---
name: "Robert Presley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-presley"
fi1m_id: "robert-presley"
imdb_id: "nm0696181"
tmdb_id: 23780
roles: ["Steadicam operator"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T11:35:46.915515+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 Presley

## Identity

Robert Presley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-presley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-presley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0696181
- **TMDB ID:** 23780
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696181/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23780

Steadicam operator.

## Details

- **Work:** Steadicam operator
- **Active:** 1995–2014
- **Frequently works with:** [Robert Zemeckis](https://film.one/person/robert-zemeckis.md), [Steve Starkey](https://film.one/person/steve-starkey.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 70 (2), 2000s 63 (3), 2010s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 58 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Thriller 3, Action 2, Family 2, Fantasy 2, Animation 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,347m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696181/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23780

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*A Christmas Carol*](https://film.one/film/a-christmas-carol.md) (50)

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

## Biography

Robert Presley is an American cinematographer and camera operator. He began working in the camera department in the early 1990s on films including *RoboCop 3* (1993) and *Die Hard with a Vengeance* (1995), frequently as a Steadicam or 'A' camera operator.

Presley served as director of photography on several Robert Zemeckis films made with motion-capture techniques: *The Polar Express* (2004), *Beowulf* (2007), *A Christmas Carol* (2009) and *Mars Needs Moms* (2011). He has also worked as a camera operator on titles such as *Pearl Harbor* (2001), *Enchanted* (2007), *Flight* (2012) and *Horrible Bosses 2* (2014).

*Sources: imdb.com, oak1.the-numbers.com, catalog.afi.com, svenskfilmdatabas.se.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Homesman* (2014), Fi1m 72, Steadicam Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-homesman.md)
- *A Christmas Carol* (2009), Fi1m 50, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/a-christmas-carol.md)
- *Enchanted* (2007), Fi1m 76, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/enchanted.md)
- *What Lies Beneath* (2000), Fi1m 63, Steadicam Operator, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/what-lies-beneath.md)
- *Hard Rain* (1998), Fi1m 61, Steadicam Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/hard-rain.md)
- *Die Hard: With a Vengeance* (1995), Fi1m 78, "A" Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-with-a-vengeance.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Ride Along 2* (2016), Camera Operator
- *Horrible Bosses 2* (2014), Camera Operator, Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Homesman* (2014), Steadicam Operator — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-homesman.md)
- *Killing Season* (2013), "A" Camera Operator
- *Flight* (2012), "A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
- *Mars Needs Moms* (2011), Director of Photography
- *A Christmas Carol* (2009), Director of Photography — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/a-christmas-carol.md)
- *Enchanted* (2007), Camera Operator — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/enchanted.md)
- *Beowulf* (2007), Director of Photography
- *The Polar Express* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Radio* (2003), "A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
- *Dragonfly* (2002), Steadicam Operator
- *Pearl Harbor* (2001), Steadicam Operator
- *What Lies Beneath* (2000), Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/what-lies-beneath.md)
- *The General's Daughter* (1999), Steadicam Operator, "A" Camera Operator
- *EDtv* (1999), Camera Operator
- *Hard Rain* (1998), Steadicam Operator — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/hard-rain.md)
- *Breakdown* (1997), Camera Operator
- *Die Hard: With a Vengeance* (1995), "A" Camera Operator — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-with-a-vengeance.md)

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