Clyde De Vinna (July 13, 1890, in Sedalia, Missouri – July 26, 1953, in Los Angeles, California) was an American film and television cinematographer and director of photography.

[6] While shooting Trader Horn (1931) on location in Kenya, he seconded as the project's ham radio operator, keeping the production crew in the African bush in contact with its base camp in Nairobi.

[7][8] When on location in Alaska for 11 months for the filming of Eskimo (1933), he kept the production company in contact with its base.

[6][8] While working in a small shack made air-tight against the cold, De Vinna was in short wave contact with a ham operator in New Zealand, and was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes emitted by his gasoline heater.

[6][8] De Vinna's life as a cameraman, world traveler, and adventurer was captured in the 1939 Pete Smith MGM short film Radio Hams, written by Buddy Adler and directed by Felix E. Feist, with actor Alonzo Price starring as Clyde De Vinna.