---
name: "Sean Porter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sean-porter"
fi1m_id: "sean-porter"
imdb_id: "nm1831620"
tmdb_id: 1010024
wikidata_id: "Q35207981"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-22T04:23:41.343776+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."
---

# Sean Porter

## Identity

Sean Porter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sean-porter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sean-porter
- **IMDb ID:** nm1831620
- **TMDB ID:** 1010024
- **Wikidata ID:** Q35207981
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Porter_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35207981, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1831620/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1010024

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 2000 in Tacoma.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Tacoma
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Peter Farrelly](https://film.one/person/peter-farrelly.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Porter_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35207981, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1831620/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1010024

## Coming up

- *I Play Rocky* (2026-11-06), Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/i-play-rocky.md)
- *Lilo & Stitch 2* (2028-05-25), Director of Photography

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Green Room*](https://film.one/film/green-room.md) (83), [*Green Book*](https://film.one/film/green-book.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Sean Porter is an American cinematographer. Born in Tacoma, Washington, he grew up in Gig Harbor and graduated from the University of Washington in 2004.

His credits include *It Felt Like Love* (2013), *Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter* (2014), *Green Room* (2015), *20th Century Women* (2016), *Rough Night* (2017), *Green Book* (2018), *The Greatest Beer Run Ever* (2022), *The Old Man* (2022) and *Star Wars: Skeleton Crew* (2024–2025). He served as cinematographer on *I Play Rocky* (2026).

Porter was named to Filmmaker magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film” in 2014 and to Variety’s “10 Cinematographers to Watch” in 2015. He joined the American Society of Cinematographers in 2024 and received an ASC Award for his work on *The Old Man*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Green Book* (2018), Fi1m 64, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/green-book.md)
- *Green Room* (2016), Fi1m 83, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/green-room.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Lilo & Stitch 2* (2028), Director of Photography
- *I Play Rocky* (2026), Director of Photography, "B" Camera Operator — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/i-play-rocky.md)
- *Star Wars: Skeleton Crew* (2024), series, Director of Photography
- *The Greatest Beer Run Ever* (2022), Director of Photography
- *The Old Man* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *Green Book* (2018), Director of Photography — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/green-book.md)
- *Rough Night* (2017), Director of Photography
- *20th Century Women* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The Trust* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Green Room* (2016), Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/green-room.md)
- *Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Oasis* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Eden* (2013), Director of Photography
- *It Felt Like Love* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Grassroots* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Bass Ackwards* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Humpday* (2009), Second Unit Director of Photography, Gaffer, Camera Operator
- *Death and a Salesman* (2006), Cinematography
- *We Go Way Back* (2006), Assistant Camera

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/sean-porter