---
name: "Paul Cameron"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-cameron"
fi1m_id: "paul-cameron"
imdb_id: "nm0131700"
tmdb_id: 19290
wikidata_id: "Q554303"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "30 May 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T14:48:38.561447+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."
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# Paul Cameron

## Identity

Paul Cameron

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-cameron
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-cameron
- **IMDb ID:** nm0131700
- **TMDB ID:** 19290
- **Wikidata ID:** Q554303
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cameron_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q554303, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131700/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19290

Director. Born 30 May 1958 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 30 May 1958, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** Paul A. Cameron 
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 directing, 4 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Jerry Bruckheimer](https://film.one/person/jerry-bruckheimer.md), [Stephen Kay](https://film.one/person/stephen-kay.md), [Taylor Sheridan](https://film.one/person/taylor-sheridan.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 62 (2), 2010s 63 (3)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cameron_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q554303, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131700/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19290

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Commuter*](https://film.one/film/the-commuter.md) (71), [*Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales*](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-men-tell-no-tales.md) (45)
- **Paramount+:** [*Collateral*](https://film.one/film/collateral.md) (85)

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

## Biography

Paul Cameron (born 30 May 1958) is a Canadian-born American cinematographer and television director. Born in Montreal, he was raised in New York City and studied at the State University of New York at Purchase.

He has worked as director of photography on films including *Gone in Sixty Seconds* (2000), *Swordfish* (2001), *Man on Fire* (2004), *Collateral* (2004), *Déjà Vu* (2006), *Total Recall* (2012), *Man on a Ledge* (2012) and *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales* (2017). For *Collateral*, directed by Michael Mann, he shared the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography with Dion Beebe. He has also served as cinematographer and director on the HBO series *Westworld* (2016–), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Cameron is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (since 2006) and serves on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Westworld* (2016), Fi1m 74, Director, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)

### Crew (4)

- *The Commuter* (2018), Fi1m 71, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-commuter.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales* (2017), Fi1m 45, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-men-tell-no-tales.md)
- *Collateral* (2004), Fi1m 85, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/collateral.md)
- *Gone in Sixty Seconds* (2000), Fi1m 40, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-in-sixty-seconds.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *The Terminal List: Dark Wolf* (2025), series, Director
- *Lioness* (2023), series, Director, Director of Photography
- *Mayor of Kingstown* (2021), series, Director
- *Reminiscence* (2021), Director of Photography
- *21 Bridges* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The Commuter* (2018), Director of Photography — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-commuter.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales* (2017), Director of Photography — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-men-tell-no-tales.md)
- *Westworld* (2016), series, Director of Photography, Additional Photography, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *Dead Man Down* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Total Recall* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Man on a Ledge* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Henry's Crime* (2010), Director of Photography
- *In the Land of Women* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Déjà Vu* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Collateral* (2004), Director of Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/collateral.md)
- *Man on Fire* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Beat the Devil* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Swordfish* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Gone in Sixty Seconds* (2000), Director of Photography — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-in-sixty-seconds.md)
- *Advice From a Caterpillar* (1999), Director of Photography
- *25 do 4 em 99* (1999), Director of Photography
- *The Last Supper* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Chantilly Lace* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella* (1990), Camera Operator
- *Jean-Michel Jarre - Rendez-Vous Houston, A City In Concert* (1986), Assistant Camera
- *Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Pack Up the Plantation - Live!* (1986), Camera Operator
- *The Amazing Howard Hughes* (1977), series, Co-Producer

## Awards

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2005: Best Cinematography (won), for *Collateral*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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