---
name: "Bill Kirstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-kirstein"
fi1m_id: "bill-kirstein"
imdb_id: "nm3319364"
tmdb_id: 1610252
wikidata_id: "Q124830659"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T01:26:18.515063+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."
---

# Bill Kirstein

## Identity

Bill Kirstein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-kirstein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-kirstein
- **IMDb ID:** nm3319364
- **TMDB ID:** 1610252
- **Wikidata ID:** Q124830659
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124830659, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3319364/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1610252

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Also known as:** William 'Wild Bill' Kirstein, William Kirstein, Білл Кірштайн
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124830659, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3319364/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1610252

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Mean Girls*](https://film.one/film/mean-girls.md) (56)

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## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mean Girls* (2024), Fi1m 56, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/mean-girls.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie* (2026), Cinematography
- *Poreless* (2025), Director of Photography
- *The Believers* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Happyend* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Fly Me to the Moon* (2024), Story
- *Mean Girls* (2024), Director of Photography — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/mean-girls.md)
- *Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022* (2022), Cinematography
- *Fragments of Paradise* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Sisters with Transistors* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Almost a Year* (2021), Cinematography
- *The Soul of America* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Marriage Story* (2020), Producer
- *The Chicken* (2020), Director of Photography
- *So Pretty* (2019), Producer, Director of Photography
- *Paul McCartney: Live from NYC* (2018), Cinematography
- *Common Structure* (2018), Director
- *Fuck Work* (2015), Director of Photography
- *BEYONCÉ* (2014), Director
- *Beyoncé: Self-Titled* (2013), Producer
- *Beyoncé: Self-Titled* (2013), series, Producer
- *Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream* (2013), Producer
- *20/20*, Director of Photography
- *All Day Is a Long Time*, Director of Photography

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