---
name: "Masanobu Takayanagi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/masanobu-takayanagi"
fi1m_id: "masanobu-takayanagi"
imdb_id: "nm1086687"
tmdb_id: 131037
wikidata_id: "Q18048339"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "17 February 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-09T19:23:15.662139+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."
---

# Masanobu Takayanagi

## Identity

Masanobu Takayanagi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/masanobu-takayanagi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** masanobu-takayanagi
- **IMDb ID:** nm1086687
- **TMDB ID:** 131037
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18048339
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masanobu_Takayanagi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18048339, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1086687/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131037

Cinematographer. Born 17 February 1974 in Gunma Prefecture - Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 17 February 1974, Gunma Prefecture - Japan
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** 高柳 雅暢, マサノブ・タカヤナギ, Masanobu "Masa" Takayanagi , Masa Takayanagi 
- **Frequently works with:** [Scott Cooper](https://film.one/person/scott-cooper.md), [Adam Beach](https://film.one/person/adam-beach.md), [Joel Edgerton](https://film.one/person/joel-edgerton.md), [Steve Golin](https://film.one/person/steve-golin.md), [Tom McCarthy](https://film.one/person/tom-mccarthy.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 72 (5), 2020s 63 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 67 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, History 3, Crime 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $560m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masanobu_Takayanagi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18048339, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1086687/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131037

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Silver Linings Playbook*](https://film.one/film/silver-linings-playbook.md) (80), [*Swan Song*](https://film.one/film/swan-song.md) (71), [*Hostiles*](https://film.one/film/hostiles.md) (58)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Warrior*](https://film.one/film/warrior.md) (80), [*Stillwater*](https://film.one/film/stillwater.md) (56)
- **Tubi:** [*Spotlight*](https://film.one/film/spotlight.md) (85)
- **Disney+:** [*Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere*](https://film.one/film/springsteen-deliver-me-from-nowhere.md) (61)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Black Mass*](https://film.one/film/black-mass.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Masanobu Takayanagi is a Japanese cinematographer. Born on 17 February 1974 in Gunma Prefecture, he was raised in Tomioka and later moved to the United States, where he studied at California State University, Long Beach, and graduated from the AFI Conservatory in 2002.

Takayanagi began working as a director of photography on feature films in 2011 with *Meet Monica Velour* and *The Grey*. His credits include *Silver Linings Playbook* (2012), *Spotlight* (2015), *Black Mass* (2015), *Hostiles* (2017), *The Pale Blue Eye* (2022) and *Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere* (2025). He has collaborated repeatedly with director Scott Cooper. Takayanagi was named one of Variety's "10 Cinematographers to Watch" in 2012 and became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers in 2015.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere* (2025), Fi1m 61, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/springsteen-deliver-me-from-nowhere.md)
- *Stillwater* (2021), Fi1m 56, Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/stillwater.md)
- *Swan Song* (2021), Fi1m 71, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/swan-song.md)
- *Hostiles* (2017), Fi1m 58, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/hostiles.md)
- *Black Mass* (2015), Fi1m 58, Camera Operator, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/black-mass.md)
- *Spotlight* (2015), Fi1m 85, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/spotlight.md)
- *Silver Linings Playbook* (2012), Fi1m 80, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/silver-linings-playbook.md)
- *Warrior* (2011), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/warrior.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/springsteen-deliver-me-from-nowhere.md)
- *The Pale Blue Eye* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Swan Song* (2021), Director of Photography — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/swan-song.md)
- *Stillwater* (2021), Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/stillwater.md)
- *Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Hostiles* (2017), Director of Photography — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/hostiles.md)
- *Spotlight* (2015), Director of Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/spotlight.md)
- *Black Mass* (2015), Director of Photography, Camera Operator — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/black-mass.md)
- *True Story* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Out of the Furnace* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Silver Linings Playbook* (2012), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/silver-linings-playbook.md)
- *The Grey* (2012), Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- *Warrior* (2011), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/warrior.md)
- *The Eagle* (2011), Camera Operator, Second Unit Cinematographer
- *The Agent* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Promises Written in Water* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Meet Monica Velour* (2010), Director of Photography
- *State of Play* (2009), Camera Operator, Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Love 'Till Death* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Viko* (2009), Director of Photography
- *War Eagle, Arkansas* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Ugly Me* (2006), Director of Photography
- *The Powder Puff Principle* (2006), Director of Photography
- *The White Horse Is Dead* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Time Out*, Director of Photography

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/masanobu-takayanagi