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name: "Paul Gibson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-gibson"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-17T04:58:14.226662+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."
---

# Paul Gibson

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 1984–1991
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 86 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317140/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/221922

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Paris Is Burning*](https://film.one/film/paris-is-burning.md) (86)

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## Biography

Paul Gibson is a cinematographer and camera operator. He worked as cinematographer on the documentary *Paris Is Burning* (1991), directed by Jennie Livingston.

His other credits include director of photography on *Out of the Clear Blue Sky* (2012) and additional cinematography or camera department roles on films such as *Stranger Than Paradise* (1984) and *Vigilante* (1982). He has also contributed to television series and later documentaries including *Memory After Belsen* (2014).

*Sources: imdb.com, oak1.the-numbers.com, en.wikipedia.org, criterion.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Paris Is Burning* (1991), Fi1m 86, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/paris-is-burning.md)
- *Stranger Than Paradise* (1984), Fi1m 82, Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-paradise.md)

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