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name: "James Bartle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-bartle"
fi1m_id: "james-bartle"
imdb_id: "nm0058754"
tmdb_id: 29080
wikidata_id: "Q1680010"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:15:15.803609+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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# James Bartle

## Identity

James Bartle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-bartle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-bartle
- **IMDb ID:** nm0058754
- **TMDB ID:** 29080
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1680010
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1680010, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058754/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29080

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 2000 in New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, New Zealand
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1680010, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058754/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29080

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Quiet Earth*](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-earth.md) (78)

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## Biography

James Bartle is an Australian cinematographer. He grew up in Melbourne and developed an early interest in light and photography before moving to New Zealand in the 1970s to work in film.

Bartle made his feature debut as director of photography on the 1982 gothic film *The Scarecrow*. He shot the 1985 New Zealand post-apocalyptic drama *The Quiet Earth*, for which he received a New Zealand Film and Television Award in 1987. His other New Zealand credits include *Heart of the Stag* (1984) and *Death Warmed Up* (1984).

Since the late 1980s Bartle has worked primarily on American television films and series, including several entries in the *Hercules* franchise (1994–1999) and titles such as *My Best Friend Is a Vampire* (1987), *Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (1998) and *Inherit the Wind* (1999).

*Sources: imdb.com, nzonscreen.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Quiet Earth* (1985), Fi1m 78, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-earth.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *California Dreaming* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Raising Waylon* (2004), Director of Photography
- *The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Lucy* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Guilty Hearts* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Taking Back Our Town* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Yesterday's Children* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Switched at Birth* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Inherit the Wind* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Murder at 75 Birch* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Point Last Seen* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Monday After the Miracle* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Fifteen and Pregnant* (1998), Director of Photography
- *20,000 Leagues Under the Sea* (1997), series, Director of Photography
- *Still Twisted* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Twisted* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Twisted Tales* (1996), series, Director of Photography
- *Dead Heart* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Sins of Silence* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Hercules in the Underworld* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Hercules and the Circle of Fire* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Shadows of Desire* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Hammers Over the Anvil* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Hercules and the Lost Kingdom* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Hercules and the Amazon Women* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Knight Rider 2010* (1994), Director of Photography
- *The President's Child* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Brides of Christ* (1991), series, Director of Photography
- *The Shrimp on the Barbie* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Brotherhood of the Rose* (1989), series, Director of Photography
- *A Dangerous Life* (1988), series, Director of Photography
- *My Best Friend Is a Vampire* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Angel in Green* (1987), Director of Photography
- *The Good Wife* (1987), Director of Photography
- *The Quiet Earth* (1985), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-earth.md)
- *Death Warmed Up* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Heart of the Stag* (1984), Director of Photography
- *The Scarecrow* (1982), Director of Photography

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