---
name: "Ian Megibben"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-megibben"
fi1m_id: "ian-megibben"
imdb_id: "nm1993460"
tmdb_id: 1636397
wikidata_id: "Q24515300"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-27T19:38:30.505998+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."
---

# Ian Megibben

## Identity

Ian Megibben

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-megibben
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ian-megibben
- **IMDb ID:** nm1993460
- **TMDB ID:** 1636397
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24515300
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24515300, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1993460/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1636397

Cinematographer. Born in Dallas, Texas, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 68 (1), 2020s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 75 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 3, Family 3, Adventure 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,541m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24515300, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1993460/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1636397

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Soul*](https://film.one/film/soul.md) (80), [*Hoppers*](https://film.one/film/hoppers.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Ian Megibben is an American cinematographer and lighting artist at Pixar Animation Studios. He studied film production at Loyola Marymount University from 1995 to 1999.

Megibben began his career in lighting roles on Pixar films including *Up* (2009), *Toy Story 3* (2010), *Brave* (2012) and *Inside Out* (2015). He served as director of photography on the short *Bao* (2018) and the features *Soul* (2020), *Lightyear* (2022) and *Hoppers* (2026).

A Dallas native, Megibben has cited his upbringing in East Dallas and his father's work as a creative director at a local advertising agency as influences on his visual approach.

*Sources: imdb.com, dallasobserver.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Hoppers* (2026), Fi1m 76, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/hoppers.md)
- *Soul* (2020), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/soul.md)
- *Finding Dory* (2016), Fi1m 68, Lighting Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Hoppers* (2026), Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hoppers.md)
- *Lightyear* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Soul* (2020), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/soul.md)
- *Bao* (2018), Supervising Technical Director, Director of Photography
- *Finding Dory* (2016), Lighting Camera — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)
- *Inside Out* (2015), Master Lighting Artist — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md)
- *Toy Story 3* (2010), Master Lighting Artist — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-3.md)
- *Up* (2009), Master Lighting Artist — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/up.md)

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