Kelton Jones
Cinematographer, actor, producer, director and writer
Kelton Jones is an actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer. Kelton was originally from a small farm town in Texas with a population of less than 2000 residents. His parents were small business owners. His father, a former army sergeant, owned a tractor shop and custom farming business, his mother was a florist. The flower shop shared a wall with the local movie theatre where Kelton spent much of his time. When he was seven, his mom took him to the set watch a film being shot in his town. The film was Convoy by legendary director Sam Peckinpaw. At sixteen Kelton acted in an independent feature film as was invited to join the crew. The film was a western about the history of Texas, Kelton worked building sets, camera assisting and preparing pyrotechnics for the big battle scenes. This film experience set the course for Kelton's lifelong love of the film industry. Kelton studied film and theatre in college attaining a BFA degree in Art from Stephen F. Austin State University. He worked on multiple features and television in the lighting and camera departments in Dallas and Houston including the television series Walker Texas Ranger, Wishbone and the Wes Anderson film Bottle Rocket. Kelton soon made the move to Los Angeles in the 90s and worked his way up on to being a cinematographer and producer. His first major gig as a cinematographer was shooting special effects, miniatures, and makeup effects on Mel Gibson's epic The Passion Of The Christ. His first feature as a producer and cinematographer, the action comedy Hot Guys With Guns, was met with very favorable reviews in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter and was chosen as the the closing film for Outfest. After directing many, many short films, Kelton directed his first feature film Dry Blood which was released by Epic Pictures in 2019. Dry Blood won scores of awards on the festival circuit including several for Best Feature and Best Director. Kelton has continued his education as a actor and film studying directing and acting techniques with Mark Travis, Sean S. Cunningham, and the legendary Miesner Technique teachers Joanne Baron and DW Brown. Kelton works as a film teacher and acting coach as well having taught at Colorado University in Denver and the Young Actors Theatre Camp in Santa Cruz. Four of the short films Kelton has shot, acted in, and produced with the Young Actors Theatre Camp have been accepted and shown at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festivial. Kelton also makes documentaries and has shot award winning docs for film legend Robert Zemeckis and rapper/actor/producer Ice-T. Kelton's wife and sons are also filmmakers and actors with a wide range of filmmaking skills from make-up and sound mixing to music scoring and editing. The four family members often work together on projects in multiple departments or acting in the same project. Kelton is strong advocate for equality and diversity and often mentors up and coming filmmakers.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Cinematographer, actor, producer, director and writer
- 12 on MovieCove
What are Kelton Jones' films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 8
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 3 · Dark 4
Grounded 7 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 8 · Intense 2
Steady 5 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 5
A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
- Shadowas Cop in Dry Blood (2017)
- Heroas Michael Ryan in The Evil Down the Street (2019)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous6
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kelton Jones' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
- The Evil Down the Street (2019) · actor, producer · free
- Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer (2018) · cinematographer · free
- Dry Blood (2017) · actor, director, producer · free
- Frost (2022) · cinematographer · free
- Of the Devil (2022) · director, writer, producer, cinematographer · free
- Tales from the Other Side (2022) · cinematographer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Kelton Jones' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
12 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.
Silent Thunder(2023)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Frost(2022)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Of the Devil(2022)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Miranda Veil(2020)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
The Evil Down the Street(2019)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Dry Blood(2017)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Street Customs(2007)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
After the Rain(1988)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Career shape
Across their 12 MovieCove titles, 11 of them dated from 1988 to 2023.
Highest rated
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp (2012)
Most popular right now
Tales from the Other Side (2022)
Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles, shown from 5 scored.
How do Kelton Jones' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 14th percentile, the median of the 10 of 11 with a score; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 11th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the cinematography 51/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 63, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Kelton Jones work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kelton Jones' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Cullen Bressack shares the most, 3.
Writers
- James Cullen BressackShared titles: Frost (2022), Of the Devil (2022), Tales from the Other Side (2022)See all 3 shared titles with James Cullen Bressack
Actors
- Vernon WellsShared titles: Frost (2022), Of the Devil (2022), Tales from the Other Side (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Vernon Wells
- Jonathan StoddardShared titles: Silent Thunder (2023), Of the Devil (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Jonathan Stoddard
- Annabel BarrettShared titles: Of the Devil (2022), Miranda Veil (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Annabel Barrett
- Devanny PinnShared titles: Frost (2022), Of the Devil (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Devanny Pinn
Editors
- Clint CarneyShared titles: Of the Devil (2022), Dry Blood (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Clint Carney
Producers
- Suzan JonesShared titles: Silent Thunder (2023), Of the Devil (2022), Dry Blood (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Suzan Jones
- Jarrett FurstShared titles: Frost (2022), Of the Devil (2022), Tales from the Other Side (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Jarrett Furst
