---
name: "Baird Bryant"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/baird-bryant"
fi1m_id: "baird-bryant"
imdb_id: "nm0047858"
tmdb_id: 1355370
wikidata_id: "Q4848609"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "12 December 1927"
died: "13 November 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T15:19:42.097619+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Baird Bryant

## Identity

Baird Bryant

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/baird-bryant
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** baird-bryant
- **IMDb ID:** nm0047858
- **TMDB ID:** 1355370
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4848609
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baird_Bryant, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4848609, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047858/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1355370

Cinematographer. Born 12 December 1927 in Columbus, Indiana, USA. Died 13 November 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 12 December 1927, Columbus, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 13 November 2008
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baird_Bryant, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4848609, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047858/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1355370

## Biography

Baird Bryant was an American cinematographer and filmmaker. He was born Wenzell Baird Bryant on 12 December 1927 in Columbus, Indiana, and graduated from Harvard University. In the early 1950s he lived in Paris and associated with writers of the Beat generation before beginning his film career in the early 1960s.

Bryant served as director of photography on *The Cool World* (1964). His other credits include camera work on *Easy Rider* (1969) and *Gimme Shelter* (1970), as well as cinematography on *Celebration at Big Sur* (1971), *Broken Rainbow* (1985) and *Heart of Tibet* (1991). He died on 13 November 2008 in Hemet, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, thetimes.com, catalog.afi.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Cool World* (1964), Fi1m 84, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cool-world.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Man Called God* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Jimi Plays Berkeley* (2003), Editor
- *Jugular Wine: A Vampire Odyssey* (1994), as Ship Captain · Cinematography
- *Invaders from Mars* (1986), Foley Editor
- *The Delta Force* (1986), Foley Editor
- *Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)* (1986), Sound Editor
- *Invasion U.S.A.* (1985), Sound Effects Editor
- *Broken Rainbow* (1985), Cinematography
- *A Poem Is a Naked Person* (1974), Additional Photography
- *Womanhouse* (1974), Camera Operator
- *Sonic Boom* (1974), Cinematography
- *Sunseed* (1973), Cinematography
- *The Love Song of Charles Faberman* (1972), Cinematography
- *The Manipulator* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Celebration at Big Sur* (1971), Director, Camera Operator, Editor
- *The Cool World* (1964), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cool-world.md)
- *Smiles* (1964), Cinematography
- *Greenwich Village Story* (1963), Cinematography
- *Ferdi* (1955), Director
- *Mad Nest* (1955), Cinematography
- *The Vipers* (1955), Director

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