---
name: "Reuben Aaronson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/reuben-aaronson"
fi1m_id: "reuben-aaronson"
imdb_id: "nm0007507"
tmdb_id: 22296
wikidata_id: "Q26914034"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T01:41:29.716467+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."
---

# Reuben Aaronson

## Identity

Reuben Aaronson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/reuben-aaronson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** reuben-aaronson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0007507
- **TMDB ID:** 22296
- **Wikidata ID:** Q26914034
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26914034, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007507/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22296

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 1988–1998
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 89 (1), 1990s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26914034, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007507/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22296

## Biography

Reuben Aaronson is a cinematographer and director. He served as one of the cinematographers on the 1988 documentary *Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie*, directed by Marcel Ophüls.

Aaronson has worked extensively in documentary film and television. His credits as cinematographer include episodes of *National Geographic Explorer* and films such as *The Spy Behind Home Plate* (2019) and *Walk with Me: The Trials of Damon J. Keith* (2016). He directed *River of Gold* (2016) and *Amazon Gold* (2012), and worked as a camera operator on *The Thin Red Line* (1998).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, idfa.nl.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Thin Red Line* (1998), Fi1m 84, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-red-line.md)
- *Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie* (1988), Fi1m 89, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-terminus-the-life-and-times-of-klaus-barbie.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *I Know Catherine, the Log Lady* (2026), Director of Photography
- *The Cost of Silence* (2020), Producer
- *River of Gold* (2016), Writer, Director, Producer
- *Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom* (2003), Director of Photography
- *The Valley of the T-Rex* (2001), Director
- *The Thin Red Line* (1998), Camera Operator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-red-line.md)
- *The Battle of The Alamo* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie* (1988), Director of Photography — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-terminus-the-life-and-times-of-klaus-barbie.md)
- *Promises to Keep* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die?* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Lotte Eisner in Germany* (1980), Camera Operator
- *Report* (1970), Production Assistant

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