---
name: "Bobby Byrne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bobby-byrne"
fi1m_id: "bobby-byrne"
imdb_id: "nm0126128"
tmdb_id: 4056
wikidata_id: "Q888489"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1932"
died: "9 March 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-02T21:56:05.931556+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."
---

# Bobby Byrne

## Identity

Bobby Byrne

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bobby-byrne
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bobby-byrne
- **IMDb ID:** nm0126128
- **TMDB ID:** 4056
- **Wikidata ID:** Q888489
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Byrne_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q888489, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4056

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1932 in Jamaica. Died 9 March 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1932, Jamaica
- **Died:** 9 March 2017
- **Active:** 1973–1988
- **Also known as:** Robert Byrne, Bob Byrne
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (1), 1980s 63 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Romance 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $120m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Byrne_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q888489, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4056

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Bull Durham*](https://film.one/film/bull-durham.md) (83)

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## Biography

Bobby Byrne (1932–2017) was an American cinematographer. Born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, he began his career as an animation cameraman before moving into live-action work. He served in the camera department for cinematographers Conrad L. Hall and William A. Fraker, later working as a camera operator on films including *Monte Walsh* (1970), *Paper Moon* (1973) and *New York, New York* (1977).

Byrne became a director of photography in 1977 with *Smokey and the Bandit*. His subsequent credits as director of photography include *Blue Collar* (1978), *Sixteen Candles* (1984), *Bull Durham* (1988) and *Stealing Home* (1988). He also shot 92 episodes of the television series *Mad About You*. Byrne joined the American Society of Cinematographers in 1994 and retired from cinematography in 2006.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theasc.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Bull Durham* (1988), Fi1m 83, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/bull-durham.md)
- *Howard the Duck* (1986), Fi1m 43, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/howard-the-duck.md)
- *Paper Moon* (1973), Fi1m 86, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/paper-moon.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story* (1992), Director of Photography
- *This Is My Life* (1992), Director of Photography
- *The Lemon Sisters* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Stealing Home* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Bull Durham* (1988), Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/bull-durham.md)
- *Howard the Duck* (1986), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/howard-the-duck.md)
- *Copacabana* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Television Parts Home Companion* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Kicks* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Sixteen Candles* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Neil Young: Solo Trans* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Going Berserk* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Things Are Tough All Over* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Paternity* (1981), Director of Photography
- *The Legend of the Lone Ranger* (1981), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Those Lips, Those Eyes* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Chilly Scenes of Winter* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Death Car on the Freeway* (1979), Director of Photography
- *The Villain* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Walk Proud* (1979), Director of Photography
- *California Dreaming* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Hooper* (1978), Director of Photography
- *The End* (1978), Director of Photography
- *The Last Waltz* (1978), Additional Director of Photography
- *Blue Collar* (1978), Director of Photography
- *First Love* (1977), Director of Photography
- *New York, New York* (1977), Camera Operator
- *Smokey and the Bandit* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Nickelodeon* (1976), Camera Operator
- *For Pete's Sake* (1974), Camera Operator
- *Huckleberry Finn* (1974), Camera Operator
- *Paper Moon* (1973), Camera Operator — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/paper-moon.md)
- *Slither* (1973), Camera Operator
- *What's Up, Doc?* (1972), Camera Operator
- *The Baby Maker* (1970), Camera Operator
- *Paint Your Wagon* (1969), Assistant Camera

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