---
name: "Sharon Calahan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sharon-calahan"
fi1m_id: "sharon-calahan"
imdb_id: "nm0129269"
tmdb_id: 12912
wikidata_id: "Q3481516"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "25 March 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T01:03:46.222978+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."
---

# Sharon Calahan

## Identity

Sharon Calahan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sharon-calahan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sharon-calahan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0129269
- **TMDB ID:** 12912
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3481516
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Calahan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3481516, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0129269/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12912

Cinematographer. Born 25 March 1975 in Spokane.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 25 March 1975, Spokane
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew Stanton](https://film.one/person/andrew-stanton.md), [John Lasseter](https://film.one/person/john-lasseter.md), [Jeremy Lasky](https://film.one/person/jeremy-lasky.md), [Julia Louis-Dreyfus](https://film.one/person/julia-louis-dreyfus.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (2), 2000s 88 (2), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 77 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 5, Family 5, Comedy 4, Adventure 3, Fantasy 2
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,567m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Calahan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3481516, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0129269/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12912

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Ratatouille*](https://film.one/film/ratatouille.md) (91), [*Toy Story 2*](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md) (89), [*Finding Nemo*](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md) (85), [*Onward*](https://film.one/film/onward.md) (74), [*A Bug's Life*](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Sharon Calahan is an American cinematographer best known for her work at Pixar Animation Studios. She joined the studio in 1994 and served as director of photography on *A Bug's Life* (1998), *Toy Story 2* (1999) and *Finding Nemo* (2003). She later contributed as lighting director or director of photography on *Ratatouille* (2007), *Cars 2* (2011), *The Good Dinosaur* (2015) and *Onward* (2020).

Calahan studied illustration, graphic design and photography at Spokane Falls Community College. She previously worked in broadcast television and at Pacific Data Images before moving into computer animation. In 2014 she became the first member of the American Society of Cinematographers admitted solely on the basis of a career in animated film.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, lux.collections.yale.edu.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Onward* (2020), Fi1m 74, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/onward.md)
- *Ratatouille* (2007), Fi1m 91, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/ratatouille.md)
- *Finding Nemo* (2003), Fi1m 85, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md)
- *Toy Story 2* (1999), Fi1m 89, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md)
- *A Bug's Life* (1998), Fi1m 73, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Leo* (2023), as Other
- *Onward* (2020), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/onward.md)
- *The Good Dinosaur* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Brave* (2012), Thanks — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/brave.md)
- *Cars 2* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Ratatouille* (2007), Director of Photography — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/ratatouille.md)
- *Finding Nemo* (2003), Director of Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md)
- *Toy Story 2* (1999), Director of Photography — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md)
- *A Bug's Life* (1998), Director of Photography — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md)
- *Toy Story* (1995), Lighting Supervisor — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md)
- *Night Cafe* (1988), Director, Animation, Producer

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