Dillon Deaton is a North Carolina based cinematographer who specializes in commercial and vérite documentary filmmaking with a penchant for sensitive, character-driven stories.

He is a regular contributor to The New York Times and has worked on films and series featured on HBO Max, Discovery, Hulu, The Magnolia Network, and PBS among others. He is currently the lead cinematographer for a multi-year non-fiction series produced by Lowes. Other cinematography credits include Max’s FROM THE SOURCE, Max/Hulu’s CABIN CHRONICLES, and PBS’s RITUALS hosted by Tank Bell.

Deaton is a graduate of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Stuart Sechriest Award Winner and garnered national acclaim from College Photographer of the Year and the Hearst Journalism Awards. He is a member of the Video Consortium.

Dillon’s most recent clients include Amazon, Ford, Lowes, Bank of America, Ally Bank, NASCAR, Speedo, The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The National Audubon Society, and The University of Virginia.