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name: "Craig DiBona"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/craig-dibona"
roles: ["Camera operator"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-17T20:18:49.643594+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."
---

# Craig DiBona

Camera operator.

## Details

- **Work:** Camera operator
- **Active:** 1990–1995
- **Also known as:** Craig Di Bona
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 3, Thriller 3, Action 1, Comedy 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $784m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113669561, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225144/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18084

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

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## Biography

Craig DiBona is a cinematographer and member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and the Directors Guild of America (DGA). He graduated from Emerson College in Boston with degrees in mass communications and speech. He began his career in the camera department at General Camera Corporation and Panavision, where he built 16mm newsreel cameras and was among the first to use the Panaglide stabilising system on feature films, television and commercials.

As a camera operator he worked on films including *The Godfather Part III* (1990), *A League of Their Own* (1992), *Carlito's Way* (1993), *Meet Joe Black* (1998) and *Die Hard with a Vengeance* (1995). His credits as director of photography include multiple seasons of the series *Blue Bloods* (2010–2015), *Hack* (2002–2004) and episodes of *Law & Order* (1990). He also directed and served as cinematographer on the feature *Rain* (2006).

DiBona is the son of Richard DiBona, co-founder of General Camera.

*Sources: imdb.com, craigdibona.com, theasc.com, warwickadvertiser.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Die Hard: With a Vengeance* (1995), Fi1m 78, "A" Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-with-a-vengeance.md)
- *Carlito's Way* (1993), Fi1m 86, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/carlitos-way.md)
- *A League of Their Own* (1992), Fi1m 80, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/a-league-of-their-own.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Presumed Innocent* (1990), Fi1m 82, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/presumed-innocent.md)

## Also known for

- *The Godfather Part III* (1990), Camera Operator
- *Meet Joe Black* (1998), Camera Operator
- *You've Got Mail* (1998), Camera Operator
- *A Bronx Tale* (1993), Camera Operator
- *Dressed to Kill* (1980), Camera Operator
- *Regarding Henry* (1991), Steadicam Operator
- *Boomerang* (1992), Camera Operator
- *Riding in Cars with Boys* (2001), Camera Operator

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