---
name: "Romeo Tirone"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/romeo-tirone"
fi1m_id: "romeo-tirone"
imdb_id: "nm0864268"
tmdb_id: 63270
wikidata_id: "Q16886144"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T15:06:59.148506+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."
---

# Romeo Tirone

## Identity

Romeo Tirone

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/romeo-tirone
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** romeo-tirone
- **IMDb ID:** nm0864268
- **TMDB ID:** 63270
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16886144
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_Tirone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16886144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864268/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63270

Director. Born 1 January 1901 in Brooklyn, New York.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Brooklyn, New York
- **Active:** 2006–2013
- **Frequently works with:** [Keith Gordon](https://film.one/person/keith-gordon.md), [Michael Lehmann](https://film.one/person/michael-lehmann.md), [Seith Mann](https://film.one/person/seith-mann.md), [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Anthony Hemingway](https://film.one/person/anthony-hemingway.md), [Billy Gierhart](https://film.one/person/billy-gierhart.md), [Ernest Dickerson](https://film.one/person/ernest-r-dickerson.md), [Evan Dunsky](https://film.one/person/evan-dunsky.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (3), 2010s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 71 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Comedy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_Tirone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16886144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864268/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63270

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*True Blood*](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md) (71), [*Once Upon a Time*](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md) (65)
- **AMC+:** [*Rectify*](https://film.one/tv/rectify.md) (87)
- **Apple TV:** [*Dexter*](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md) (74)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Nurse Jackie*](https://film.one/tv/nurse-jackie.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Romeo Tirone is an American cinematographer and television director. He began his career in music videos in the 1980s and made his first feature film credit as cinematographer on the 1996 crime drama *Lowball*. A graduate of St. John's University in New York City, he worked on several independent films including *L.I.E.* (2001), *12 and Holding* (2005) and *Cry_Wolf* (2005).

Tirone is best known for his work on the series *Dexter* (2006), where he served as director of photography for sixty episodes between 2006 and 2011 and directed six episodes from 2009 to 2013. He received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Cinematography for a One-Hour Series in 2008. He has also directed episodes of *True Blood* (2008), *Once Upon a Time* (2011), *Blindspot* (2015), *Manifest* (2018) and other series, and worked as cinematographer on *True Blood*.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Rectify* (2013), Fi1m 87, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/rectify.md)
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), Fi1m 65, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *Nurse Jackie* (2009), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/nurse-jackie.md)
- *True Blood* (2008), Fi1m 71, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md)
- *Dexter* (2006), Fi1m 74, Cinematography, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Paradise Lost* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *FBI: Most Wanted* (2020), series, Director
- *The InBetween* (2019), series, Director
- *Whiskey Cavalier* (2019), series, Director
- *Manifest* (2018), series, Director
- *S.W.A.T.* (2017), series, Director
- *Taken* (2017), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer
- *Underground* (2016), series, Director
- *Blindspot* (2015), series, Director
- *Constantine* (2014), series, Director, Supervising Producer
- *Once Upon a Time in Wonderland* (2013), series, Director
- *Sleepy Hollow* (2013), series, Director
- *Rectify* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/rectify.md)
- *Red Widow* (2013), series, Director
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *Revenge* (2011), series, Director
- *Nurse Jackie* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/nurse-jackie.md)
- *True Blood* (2008), series, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md)
- *Dexter* (2006), series, Director, Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)
- *12 and Holding* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Cry_Wolf* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Nadine in Dateland* (2005), Director of Photography
- *L.I.E.* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Committed* (2000), Additional Camera
- *Zoe Loses It* (2000), Cinematography
- *Lowball* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Out of the Dark* (1988), First Assistant Camera

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