About
Jay Maidment
Overview
Jay Maidment started his career as a unit photographer covering TV documentaries and dramas. Then in 1997 he was introduced to established unit photographer Keith Hamshere, who invited him to be his replacement on the set of Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Jay seized the opportunity and quickly learnt the art of working on a major action film.
Jay moved through an impressive list of films, working with Hamshere again on two further Bond films, The World is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002).
In 2006 he was requested to be the unit photographer to cover Daniel Craig's first outing as Bond in Casino Royale (2006).
The following year he joined the prestigious Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers (SMPSP), with whom he has participated in several exhibitions.
In recent years he has become best known for his work on several action films and has added Marvel Studios to his impressive list of clients. Working on Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Doctor Strange (2016), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Black Widow (2021), Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), Morbius (2022), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Kraven The Hunter (2024), and The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025).
Equally, he can apply his skill and discreet manner to a broad range of genres, most notably Clint Eastwood's Hereafter (2010), the Wachowski/Tykwer collaboration Cloud Atlas (2012), Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) & Dumbo (2019), Rob Marshall's musical Mary Poppins Returns (2018), and Robert Zemeckis' Here (2024).
In 2017 he became a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Jay lives in London, UK, & France.
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Known for
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| 2025 | The Fantastic Four: First Steps | Camera | Still Photographer | 60 Fair |
| 2025 | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Camera | Still Photographer | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Kraven the Hunter | Camera | Still Photographer | 58 Average |
| 2024 | Here | Camera | Still Photographer | 60 Fair |
| 2024 | Speak No Evil | Camera | Still Photographer | 68 Fair |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Camera | Still Photographer | 75 Good |
| 2024 | The Beekeeper | Camera | Additional Still Photographer | 71 Good |
| 2023 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Camera | Still Photographer | 62 Fair |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Camera | Still Photographer | 72 Good |
| 2022 | Morbius | Camera | Still Photographer | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Black Widow | Camera | Still Photographer | 71 Good |
| 2020 | Dolittle | Camera | Still Photographer | 65 Fair |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Camera | Still Photographer | 73 Good |
| 2019 | Dumbo | Camera | Still Photographer | 65 Fair |
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns | Camera | Still Photographer | 64 Fair |
| 2018 | The Commuter | Camera | Still Photographer | 63 Fair |
| 2016 | Doctor Strange | Camera | Still Photographer | 73 Good |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Camera | Still Photographer | 67 Fair |
| 2016 | Now You See Me 2 | Camera | Still Photographer | 67 Fair |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Camera | Still Photographer | 72 Good |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Camera | Still Photographer | 78 Good |
| 2014 | Muppets Most Wanted | Camera | Still Photographer | 61 Fair |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | Camera | Still Photographer | 65 Fair |
| 2013 | Closed Circuit | Camera | Still Photographer | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Cloud Atlas | Camera | Still Photographer | 68 Fair |
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans | Camera | Still Photographer | 57 Average |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Camera | Still Photographer | 69 Fair |
| 2011 | Unknown | Camera | Still Photographer | 65 Fair |
| 2010 | Thorne: Scaredycat | Camera | Still Photographer | 58 Average |
| 2010 | Hereafter | Camera | Still Photographer | 60 Fair |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Camera | Still Photographer | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Centurion | Camera | Still Photographer | 61 Fair |
| 2009 | Pandorum | Camera | Still Photographer | 64 Fair |
| 2009 | Into the Storm | Camera | Still Photographer | 59 Average |
| 2009 | The International | Camera | Still Photographer | 61 Fair |
| 2008 | Wanted | Camera | Additional Set Photographer | 64 Fair |
| 2008 | Blackout | Camera | Still Photographer | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Doomsday | Camera | Still Photographer | 59 Average |
| 2007 | The Last Legion | Camera | Still Photographer | 57 Average |
| 2007 | Sunshine | Camera | Still Photographer | 68 Fair |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | Camera | Still Photographer | 74 Good |
| 2006 | Flyboys | Camera | Still Photographer | 62 Fair |
| 2006 | Driving Lessons | Camera | Still Photographer | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Ultraviolet | Camera | Still Photographer | 53 Average |
| 2004 | Beyond the Sea | Camera | Still Photographer | 59 Average |
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy | Camera | Still Photographer | 72 Good |
| 2004 | The Rocket Post | Camera | Still Photographer | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | Camera | Still Photographer | 57 Average |
| 2002 | Deserter | Camera | Still Photographer | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Highlander: Endgame | Camera | Still Photographer | 54 Average |
| 2000 | Relative Values | Camera | Still Photographer | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Beautiful People | Camera | Still Photographer | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Déjà Vu | Camera | Still Photographer | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Camera | Additional Still Photographer | 63 Fair |