---
name: "Nathan Warner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nathan-warner"
fi1m_id: "nathan-warner"
imdb_id: "nm1063453"
tmdb_id: 1785903
wikidata_id: "Q28006843"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T14:38:13.780595+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."
---

# Nathan Warner

## Identity

Nathan Warner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nathan-warner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nathan-warner
- **IMDb ID:** nm1063453
- **TMDB ID:** 1785903
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28006843
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28006843, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1063453/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1785903

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Also known as:** Nathan Detroit Warner
- **Frequently works with:** [Clark Spencer](https://film.one/person/clark-spencer.md), [Byron Howard](https://film.one/person/byron-howard.md), [Jared Bush](https://film.one/person/jared-bush.md), [Phil Johnston](https://film.one/person/phil-johnston.md), [Rich Moore](https://film.one/person/rich-moore.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (2), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 75 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 3, Comedy 3, Family 3, Adventure 2, Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,816m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28006843, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1063453/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1785903

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Zootopia*](https://film.one/film/zootopia.md) (82), [*Encanto*](https://film.one/film/encanto.md) (80), [*Ralph Breaks the Internet*](https://film.one/film/ralph-breaks-the-internet.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Nathan Warner is a cinematographer and layout artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is credited as director of cinematography layout on *Zootopia* (2016), *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018) and *Encanto* (2021).

Warner has worked in layout, pre-visualisation and related roles on numerous animated and live-action films. Earlier credits include layout artist on *Frozen* (2013) and *Moana* (2016), and key assistant layout artist on *Treasure Planet* (2002). He received a Visual Effects Society Award in 2022 for outstanding virtual cinematography on *Encanto*.

*Sources: imdb.com, pro.imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Encanto* (2021), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/encanto.md)
- *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018), Fi1m 66, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/ralph-breaks-the-internet.md)
- *Zootopia* (2016), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Flutter* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Encanto* (2021), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/encanto.md)
- *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018), Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/ralph-breaks-the-internet.md)
- *Zootopia* (2016), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia.md)

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