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Market evidence report — director-of-photography
Source: 27 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 27), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 19 | 70 % |
| lead | 4 | 15 % |
| n/a | 3 | 11 % |
| junior | 1 | 4 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DaVinci Resolve | 4 | 15 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cinematography | 14 | 52 % |
| 2 | camera operation | 12 | 44 % |
| 3 | visual storytelling | 7 | 26 % |
| 4 | lighting | 6 | 22 % |
| 5 | lighting design | 5 | 19 % |
| 6 | video editing | 5 | 19 % |
| 7 | video production | 5 | 19 % |
| 8 | color grading | 4 | 15 % |
| 9 | audio recording | 3 | 11 % |
| 10 | composition | 3 | 11 % |
| 11 | footage management | 3 | 11 % |
| 12 | photography | 3 | 11 % |
| 13 | videography | 3 | 11 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | budget management | 3 | 11 % |
| 2 | video editing | 3 | 11 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 27 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
Insufficient evidence — 27 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Cinematographer | 5 |
| Director of Photography | 2 |
| Bay Area Cinematographer — On-Set, Color & Brand Films | 1 |
| Brand Story Cinematographer, Producer & Editor | 1 |
| Cinematographer - Relocation to San Francisco | 1 |
| Cinematographer for a No-Budget Insomniac Comedy Short | 1 |
| Cinematographer/Director of Photography Job in 'Five Stars' | 1 |
| Cinematographer/Editor, West Coast [Remote] | 1 |
| Cinematographer | Hybrid |
| Director of Photography - Cinematic Visual Leader | 1 |
| Director of Photography — Lead Cinematic Visuals | 1 |
| Director of Photography (DP) | 1 |
| Director of Photography (Project-Based) | 1 |
| Director of Photography Job in 'A Different Shade of Hurt' | 1 |
| Director of Photography Job in 'The Beer Mile' | 1 |
| Director of Photography Job in 'The THWARriors' | 1 |
| Director of Photography: Master Visual Storytelling Job at Caisteracademy in New | 1 |
| Directors of Photography | 1 |
| DP Apprentice: Path to Director of Photography in DC | 1 |
| Head of Photography & Video Storytelling | 1 |
| Temporary Director of Photography, Men's Health and Women's Health | 1 |
| Video Game Cinematographer | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.