Jomo Fray is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Nickel Boys (2024), for which he won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography. He is also known for his work on Port Authority (2019), Selah and the Spades (2020) and All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023). He was featured as one of Filmmaker's 2018 "25 New Faces of Independent Film" and one of the 2022 "Rising Stars of Cinematography" by American Cinematographer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jomo Fray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Cinematographer
- 10 on MovieCove · 33 credits in all
What are Jomo Fray's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 0 · Serious 4 · Dark 2
Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous1
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 Jomo Fray's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Jomo Fray's 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
33 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Butterfly Jam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
The History of Sound(2025)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Nickel Boys(2024)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Removal of the Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Clodagh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Young Wife(2023)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Runner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
No Future(2021)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Underground Railroad(2021)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in Thy Name (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Premature(2019)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Port Authority(2019)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
See You Yesterday(2019)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Selah and the Spades(2019)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Nettles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Third Trinity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Untitled Short Film About White People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
I Was in Your Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Low Tide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Emergency (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Blue Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Pregnant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
See You Yesterday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Give Up the Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Modern Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Laps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Heaven, Here I Come (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Briefcase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Big Dam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Your Future One Dollar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Fleur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Kylie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 33 titles, 31 of them dated from 2013 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Nickel Boys (2024)
Highest rated
Nickel Boys (2024)
Most popular right now
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; 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 that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
1 major award from 3 major nominations, 2024–2025.
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Cinematography
- Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Cinematography
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Cinematography
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Jomo Fray's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the cinematography 76/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 91, detractors 57. 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 Jomo Fray work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jomo Fray's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tayarisha Poe shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Tayarisha PoeShared titles: The Young Wife (2023), Selah and the Spades (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Tayarisha Poe
Editors
- Kate AbernathyShared titles: The Young Wife (2023), Selah and the Spades (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Kate Abernathy
Producers
- Lara Costa CalzadoShared titles: The Young Wife (2023), Selah and the Spades (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Lara Costa Calzado