Shane Hurlbut

Shane Hurlbut
Hurlbut in 2025
Born (1964-02-18) February 18, 1964
Ithaca, New York, United States
Other namesL. Shane Hurlbut
Alma materEmerson College
Herkimer County Community College
Southern Cayuga High School
OccupationCinematographer
SpouseLydia Kunkler
Children2
Websitewww.ShaneHurlbut.com

Shane Hurlbut, ASC (born February 18, 1964) is an American cinematographer. Originally from Ithaca, New York, he grew up near Cayuga Lake, and graduated from Southern Cayuga High School in 1982. Hurlbut studied film at Emerson College, graduating with a degree in film and television in 1986. His early career included work on music videos for Gloria Estefan and Smashing Pumpkins. He met director Rob Cohen while working on a music video for the 1996 disaster film Daylight, and again worked with Cohen as cinematographer for the television pilot of The Guardian.

Hurlbut received a nomination for an award from the American Society of Cinematographers for his work as director of cinematography on the 1998 television movie The Rat Pack – he was the youngest cinematographer ever to have been nominated for an American Society of Cinematographers award for a debut film.