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name: "Ian Baker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-baker"
fi1m_id: "ian-baker"
imdb_id: "nm0048524"
tmdb_id: 27099
wikidata_id: "Q1655440"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:29:15.020705+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."
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# Ian Baker

## Identity

Ian Baker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-baker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ian-baker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0048524
- **TMDB ID:** 27099
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1655440
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Baker_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655440, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048524/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27099

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1947 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1947, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Baker_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655440, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048524/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27099

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith*](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md) (80)

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## Biography

Ian Baker is an Australian cinematographer. Born in Melbourne in 1947, he studied sculpture and painting at Fine Art School and Swinburne College of Advanced Education (now the Victorian College of the Arts). He began his career in advertising, working on television commercials, and in 1976 established his own production company in Melbourne.

Baker’s feature film work began in the late 1970s. He has collaborated extensively with director Fred Schepisi, serving as cinematographer on films including *The Devil’s Playground* (1976), *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), *Roxanne* (1987), *The Russia House* (1990), *Six Degrees of Separation* (1993), *Fierce Creatures* (1997), *Queen of the Damned* (2002) and *Evan Almighty* (2007). He has also worked on *The Punisher* (1989), *I.Q.* (1994), *The Chamber* (1996) and *Words and Pictures* (2014).

Baker won the Australian Film Institute Award for best cinematography for *The Devil’s Playground* and received further AFI recognition for *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* and *Japanese Story* (2003).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, ianbakerdp.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), Fi1m 80, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Words and Pictures* (2014), Director of Photography
- *The Eye of the Storm* (2011), Director of Photography
- *De Vliegende Hollander: Hoe een sage tot leven kwam...* (2007), Sound
- *Evan Almighty* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Empire Falls* (2005), series, Director of Photography
- *Japanese Story* (2003), Director of Photography
- *It Runs in the Family* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Queen of the Damned* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Fierce Creatures* (1997), Director of Photography
- *The Chamber* (1996), Director of Photography
- *I.Q.* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Six Degrees of Separation* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Mr. Baseball* (1992), Director of Photography
- *The Russia House* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Everybody Wins* (1990), Director of Photography
- *The Punisher* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Evil Angels* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Roxanne* (1987), Director of Photography
- *The Last Frontier* (1986), series, Director of Photography
- *Plenty* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Iceman* (1984), Director of Photography
- *The Clinic* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Barbarosa* (1982), Director of Photography
- *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md)
- *The Devil's Playground* (1977), Director of Photography
- *The Cool Allatonceness* (1968), Director

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