---
name: "Eric Branco"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eric-branco"
fi1m_id: "eric-branco"
imdb_id: "nm1950381"
tmdb_id: 1102696
wikidata_id: "Q63701096"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T01:39:25.298394+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."
---

# Eric Branco

## Identity

Eric Branco

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eric-branco
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eric-branco
- **IMDb ID:** nm1950381
- **TMDB ID:** 1102696
- **Wikidata ID:** Q63701096
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63701096, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1950381/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1102696

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 2000 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 81 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63701096, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1950381/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1102696

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Clemency*](https://film.one/film/clemency.md) (81)
- **Netflix:** [*The Forty-Year-Old Version*](https://film.one/film/the-forty-year-old-version.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Eric Branco is an American cinematographer. A native of the Bronx, New York City, he studied acting at HB Studio before enrolling in the film programme at the School of Visual Arts. He left to work in the lighting department on independent films in New York, later gaining his first cinematography credit on a music video shot in Tanzania.

Branco’s feature credits include *Clemency* (2019), which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and *The Forty-Year-Old Version* (2020), which won the U.S. Dramatic Competition Directing Award at Sundance. He has also shot *Story Ave* (2023) and television series including *Let the Right One In* and *Bupkis*. In 2019 he was named one of Variety’s “10 Cinematographers to Watch”, and in 2020 one of American Cinematographer’s “Rising Stars of Cinematography”. He joined the American Society of Cinematographers in 2025.

*Sources: theasc.com, ericbrancodp.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Forty-Year-Old Version* (2020), Fi1m 80, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-forty-year-old-version.md)
- *Clemency* (2019), Fi1m 81, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/clemency.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Chasing Summer* (2026), Director of Photography
- *A Love Letter to M* (2025), Cinematography
- *Ado* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Story Ave* (2023), Director of Photography
- *On the Come Up* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Road to Perth* (2021), as Eric the Photographer
- *Silent Partner* (2021), Director of Photography
- *That Damn Michael Che* (2021), series, Director of Photography
- *The Forty-Year-Old Version* (2020), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-forty-year-old-version.md)
- *Clemency* (2019), Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/clemency.md)
- *Two Beats One Soul* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Night Shift* (2017), Director of Photography
- *The Train* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Tough* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Zerogon* (2015), Director of Photography
- *A Long Walk* (2014), Director of Photography
- *The Possibilities* (2013), Director of Photography
- *The River* (2013), Director of Photography
- *C-Rock* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Don't Call It a Comeback* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Hypothermia* (2012), Director of Photography
- *White Alligator* (2012), Director of Photography
- *V/H/S* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Apocalypse, CA* (2011), as Mike · Co-Producer
- *Stake Land: Sister* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Stake Land: Martin* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Stake Land: Willie* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Stake Land: The Day I Told My Boyfriend* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Satan Hates You* (2010), Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator
- *Meshuggah: Alive* (2010), Camera Operator
- *Dissecting Santa* (2008), Director, Writer
- *The Compositor*, Director of Photography
- *Silent Partner*, Director, Writer

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