---
name: "Bob Gilles"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-gilles"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T18:52:44.754037+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."
---

# Bob Gilles

Cinematographer. Born in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 1986–2016
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 79 (1), 2010s 85 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 82 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, Documentary 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $412m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1797207

## Streaming the US now

- **Discovery+:** [*Planet Earth II*](https://film.one/tv/planet-earth-ii.md) (86)

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## Biography

Bob Gilles is a cinematographer and Steadicam operator. He has worked as a gaffer and in other camera department roles.

Gilles served as one of the directors of photography on the BBC nature series *Planet Earth II* (2016). His other credits include Steadicam operating on films such as *Gone Girl* (2014), *The Girl on the Train* (2016) and *Ghost in the Shell* (2017), and director of photography on *The Silent Natural* (2019).

*Sources: castfacts.com, filmflow.tv, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Planet Earth II* (2016), Fi1m 86, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/planet-earth-ii.md)
- *Gone Girl* (2014), Fi1m 84, Steadicam Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md)
- *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986), Fi1m 79, Camera Intern — [page](https://film.one/film/peggy-sue-got-married.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Kangaroo Kids* (2026), Editor
- *I'm Charlie Walker* (2022), Techno Crane Operator
- *Sister of the Bride* (2019), Location Manager
- *The Silent Natural* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Mirror* (2017), Steadicam Operator
- *American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story* (2017), series, Steadicam Operator
- *Ghost in the Shell* (2017), Steadicam Operator
- *Planet Earth II* (2016), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/planet-earth-ii.md)
- *The Girl on the Train* (2016), Steadicam Operator
- *Minority Report* (2015), series, Director of Photography
- *Empire* (2015), series, Steadicam Operator
- *Gone Girl* (2014), Steadicam Operator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md)
- *How to Get Away with Murder* (2014), series, Steadicam Operator
- *The Drop* (2014), Steadicam Operator
- *Miss Julie* (2014), Steadicam Operator
- *Turks & Caicos* (2014), Steadicam Operator
- *Resident Evil: Retribution* (2012), Steadicam Operator
- *Perception* (2012), series, Steadicam Operator
- *Olive* (2011), Steadicam Operator
- *Homeland* (2011), series, Steadicam Operator — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *Killer Elite* (2011), Steadicam Operator
- *Weapon X Mutant Files* (2009), Steadicam Operator
- *Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2009* (2008), Steadicam Operator
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades* (2000), Steadicam Operator
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure* (2000), Steadicam Operator
- *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986), Camera Intern — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/peggy-sue-got-married.md)
- *War Party*, Director of Photography

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