---
name: "Raymond Stella"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/raymond-stella"
fi1m_id: "raymond-stella"
imdb_id: "nm0826310"
tmdb_id: 62583
roles: ["Camera operator"]
born: "4 December 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 15
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 15
updated: "2026-10-05T00:37:15.148483+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."
---

# Raymond Stella

## Identity

Raymond Stella

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/raymond-stella
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** raymond-stella
- **IMDb ID:** nm0826310
- **TMDB ID:** 62583
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0826310/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62583

Camera operator. Born 4 December 1946.

## Details

- **Work:** Camera operator
- **Born:** 4 December 1946
- **Active:** 1978–2005
- **Also known as:** Ray Stella
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 88 (1), 1980s 81 (4), 1990s 70 (9), 2000s 77 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 68 across 15 titles
- **Score spread:** 7 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 8, Science Fiction 7, Adventure 6, Drama 4, Action 3, History 3
- **Screen time:** 29 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,701m across 14 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0826310/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62583

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Raymond Stella, also credited as Ray Stella or Raymond N. Stella, is a cinematographer and former camera operator. Born on 4 December 1946, he worked extensively as a camera operator under cinematographer Dean Cundey on films including *Halloween* (1978), *The Thing* (1982) and the *Back to the Future* trilogy (1985–1990).

Stella served as director of photography on the later seasons of the television series *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1999–2003), contributing to 61 episodes. He also shot Dean Cundey's directorial debut *Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves* (1997) and other projects such as *House of the Dead 2* (2005). He has additional credits as second unit director of photography on films including *Braveheart* (1995) and *Apollo 13* (1995).

*Sources: imdb.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (15)

- *Serenity* (2005), Fi1m 77, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/serenity.md)
- *Wild Wild West* (1999), Fi1m 34, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md)
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Flubber* (1997), Fi1m 50, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/flubber.md)
- *Apollo 13* (1995), Fi1m 84, Second Unit Director of Photography, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/apollo-13.md)
- *Braveheart* (1995), Fi1m 68, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/braveheart.md)
- *Jurassic Park* (1993), Fi1m 91, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-park.md)
- *Schindler's List* (1993), Fi1m 91, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/schindlers-list.md)
- *Death Becomes Her* (1992), Fi1m 76, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/death-becomes-her.md)
- *Hook* (1991), Fi1m 56, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/hook.md)
- *Back to the Future Part II* (1989), Fi1m 74, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future-part-ii.md)
- *Back to the Future* (1985), Fi1m 92, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future.md)
- *Fletch* (1985), Fi1m 71, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/fletch.md)
- *The Thing* (1982), Fi1m 88, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thing.md)
- *Halloween* (1978), Fi1m 88, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/halloween.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *The Thirst* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Room 6* (2006), Director of Photography
- *House of the Dead 2* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Serenity* (2005), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/serenity.md)
- *Wild Wild West* (1999), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md)
- *Flubber* (1997), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/flubber.md)
- *Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Breakdown* (1997), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Apollo 13* (1995), Second Unit Director of Photography, Camera Operator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/apollo-13.md)
- *Casper* (1995), Second Unit Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator
- *Braveheart* (1995), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/braveheart.md)
- *The Flintstones* (1994), Camera Operator
- *Schindler's List* (1993), Camera Operator — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/schindlers-list.md)
- *Jurassic Park* (1993), Camera Operator — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-park.md)
- *Death Becomes Her* (1992), Camera Operator — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/death-becomes-her.md)
- *Hook* (1991), Camera Operator — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/hook.md)
- *Nothing but Trouble* (1991), Camera Operator
- *Back to the Future Part II* (1989), Camera Operator — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future-part-ii.md)
- *Back to the Future* (1985), Camera Operator — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future.md)
- *Fletch* (1985), Camera Operator — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/fletch.md)
- *Psycho II* (1983), Camera Operator
- *Halloween III: Season of the Witch* (1982), Camera Operator
- *The Thing* (1982), Camera Operator — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thing.md)
- *Halloween II* (1981), Camera Operator
- *Separate Ways* (1981), Camera Operator
- *The Fog* (1980), Camera Operator
- *Roller Boogie* (1979), Camera Operator
- *Halloween* (1978), Camera Operator — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/halloween.md)
- *Creature from Black Lake* (1976), First Assistant Camera
- *The Witch Who Came from the Sea* (1976), Assistant Camera
- *That Girl from Boston* (1975), Camera Operator

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