---
name: "David R. Hardberger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-r-hardberger"
fi1m_id: "david-r-hardberger"
imdb_id: "nm0362046"
tmdb_id: 69906
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "11 February 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T01:57:09.059672+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."
---

# David R. Hardberger

## Identity

David R. Hardberger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-r-hardberger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-r-hardberger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0362046
- **TMDB ID:** 69906
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69906

Cinematographer. Born 11 February 1948.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 11 February 1948
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69906

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Dinosaur*](https://film.one/film/dinosaur.md) (52)

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## Biography

David R. Hardberger is an American cinematographer and camera operator. He began his career in the Universal Optical Department and worked in visual effects at companies including Robert Abel and Associates, with Doug Trumbull, and at Industrial Light & Magic. His early credits include camera work on films such as *Willow* (1988).

Hardberger later served as director of photography for miniature units on *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001) and *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), and as background photographer and cinematographer on the animated feature *Dinosaur* (2000). He has worked as director of photography on independent projects including *Flytrap* (2015) and *Feast of Fear* (2019).

*Sources: imdb.com, shotonwhat.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dinosaur* (2000), Fi1m 52, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/dinosaur.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Feast of Fear* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Dinosaur* (2000), Director of Photography — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/dinosaur.md)
- *Willow* (1988), Camera Operator

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