---
name: "Josh Bleibtreu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/josh-bleibtreu"
roles: ["Camera operator"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-18T07:27:34.912187+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."
---

# Josh Bleibtreu

Camera operator.

## Details

- **Work:** Camera operator
- **Active:** 1995–2008
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (2), 2000s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 65 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, History 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,490m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088178/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1400373

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Quantum of Solace*](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md) (58)

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## Biography

Josh Bleibtreu is a cinematographer. He served as director of photography on *Quantum of Solace* (2008).

Bleibtreu has worked extensively as second unit director of photography or in additional photography roles on numerous feature films, including *Batman Begins* (2005), *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1* (2014), *Suicide Squad* (2016), *The Accountant* (2016), *Maze Runner: The Death Cure* (2018) and *Dark Phoenix* (2019). He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

*Sources: imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Quantum of Solace* (2008), Fi1m 58, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md)
- *Batman Begins* (2005), Fi1m 81, Additional Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-begins.md)
- *Contact* (1997), Fi1m 76, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *Apollo 13* (1995), Fi1m 84, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/apollo-13.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Dark Phoenix* (2019), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Cloverfield Paradox* (2018), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Maze Runner: The Death Cure* (2018), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Accountant* (2016), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Suicide Squad* (2016), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1* (2014), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Transcendence* (2014), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Ride Along* (2014), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Snow White and the Huntsman* (2012), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Knight and Day* (2010), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Angels & Demons* (2009), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Seven Pounds* (2008), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Quantum of Solace* (2008), Director of Photography — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md)
- *Knocked Up* (2007), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Batman Begins* (2005), Additional Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-begins.md)
- *The Glass House* (2001), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *She's So Lovely* (1997), "B" Camera Operator
- *Contact* (1997), Camera Operator — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *Barb Wire* (1996), Camera Operator
- *Apollo 13* (1995), Camera Operator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/apollo-13.md)
- *Forget Paris* (1995), "B" Camera Operator
- *Ri¢hie Ri¢h* (1994), "A" Camera Operator
- *My Life* (1993), First Assistant Camera
- *Backdraft* (1991), First Assistant Camera
- *Murphy's Law* (1986), Second Assistant Camera

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