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name: "Christopher Baffa"
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born: "6 June 1965"
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# Christopher Baffa

Cinematographer. Born 6 June 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 6 June 1965, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Christopher J. Baffa, Chris Baffa

## Biography

Christopher Baffa is an American cinematographer. He graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television in 1990 and began working as a director of photography on feature films and television in 1994.

He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 2007. Baffa has served as director of photography on the series *Nip/Tuck* (2005–2009), *Glee* (2009–2012) and *American Horror Story* (2011). His feature credits include *Suicide Kings* (1997), *Next Friday* (2000), *Running with Scissors* (2006) and *Ashby* (2015). He was named one of Variety’s ten cinematographers to watch in 1999.

*Sources: imdb.com, cinema.usc.edu, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Glee* (2009), Fi1m 68, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)

## Also known for

- *American Horror Story* (2011), Director of Photography
- *The Rookie* (2018), Additional Photography
- *Idle Hands* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Next Friday* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Krypton* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Ashby* (2015), Director of Photography
- *The Road Within* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Suicide Kings* (1997), Director of Photography

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