---
name: "Robert LaBonge"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-labonge"
fi1m_id: "robert-labonge"
imdb_id: "nm0479556"
tmdb_id: 1190250
roles: ["Camera operator"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-23T14:14:46.531608+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."
---

# Robert LaBonge

## Identity

Robert LaBonge

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-labonge
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-labonge
- **IMDb ID:** nm0479556
- **TMDB ID:** 1190250
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0479556/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1190250

Camera operator. Born in Los Angeles.

## Details

- **Work:** Camera operator
- **Active:** 1990–2005
- **Also known as:** Bobby LaBonge, Robert La Bonge
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (4), 2000s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 66 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $747m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0479556/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1190250

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Prison Break*](https://film.one/tv/prison-break.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Robert LaBonge is a cinematographer and camera operator, also credited as Bobby LaBonge or Bob LaBonge. Born in Los Angeles, he studied at USC Film School.

He worked as director of photography on the television series *Prison Break* (2005–2007), *Army Wives* (2009–2013), *Scorpion* (2014–2015) and *Sleepy Hollow* (2013–2014). Earlier credits include camera operator roles on films such as *The Truman Show* (1998), *Contact* (1997) and *Small Soldiers* (1998), as well as second-unit work on features including *The Scorpion King* (2002).

*Sources: imdb.com, independentartistgroup.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Prison Break* (2005), Fi1m 68, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/prison-break.md)
- *The Truman Show* (1998), Fi1m 88, "B" Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-truman-show.md)
- *Contact* (1997), Fi1m 76, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *The Addams Family* (1991), Fi1m 77, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)
- *Rocky V* (1990), Fi1m 54, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-v.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, Director of Photography
- *Sleepy Hollow* (2013), series, Director of Photography
- *Bullet to the Head* (2012), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Prison Break* (2005), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/prison-break.md)
- *Cradle 2 the Grave* (2003), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Scorpion King* (2002), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Supernova* (2000), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Small Soldiers* (1998), Camera Operator
- *The Truman Show* (1998), "B" Camera Operator — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-truman-show.md)
- *Contact* (1997), Camera Operator — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *Forget Paris* (1995), Camera Operator
- *Angels in the Outfield* (1994), Camera Operator, Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Geronimo: An American Legend* (1993), Camera Operator
- *Trespass* (1992), Camera Operator
- *The Addams Family* (1991), Camera Operator — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)
- *Palomino* (1991), Camera Operator
- *Rocky V* (1990), Camera Operator — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-v.md)
- *Martini Ranch: Reach* (1988), Second Assistant Camera
- *Dragnet* (1987), First Assistant Camera
- *Extreme Prejudice* (1987), First Assistant Camera
- *The Vegas Strip War* (1984), Assistant Camera
- *The Black Hole* (1979), First Assistant Camera

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