Known for Lighting
Ian Kincaid (born November 25, 1954) is a gaffer. Born in Santa Barbara, California, under his birth name Ian Rush Kincaid, he pursued a career behind the scenes in the camera and electrical department rather than as an actor or cinematographer. Beginning his career in the early 1990s, Kincaid served as gaffer or chief lighting technician on a number of films. His early 1990 credits include Naked Tango (1990), Meet the Applegates (1990), The Last of the Finest (1990), and Lost Angels (1989). In 1991, he worked as a gaffer on The Doors (1991), Scenes from a Mall (1991), and contributed additional photography as a gaffer to The Marrying Man (1991) and One Good Cop (1991). His longstanding collaboration with cinematographer Robert Richardson, ASC, brought him onto high-profile projects. He worked on Casino (1995), where Richardson credited him among his “crack crew.” Subsequently, he contributed to Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), and Inglourious Basterds (2009) as gaffer. Continuing into the 2000s and 2010s, Kincaid served as part of the lighting team on films such as Django Unchained(2012), Hugo (2011), Eat Pray Love (2010), World War Z (2013), and The Hateful Eight (2015), in roles such as gaffer or chief lighting technician. He was also the chief lighting technician on Adrift (2018). Kincaid has been Robert Richardson’s longtime gaffer, collaborating on as many as eighteen feature films together, including six directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Filmography
35 films, 1 show


Animals
2026 · 1h 46m
country: United States
When the son of an L.A. mayoral candidate is kidnapped, he and his wife have a few hours to come up with the ransom payment. With most of their money spent on his political campaign, they have to get their hands dirty and expose a side of their lives they never intended to see the light of day.


Marty Supreme
2025 · 2h 30m
country: United States
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.


Ella McCay
2025 · 1h 55m
country: United States
An idealistic young politician juggles familial issues and a challenging work life while preparing to take over the job of her mentor, the state’s longtime incumbent governor.


Da 5 Bloods
2020 · 2h 35m
country: United States
Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.


Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019 · 2h 42m
country: China
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…


Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017 · 2h 2m
country: United Arab Emirates
Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role. He soon discovers some unsettling truths about the firm – truths that conflict with his values of helping the poor and dispossessed – and finds himself in an existential crisis that leads to extreme actions.


Suburbicon
2017 · 1h 45m
country: China
In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and murder.


The Hateful Eight
2015 · 3h 8m
country: United States
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.


Wild Horses
2013 · 17m
country: United States
Wild Horses tells the story of Mills, an established LA photographer, who returns to her native Nevada following an urgent call from her grandmother informing her that a band of wild horses close to their hearts, faces government roundup. In this story, that spans just one day, cruelty, courage, love and memory collide as two generations of women bear witness to the brutality common to wild horse roundups in the American West. Mills is exposed to a complex issue and follows her heart, choosing to ignore the consequences.


Django Unchained
2012 · 2h 45m
country: United States
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.


Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
2012 · 1h 31m
country: United States
An original story featuring performances by Cirque du Soleil. A young woman is entranced by an Aerialist. When they fall into the dreamlike world of Cirque du Soleil and are separated, they travel through the different tent worlds trying to find each other.


Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011 · 4h 14m
country: United States
A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even with every person who contributed to the loss of her unborn child, her entire wedding party, and four years of her life. After devising a hit list, The Bride sets off on her quest, enduring unspeakable injury and unscrupulous enemies.


Inglourious Basterds
2009 · 2h 33m
country: Germany
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
The Big Empty
The Big Empty
2005 · 22m
country: Unknown
A young woman consults multiple doctors for a persistent internal pain, eventually leading to the discovery of a vast, frozen tundra within her body. The condition draws scientific and media attention, reducing her identity to the anomaly. As others attempt to explore the phenomenon, she remains emotionally and physically affected by the experience.


Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004 · 2h 16m
country: United States
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.


Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003 · 1h 51m
country: United States
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.


Phenomenon
1996 · 2h 3m
country: United States
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.


Casino
1995 · 2h 59m
country: France
In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.


The Doors
1991 · 2h 20m
country: United States
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.


Lost Angels
1989 · 1h 56m
country: United States
Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist who has taken an interest in him, will Tim try to pull himself out of the muck of teenage rebellion and ennui?


52 Pick-Up
1986 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a videotape of him with his young mistress and demand $100,000. Fearing that the story will hurt his wife's political campaign if he goes to the police, Harry pretends that he will pay the men, but does not follow through.