Jay Lafayette is an Emmy-award winning Director of Photography, Director, and Producer.
Over the past 20+ years, Jay has honed his craft in the conception and execution of lighting across a diverse range of styles; from beauty shots, to dramatic narrative looks, 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, convey a mood, or cover the action.
He helped create the aesthetic for such hit shows as Yo Gabba Gabba, and most recently many big name live specials including Dave Chappelle’s "Sticks & Stones" and Steve Martin & Martin Short’s Variety Hour for Netflix.
