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name: "Joel Ransom"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joel-ransom"
fi1m_id: "joel-ransom"
imdb_id: "nm0710405"
tmdb_id: 23487
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T07:16:20.984575+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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# Joel Ransom

## Identity

Joel Ransom

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joel-ransom
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joel-ransom
- **IMDb ID:** nm0710405
- **TMDB ID:** 23487
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710405/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23487

Cinematographer. Born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 1993–2001
- **Also known as:** Joel J. Ransom, Joel R. Ransom, Joel Ranson
- **Frequently works with:** [David Nutter](https://film.one/person/david-nutter.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 89 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710405/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23487

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Band of Brothers*](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md) (89)
- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84)

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## Biography

Joel Ransom is a Canadian cinematographer. He worked as a camera operator on *The X-Files* before becoming director of photography for multiple episodes of the series from 1997 to 1998 and again for the 2016 revival. He also served as director of photography on five episodes of the miniseries *Band of Brothers* (2001).

Ransom has shot other television series including *Lost in Space* (2018), *Caprica* (2010) and *Outcast* (2014), as well as feature films such as *The Stoning of Soraya M.* (2009) and *The Young Messiah* (2016). He received Emmy nominations for his work on *The X-Files* and *The Path to 9/11*.

*Sources: imdb.com, mjq.net, encyclopedia.com, theasc.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Band of Brothers* (2001), Fi1m 89, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Infidel* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Lost in Space* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *The Young Messiah* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Outcast* (2014), Director of Photography, Photoscience Manager
- *Frontera* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Djinn* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Delete* (2013), series, Director of Photography
- *Camelot* (2011), series, Director of Photography
- *Caprica* (2010), series, Director of Photography
- *The Stoning of Soraya M.* (2009), Director of Photography
- *High Noon* (2009), Director of Photography
- *The Tenth Circle* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Matters of Life & Dating* (2007), Director of Photography
- *The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Nora Roberts' Angels Fall* (2007), Director of Photography
- *The Path to 9/11* (2006), series, Director of Photography
- *Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Traffic* (2004), series, Director of Photography
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2003), series, Cinematography
- *Saving Jessica Lynch* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Band of Brothers* (2001), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)
- *Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby* (2000), Director of Photography
- *G-Saviour* (1999), Cinematography
- *Deep Rising* (1998), Camera Operator
- *Bordello of Blood* (1996), "B" Camera Operator
- *Happy Gilmore* (1996), Camera Operator
- *Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14* (1995), Camera Operator
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *When a Stranger Calls Back* (1993), Camera Operator
- *Through the Eyes of a Killer* (1992), Camera Operator
- *Last Man Standing* (1987), First Assistant Camera
- *Rad* (1986), Assistant Camera
- *Loose Ends* (1986), First Assistant Camera
- *My Tutor* (1983), Second Assistant Camera
- *Liberty*, Cinematography

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