---
name: "Barry Abrams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-abrams"
fi1m_id: "barry-abrams"
imdb_id: "nm0009161"
tmdb_id: 38686
wikidata_id: "Q139267273"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "7 March 1944"
died: "4 August 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-09T04:06:11.543721+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."
---

# Barry Abrams

## Identity

Barry Abrams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barry-abrams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barry-abrams
- **IMDb ID:** nm0009161
- **TMDB ID:** 38686
- **Wikidata ID:** Q139267273
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139267273, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38686

Cinematographer. Born 7 March 1944 in Amarillo, Texas, USA. Died 4 August 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 7 March 1944, Amarillo, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 4 August 2009
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139267273, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38686

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Friday the 13th*](https://film.one/film/friday-the-13th.md) (48)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Barry Abrams (1944–2009) was a cinematographer whose credits include director of photography on *Friday the 13th* (1980) and *The Children* (1980). He also worked on *Here Come the Tigers* (1978), *Manny's Orphans* (1978), *Hollywood on Trial* (1976) and *A Stranger Is Watching* (1982). Earlier credits include assistant camera on *Hi, Mom!* (1970).

Born on 7 March 1944 in Amarillo, Texas, Abrams later took occasional acting roles in film and television.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Friday the 13th* (1980), Fi1m 48, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/friday-the-13th.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *A Stranger Is Watching* (1982), Director of Photography
- *The Children* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Friday the 13th* (1980), Director of Photography — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/friday-the-13th.md)
- *Here Come the Tigers* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Manny's Orphans* (1978), Director of Photography
- *The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover* (1977), Additional Photography
- *La miel amarga* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Hi, Mom!* (1970), Assistant Camera

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