
Clients Include
Jay Lafayette | Director of Photography
While Jay has spent the last 22 years refining his craft in the single camera cinema world, he has also spent the last several years on the forefront of incorporating those sensibilities into the multi-camera broadcast environment of live specials, utilizing the texture and beauty of digital cinema to create & develop a whole new style to support the art form.
Credits Include:
2020 Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia Netflix
2020 Felipe Esparza: Bad Decisions Netflix
2020 Beth Stelling: Girl Daddy HBOMax
2020 Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning Netflix
2020 Jim Jefferies: Intolerant Netflix
2020 Yvonne Orji: Momma, I Made It HBO
2020 Middleditch & Schwartz Netflix
2020 Tom Papa: You're Doing Great! Netflix
2019 Holidays Unwrapped: A Disney Channel Music Event DIsney Channel
2019 Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah Netflix
2019 Disney Hall of Villains DIsney Channel
2019 Deon Cole: Cole Hearted Netflix
2019 Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik (TV Series) Comedy Central
2019 Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones Netflix
2019 Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready (6 episode Series) Netflix
2019 Whitney Cummings: Can I Touch It? Netflix
2019 Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room Netflix
2019 Miranda Sings Live... Your Welcome Netflix
2019 Wanda Sykes: Not Normal Netflix
2019 Brendan Schaub: You'd Be Surprised (TV Special)
2019 Anthony Jeselnik: Fire in the Maternity Ward Netflix
2019 Nate Bargatze: The Tennessee Kid Netflix
2018 2 Dope Queens - Season 2 HBO
2018 Anthony Jezelnik; Fire in the Maternity Ward Netflix
2018 Colleen Ballinger presents Miranda Sings (Untitled Special) Netflix
2018 Vir Das (Untitled Special) Netflix
2018 Amy Schumer Presents Sam Morril: Positive Influence Comedy Central
2018 Daniel Sloss: Live Shows - Dark Netflix
2018 Jim Jefferies: This Is Me Now Netflix
2018 Adam Carolla: Not Taco Bell Material Chassy Media
2018 Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget
for the Rest of Your Life Netflix
2018 Marlon Wayans: Woke-ish Netflix
2018 Fred Armisen: Standup For Drummers Netflix
2018 Todd Glass: Act Happy Netflix
2017 Pentatonics Christmas Special NBC
2017 Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady HBO
2017 DeRay Davis: How to Act Black Comedy Central
2017 Anjelah Johnson: Mahalo & Good Night HULU
2017 Comedy Central Stand Up Presents (TV Series) Comedy Central
2017 Ryan Hamilton: Happy Face Netflix
2017 Lynne Koplitz: Hormonal Beast Netflix
2017 Doug Stanhope: The Comedians' Comedian's Comedians SeeSo
2017 Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive Netflix
2017 Chris D'Elia: Man on Fire Netflix
2017 Amy Schumer Presents Mark Normand: Don't Be Yourself Comedy Central
2017 Norm Macdonald: Hitler's Dog, Gossip & Trickery Netflix
2017 Al Madrigal: Shrimpin' Ain't Easy Showtime
2017 Vir Das: Abroad Understanding Netflix
2017 Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame Netflix
2017 Roy Wood Jr.: Father Figure Comedy Central
2017 Cristela Alonzo: Lower Classy Netflix
2017 Neal Brennan: 3 Mics Netflix
2017 Brian Posehn: 25x2 Amazon
2017 Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin? Netflix
2016 Nikki Glaser: Perfect Comedy Central
2016 Ian Harvie: May the Best Cock Win SeeSo
2016 Uproarious (TV Series) FUSE
2016 Michael Che Matters Netflix
2016 Bert Kreischer: The Machine Showtime
2016 Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60 Netflix
2014-2016 The Half Hour (TV Series) Comedy Central
2016 Sebastian Maniscalco: Why Would You Do That? Showtime
2016 Jim Jefferies: Freedumb Netflix
2016 Chris Hardwick: Funcomfortable Comedy Central
2016 Amy Schumer Presents Rachel Feinstein: Only Whores Wear Purple Comedy Central
2016 Dan Soder: Not Special Comedy Central
2016 Daniel Tosh: People Pleaser Comedy Central
2015 Trevor Noah: Lost in Translation Comedy Central
2015 Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood NBC
2015 Jay Pharoah: Can I Be Me? Showtime
2015 Nick Swardson: Taste It Comedy Central
2015 Nate Bargatze: Full Time Magic Comedy Central
2015 Chris D'Elia: Incorrigible Netflix
2014 Joe Rogan: Rocky Mountain High Comedy Central
2014 Artie Lange: The Stench of Failure Comedy Central
2014 David Spade: My Fake Problems Comedy Central
2014 Tracy Morgan: Bona Fide Comedy Central
2014 Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time Comedy Central