---
name: "Claudio Miranda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/claudio-miranda"
fi1m_id: "claudio-miranda"
imdb_id: "nm0592073"
tmdb_id: 51333
wikidata_id: "Q944140"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-23T04:00:33.662384+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."
---

# Claudio Miranda

## Identity

Claudio Miranda

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/claudio-miranda
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** claudio-miranda
- **IMDb ID:** nm0592073
- **TMDB ID:** 51333
- **Wikidata ID:** Q944140
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Miranda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944140, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0592073/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51333

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1965 in Valparaíso, Chile.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1965, Valparaíso, Chile
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Joseph Kosinski](https://film.one/person/joseph-kosinski.md), [Brad Pitt](https://film.one/person/brad-pitt.md), [Ehren Kruger](https://film.one/person/ehren-kruger.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 64 (1), 2010s 69 (2), 2020s 73 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 69 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 3, Adventure 2, Fantasy 1, Romance 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,478m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Miranda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944140, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0592073/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51333

## Coming up

- *Star Wars: Starfighter* (2027-05-26), Director of Photography
- *Miami Vice '85* (2028-05-18), Director of Photography

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Top Gun: Maverick*](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md) (80), [*F1*](https://film.one/film/f1.md) (66)
- **HBO Max:** [*Life of Pi*](https://film.one/film/life-of-pi.md) (78)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*](https://film.one/film/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button.md) (64)
- **Disney+:** [*TRON: Legacy*](https://film.one/film/tron-legacy.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Claudio Miranda, ASC is a Chilean-American cinematographer. Born in Valparaíso, Chile in 1965, he began his career in the 1990s as a gaffer for David Fincher on films including *Seven* (1995), *The Game* (1997) and *Fight Club* (1999), later serving as additional photographer on *Zodiac* (2007).

He has maintained a long collaboration with director Joseph Kosinski, serving as director of photography on *TRON: Legacy* (2010), *Oblivion* (2013), *Only the Brave* (2017), *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022) and *F1* (2025). Miranda won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Ang Lee's *Life of Pi* (2012) and received a nomination for Fincher's *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* (2008). He has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 2009.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, thewrap.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *F1* (2025), Fi1m 66, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/f1.md)
- *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), Fi1m 80, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md)
- *Life of Pi* (2012), Fi1m 78, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/life-of-pi.md)
- *TRON: Legacy* (2010), Fi1m 60, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/tron-legacy.md)
- *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* (2008), Fi1m 64, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Miami Vice '85* (2028), Director of Photography
- *Star Wars: Starfighter* (2027), Director of Photography
- *F1* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/f1.md)
- *NYAD* (2023), Director of Photography
- *7 Deaths of Maria Callas* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Spiderhead* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md)
- *Only the Brave* (2017), Director of Photography
- *The Dig* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Tomorrowland* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Help* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Oblivion* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Life of Pi* (2012), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/life-of-pi.md)
- *TRON: Legacy* (2010), Director of Photography — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/tron-legacy.md)
- *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* (2008), Director of Photography — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button.md)
- *Failure to Launch* (2006), Director of Photography
- *A Thousand Roads* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Mute* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Fight Club* (1999), Gaffer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/fight-club.md)
- *Enemy of the State* (1998), as Chief Lighting Technician — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/enemy-of-the-state.md)
- *Se7en* (1995), Gaffer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/se7en.md)
- *Crimson Tide* (1995), as Chief Lighting Technician
- *The Crow* (1994), Gaffer

## Gallery

- ![Claudio Miranda](https://film.one/media/person/8316/gallery-5451b8f0e9d2.jpg) Claudio Miranda — Image via TMDB
- ![Claudio Miranda](https://film.one/media/person/8316/gallery-1fda578e0fa2.jpg) Claudio Miranda — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2013: Best Cinematography (won), for *Life of Pi*
- 2009: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2013: Best Cinematography (won), for *Life of Pi*

### Other awards — 3 won

- Satellite Award for Best Cinematography 2012: Satellite Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *Life of Pi*
- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography 2012: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *Life of Pi*
- Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography 2008: Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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