---
name: "Bruce McCleery"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruce-mccleery"
fi1m_id: "bruce-mccleery"
imdb_id: "nm0565725"
tmdb_id: 1364399
roles: ["Second unit director of photography"]
born: "26 April 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T13:12:17.641594+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."
---

# Bruce McCleery

## Identity

Bruce McCleery

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruce-mccleery
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bruce-mccleery
- **IMDb ID:** nm0565725
- **TMDB ID:** 1364399
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565725/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1364399

Second unit director of photography. Born 26 April 1959.

## Details

- **Work:** Second unit director of photography
- **Born:** 26 April 1959
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Robert Bruce McCleery
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 61 (4), 2020s 62 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 66 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 7, Science Fiction 7, Action 6, Action & Adventure 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,333m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565725/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1364399

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Fallout*](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Bruce McCleery, also credited as Robert Bruce McCleery, is an American cinematographer and member of the American Society of Cinematographers. He began his career as a lighting technician and gaffer on features including *Independence Day* (1996), *Pleasantville* (1998) and *Friday Night Lights* (2004). After studying film at UCLA, he moved into second-unit and additional photography on major studio productions.

His second-unit and additional photography credits include *Star Trek* (2009), *Star Trek Into Darkness* (2013), *Star Trek Beyond* (2016), *The Amazing Spider-Man 2* (2014), *Super 8* (2011), *Tomorrowland* (2015), *Terminator: Dark Fate* (2019) and *Wrath of Man* (2021). He served as Volume Director of Photography and additional photographer on the series *Fallout* (2024–), and as director of photography on one episode. He has also been director of photography on independent features such as *Sabotage* (2014) and *Don’t Fade Away* (2011).

McCleery joined the ASC in 2020. He was born on 26 April 1959.

*Sources: imdb.com, theasc.com, nab26.mapyourshow.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Fallout* (2024), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md)
- *Blue Beetle* (2023), Fi1m 63, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-beetle.md)
- *Chaos Walking* (2021), Fi1m 44, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/chaos-walking.md)
- *Terminator: Dark Fate* (2019), Fi1m 61, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-dark-fate.md)
- *Star Trek Beyond* (2016), Fi1m 70, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-beyond.md)
- *The Amazing Spider-Man 2* (2014), Fi1m 54, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-amazing-spider-man-2.md)
- *Star Trek Into Darkness* (2013), Fi1m 60, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-into-darkness.md)
- *Star Trek* (2009), Fi1m 81, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

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

- *Captain America: Brave New World* (2025), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-brave-new-world.md)
- *Fallout* (2024), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md)
- *Once Upon a Studio* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Blue Beetle* (2023), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-beetle.md)
- *White Noise* (2022), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Samaritan* (2022), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins* (2021), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Wrath of Man* (2021), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Chaos Walking* (2021), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/chaos-walking.md)
- *Black and Blue* (2019), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Terminator: Dark Fate* (2019), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-dark-fate.md)
- *Alpha* (2018), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Cloverfield Paradox* (2018), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Star Trek Beyond* (2016), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-beyond.md)
- *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015), Second Unit Cinematographer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens.md)
- *Asura* (2015), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Tomorrowland* (2015), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Amazing Spider-Man 2* (2014), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-amazing-spider-man-2.md)
- *Sabotage* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Star Trek Into Darkness* (2013), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-into-darkness.md)
- *Super 8* (2011), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Battle: Los Angeles* (2011), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Season of the Witch* (2011), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Don't Fade Away* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Legion* (2010), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Cold Morning* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Star Trek* (2009), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek.md)
- *Shoot First And Pray You Live* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Reservations* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), as Chief Lighting Technician — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md)
- *Black Dawn* (2006), Director of Photography
- *The Skeleton Key* (2005), as Chief Lighting Technician
- *The Rundown* (2003), Gaffer
- *The Core* (2003), as Chief Lighting Technician
- *Enough* (2002), as Chief Lighting Technician
- *Payback* (1999), Gaffer
- *Pleasantville* (1998), Gaffer
- *One Eight Seven* (1997), Gaffer
- *Unhook the Stars* (1996), Gaffer
- *And the Band Played On* (1993), Gaffer
- *Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece* (1993), Gaffer
- *Wild at Heart* (1990), Rigging Gaffer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-at-heart.md)
- *Rising Son* (1990), Gaffer
- *Lionheart* (1990), Gaffer
- *Incident at Dark River* (1989), Gaffer
- *Stepfather 2* (1989), Gaffer
- *Third Degree Burn* (1989), Gaffer
- *Cold Feet* (1989), Gaffer
- *A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master* (1988), Gaffer
- *The Serpent and the Rainbow* (1988), as Best Boy Electric
- *The Rosary Murders* (1987), as Best Boy Electric
- *Nightwatch* (1985), Gaffer

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