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name: "Roberto Schaefer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/roberto-schaefer"
fi1m_id: "roberto-schaefer"
imdb_id: "nm0769656"
tmdb_id: 13000
wikidata_id: "Q2159621"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-03T04:05:15.133412+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."
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# Roberto Schaefer

## Identity

Roberto Schaefer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/roberto-schaefer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** roberto-schaefer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0769656
- **TMDB ID:** 13000
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2159621
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Schaefer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2159621, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769656/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13000

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 2000 in White Plains, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, White Plains, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2000–2018
- **Frequently works with:** [Marc Forster](https://film.one/person/marc-forster.md), [Dustin Hoffman](https://film.one/person/dustin-hoffman.md)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 63 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Fantasy 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $833m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Schaefer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2159621, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769656/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13000

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Best in Show*](https://film.one/film/best-in-show.md) (84), [*Quantum of Solace*](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md) (58)
- **Peacock:** [*Stranger Than Fiction*](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md) (78)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Kite Runner*](https://film.one/film/the-kite-runner.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Roberto Schaefer is an American cinematographer. He began his career in Europe in the 1980s, working as a camera operator and Steadicam operator for directors including Martin Scorsese and Nestor Almendros, before moving to Los Angeles in the early 1990s.

He is known for his collaborations with Christopher Guest on films such as *Waiting for Guffman* (1996) and *Best in Show* (2000), and with Marc Forster on nine films including *Monster's Ball* (2001), *Finding Neverland* (2004), *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), *The Kite Runner* (2007) and *Quantum of Solace* (2008). Other credits include *The Host* (2013), *Geostorm* (2017) and *The Peripheral* (2022).

Schaefer received a BAFTA nomination for best cinematography for *Finding Neverland* and shared a Camerimage Golden Frog award with Marc Forster in 2013. He holds a BFA in multimedia and conceptual art with a minor in photography.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Quantum of Solace* (2008), Fi1m 58, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md)
- *The Kite Runner* (2007), Fi1m 60, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-kite-runner.md)
- *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), Fi1m 78, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md)
- *Finding Neverland* (2004), Fi1m 64, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-neverland.md)
- *Best in Show* (2000), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/best-in-show.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *Forelock* (2025), Director of Photography
- *The Fabulous Four* (2024), Director of Photography
- *The Peripheral* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *Creation Stories* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Rattlesnake* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The Red Sea Diving Resort* (2019), Director of Photography
- *What They Had* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Geostorm* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Term Life* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Miles Ahead* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The Host* (2013), Director of Photography
- *The Paperboy* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Machine Gun Preacher* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Leaves of Grass* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Quantum of Solace* (2008), Director of Photography — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md)
- *The Kite Runner* (2007), Director of Photography — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-kite-runner.md)
- *For Your Consideration* (2006), Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator
- *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md)
- *Stay* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Finding Neverland* (2004), Director of Photography — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-neverland.md)
- *Monster's Ball* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Everything Put Together* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Best in Show* (2000), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/best-in-show.md)
- *Waiting for Guffman* (1997), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *Loungers* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Cool and the Crazy* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Roadracers* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Rebel Highway* (1994), series, Director of Photography
- *Red Shoe Diaries* (1992), series, Director of Photography
- *Le mosche in testa* (1991), Cinematography
- *La fine della notte* (1989), Director of Photography
- *At Last*, Cinematography
- *Byrd and the Bees*, Cinematography
- *Everybody Here Wants You*, Cinematography

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