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name: "Philip Lanyon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/philip-lanyon"
fi1m_id: "philip-lanyon"
imdb_id: "nm1557121"
tmdb_id: 2380615
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T14:57:00.544507+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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# Philip Lanyon

## Identity

Philip Lanyon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philip-lanyon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** philip-lanyon
- **IMDb ID:** nm1557121
- **TMDB ID:** 2380615
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1557121/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2380615

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1557121/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2380615

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Star Trek: Picard*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-picard.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Philip Lanyon is a Canadian cinematographer and member of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers. He has worked as director of photography on several Star Trek series, including six episodes of *Star Trek: Picard* (2020), eleven episodes of *Star Trek: Discovery* (2019–2024), and episodes of *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* and *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy*.

His other credits include *Frontier* (2018) and the short film *Hiro* (2005). Lanyon has over twenty-five years in the industry, having begun as an actor before moving into the lighting department. He has served as West Coast Vice President of the CSC and has discussed his use of Cooke Anamorphic lenses to achieve a cinematic look on *Star Trek: Picard*.

*Sources: imdb.com, csc.ca, business-live.co.uk, memory-alpha.fandom.com, broadcastdialogue.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Star Trek: Picard* (2020), Fi1m 64, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-picard.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *I Am Jackie O* (2020), Cinematography, Director of Photography
- *Star Trek: Picard* (2020), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-picard.md)
- *I Am Patrick Swayze* (2019), Director of Photography
- *I Am Richard Pryor* (2019), Additional Photography
- *I Am Paul Walker* (2018), Cinematography
- *Caught* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *Star Trek: Discovery* (2017), series, Director of Photography
- *Frontier* (2016), series, Director of Photography
- *Heritage Minutes* (1991), series, Director of Photography

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