---
name: "Matt Aspbury"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-aspbury"
fi1m_id: "matt-aspbury"
imdb_id: "nm2921423"
tmdb_id: 1678649
wikidata_id: "Q104527054"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T03:17:50.064078+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."
---

# Matt Aspbury

## Identity

Matt Aspbury

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-aspbury
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-aspbury
- **IMDb ID:** nm2921423
- **TMDB ID:** 1678649
- **Wikidata ID:** Q104527054
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104527054, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2921423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1678649

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Adrian Molina](https://film.one/person/adrian-molina.md), [Mike Jones](https://film.one/person/mike-jones.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 70 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 70 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 6, Family 6, Comedy 4, Adventure 3, Fantasy 3, Music 2
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,903m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104527054, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2921423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1678649

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Coco*](https://film.one/film/coco.md) (84), [*Soul*](https://film.one/film/soul.md) (80), [*Monsters University*](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md) (72), [*Elio*](https://film.one/film/elio.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Matt Aspbury is a cinematographer at Pixar Animation Studios. He began his career at the studio in layout and previsualization roles on films including *Cars* (2006), *WALL·E* (2008) and *Toy Story 3* (2010).

He later worked in camera and staging before serving as director of photography on *Monsters University* (2013), *Coco* (2017), *Soul* (2020), *Elio* (2025) and *Toy Story 5* (2026).

*Sources: imdb.com, pixar.fandom.com, definitionmagazine.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Toy Story 5* (2026), Fi1m 66, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-5.md)
- *Elio* (2025), Fi1m 64, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Soul* (2020), Fi1m 80, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/soul.md)
- *Coco* (2017), Fi1m 84, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/coco.md)
- *Monsters University* (2013), Fi1m 72, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md)
- *Shrek 2* (2004), Fi1m 80, Layout — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Toy Story 5* (2026), Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-5.md)
- *Elio* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Soul* (2020), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/soul.md)
- *Coco* (2017), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/coco.md)
- *Monsters University* (2013), Director of Photography — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md)
- *Shrek 2* (2004), as Layout — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md)

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© 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/matt-aspbury