---
name: "Eric Leach"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eric-leach"
fi1m_id: "eric-leach"
imdb_id: "nm0494822"
tmdb_id: 1411844
wikidata_id: "Q139434854"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "19 December 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T20:29:17.494531+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 Leach

## Identity

Eric Leach

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eric-leach
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eric-leach
- **IMDb ID:** nm0494822
- **TMDB ID:** 1411844
- **Wikidata ID:** Q139434854
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139434854, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494822/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1411844

Cinematographer. Born 19 December 1975 in Crown Point, Indiana, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 19 December 1975, Crown Point, Indiana, USA
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 50 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Music 1, Thriller 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $89m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139434854, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494822/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1411844

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Marshals*](https://film.one/tv/marshals.md) (44)

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## Biography

Eric Leach is an American cinematographer. Born on 19 December 1975 in Crown Point, Indiana, he trained at Columbia College Chicago.

He began his career in the camera and electrical department on features including *Knocked Up* (2007), *Whiplash* (2014) and *The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It* (2021). Leach has worked as second unit director of photography or camera operator on numerous productions before taking lead cinematography roles.

His credits as director of photography include the series *SEAL Team* (2020–2024, 28 episodes) and features such as *Studio 666* (2022). He is also credited on *Marshals* (2026).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Marshals* (2026), Fi1m 44, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/marshals.md)
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1* (2024), Fi1m 55, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1.md)
- *Whiplash* (2014), Fi1m 84, "B" Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/whiplash.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Marshals* (2026), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/tv/marshals.md)
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1* (2024), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1.md)
- *Studio 666* (2022), Director of Photography
- *The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It* (2021), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Eli* (2019), "A" Camera Operator
- *Zeroville* (2019), Camera Operator
- *Thrasher Road* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Office Christmas Party* (2016), "B" Camera Operator
- *Mr. Church* (2016), "B" Camera Operator
- *The Neighbor* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Intruders* (2015), Director of Photography
- *What Lola Wants* (2015), Cinematography
- *Whiplash* (2014), "B" Camera Operator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/whiplash.md)
- *Deliver Us from Evil* (2014), Camera Operator
- *Project: S.E.R.A.* (2013), series, Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator
- *Crush* (2013), "A" Camera Operator
- *Loom* (2012), Camera Operator
- *The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez* (2012), Director of Photography
- *The Darkest Hour* (2011), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Roommate* (2011), "B" Camera Operator
- *Faster* (2010), Camera Operator
- *A Nightmare on Elm Street* (2010), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Forget Me Not* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Borderland* (2007), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Cleaner* (2007), "A" Camera Operator
- *Knocked Up* (2007), Grip
- *Hatchet* (2006), Camera Operator
- *Friends with Money* (2006), Grip
- *The Aviator* (2004), Rigging Grip — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-aviator.md)
- *Final Stab* (2001), Best Boy Grip
- *Stir of Echoes* (1999), Camera Technician

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