Kevin Burke

Biography

Kevin Burke is an American cinematographer. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Film, Photography, and Visual Arts from Ithaca College. He began his career working as a scenic artist and props person on films including Psycho IV (1990) and Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990), and thrill rides such as E.T’s Adventure at Universal Studios Florida. He then worked with camera dollies, cranes and remote arms at Chapman Studio Equipment. The first film he photographed was a 1994 experimental film short called The Middle of a Two Tone Existence. By 1998, he had become a busy camera operator working out of Florida for companies such as Nickelodeon and Disney. In the early 2000s, he worked on location in Massachusetts for the Disney series The Book of Pooh. In 2003, he worked as the director of photography on Animal Planet’s The Pet Psychic. In 2005, he co-wrote and produced Sex & Camping. In 2006, he served as the director of photography on the first season of It’s A Big, Big World, and ws a writer and cinematographer on multiple episodes of Seemore’s Playhouse. Soon after, he worked with Adam Matalon on Seasons In the Valley (2007), and the duo founded a production company, Chatsby Films. In 2009, Burke left Chatsby and formed Kevin Burke Studio. He has served as director of photography on numerous unscripted television series including A&E’s Who Killed Tupac? (2017) and Many Sides of Jane (2019), Oxygen Network’s Aaron Hernandez Uncovered (2018) and HGTV’s Lakefront Empire (2024).