---
name: "Christopher Messina"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-messina"
fi1m_id: "christopher-messina"
imdb_id: "nm1038667"
tmdb_id: 1333106
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T07:51:40.464218+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."
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# Christopher Messina

## Identity

Christopher Messina

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-messina
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-messina
- **IMDb ID:** nm1038667
- **TMDB ID:** 1333106
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1038667/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1333106

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Also known as:** Chris Messina
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1038667/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1333106

## Coming up

- *Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall* (2026-11-20), Camera Operator
- *Mirage* (2026-12-04), Cinematography

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*If I Had Legs I'd Kick You*](https://film.one/film/if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you.md) (78)

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## Biography

Christopher Messina is a cinematographer, also credited as Chris Messina. He served as director of photography on the 2025 feature *If I Had Legs I'd Kick You*.

His credits include cinematography on the series *American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders* (2024) and *Chillin Island* (2021–2022), as well as earlier camera operator work on *Good Time* (2017) and *Heaven Knows What* (2015). He has received two wins and two nominations for his work.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *If I Had Legs I'd Kick You* (2025), Fi1m 78, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you.md)
- *Good Time* (2017), Fi1m 82, Camera Operator, Still Photographer — [page](https://film.one/film/good-time.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *Mirage* (2026), Cinematography
- *Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall* (2026), Camera Operator
- *The Widower: 'Til Death Do Us Part* (2026), Cinematography — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-widower-til-death-do-us-part.md)
- *Our Hero, Balthazar* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Deepfaking Sam Altman* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh* (2025), Director of Photography
- *If I Had Legs I'd Kick You* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you.md)
- *Doomed and Famous* (2025), Colorist
- *American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders* (2024), series, Director of Photography
- *Admissions Granted* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God* (2023), series, Director of Photography
- *Alberto and the Beast* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Telemarketers* (2023), series, Director of Photography
- *Funny Pages* (2022), "B" Camera Operator
- *Chillin Island* (2021), series, Director of Photography
- *Editing* (2021), Cinematography
- *Pigface* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Golden Arm* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Caterina* (2019), Cinematography
- *Foreign Powers* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Fourteen* (2019), Director of Photography
- *East of the River* (2019), Cinematography
- *Alt-Right: Age of Rage* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Good Time* (2017), Camera Operator, Still Photographer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/good-time.md)
- *I Was There When House Took Over the World* (2017), series, Director of Photography
- *The New Radical* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Toback Vs. Mailer: The Incident* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Dear Renzo* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Motivation 2: The Chris Cole Story* (2015), Camera Operator
- *Heaven Knows What* (2015), Camera Operator
- *The Day the Series Stopped* (2014), Additional Camera
- *For the Plasma* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Swim Little Fish Swim* (2014), Camera Operator
- *Sea Pig*, Assistant Camera

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