---
name: "Robert Reed Altman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-reed-altman"
fi1m_id: "robert-reed-altman"
imdb_id: "nm0022927"
tmdb_id: 1371676
wikidata_id: "Q7349204"
roles: ["Cinematographer","Director"]
born: "22 December 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:44:27.057548+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 Reed Altman

## Identity

Robert Reed Altman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-reed-altman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-reed-altman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0022927
- **TMDB ID:** 1371676
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7349204
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reed_Altman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7349204, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0022927/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1371676

Cinematographer and director. Born 22 December 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer, Director
- **Born:** 22 December 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1990–2005
- **Also known as:** Bobby Altman
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 63 (1), 2000s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reed_Altman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7349204, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0022927/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1371676

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Robert Reed Altman is an American cinematographer and camera operator. Born on 22 December 1959 in Los Angeles, he is the son of filmmaker Robert Altman and Kathryn Reed. He began working in film in the 1970s as a focus puller and second assistant camera on several of his father’s productions, including *Nashville* (1975) and *Popeye* (1980).

Altman has served as camera operator or director of photography on feature films such as *Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back* (2001), *The Scorpion King* (2002), *Cloverfield* (2008) and *A Prairie Home Companion* (2006). His television credits include camera work and cinematography on series including *The O.C.*, *Lost*, *Chuck* and *Bones* (2005), where he also directed an episode.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, robertreedaltmandp.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Director, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Predator 2* (1990), Fi1m 63, First Assistant "B" Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/predator-2.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Juvenile Inspektor: The Shadow Over Jõhvi* (2026), Producer, Director of Photography
- *Büyü 3: Son Ayin* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Alien Raiders* (2008), Camera Operator
- *Cloverfield* (2008), Camera Operator
- *A Prairie Home Companion* (2006), Camera Operator
- *Bones* (2005), series, Director, Second Unit Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator, Director of Photography — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *The Dukes of Hazzard* (2005), Camera Operator
- *Tanner on Tanner* (2004), series, Director of Photography
- *The Company* (2003), Camera Operator
- *The Scorpion King* (2002), Camera Operator
- *Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back* (2001), Camera Operator
- *Beverly Hills Ninja* (1997), Camera Operator
- *Barb Wire* (1996), Camera Operator
- *Looking for Trouble* (1996), Cinematography
- *Predator 2* (1990), First Assistant "B" Camera — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/predator-2.md)
- *Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean* (1982), Assistant Camera
- *Rattlesnake in a Cooler* (1982), Camera Operator
- *A Wedding* (1978), Camera Department Production Assistant
- *Going for Two*, Director of Photography

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