---
name: "Mark Davison"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-davison"
fi1m_id: "mark-davison"
imdb_id: "nm0205738"
tmdb_id: 1464530
roles: ["First assistant camera"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T11:58:29.457680+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."
---

# Mark Davison

## Identity

Mark Davison

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-davison
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-davison
- **IMDb ID:** nm0205738
- **TMDB ID:** 1464530
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205738/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1464530

First assistant camera.

## Details

- **Work:** First assistant camera
- **Active:** 1990–2003
- **Also known as:** Mark T. Davison
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (2), 2000s 55 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Western 2, Adventure 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $603m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205738/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1464530

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Two and a Half Men*](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Mark Davison is a cinematographer and camera operator. He is also credited as Mark T. Davison.

Davison began working in the camera department in the 1980s. Early credits include second assistant camera on *Friday the 13th: A New Beginning* (1985) and first assistant camera on *Dances with Wolves* (1990). He later served as camera operator on films including *Rush Hour 2* (2001) and *Miami Vice* (2006).

As director of photography, Davison has worked on television series including *Men of a Certain Age* (2010–2011), *Two and a Half Men* (2013–2015), *Mom* (2016–2017) and *Bob Hearts Abishola* (2022). He received one Primetime Emmy Award.

*Sources: imdb.com, shotonwhat.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Two and a Half Men* (2003), Fi1m 55, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md)
- *City Slickers* (1991), Fi1m 76, First Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md)
- *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Fi1m 80, First Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *The VAR Room* (2021), series, Actor
- *How to Get Away with Murder* (2014), series, Camera Operator
- *Men of a Certain Age* (2009), series, Director of Photography
- *Miami Vice* (2006), Camera Operator
- *Two and a Half Men* (2003), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md)
- *Showtime* (2002), "A" Camera Operator
- *Rush Hour 2* (2001), "B" Camera Operator
- *City Slickers* (1991), First Assistant Camera — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md)
- *Dances with Wolves* (1990), First Assistant Camera — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md)
- *The Mighty Quinn* (1989), First Assistant Camera
- *1969* (1988), Assistant Camera
- *52 Pick-Up* (1986), First Assistant Camera
- *Never Too Young to Die* (1986), First Assistant Camera, Second Assistant Camera
- *Friday the 13th: A New Beginning* (1985), Second Assistant Camera

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