---
name: "Sidney Sidell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sidney-sidell"
fi1m_id: "sidney-sidell"
imdb_id: "nm0796534"
tmdb_id: 1384897
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:46:38.412308+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."
---

# Sidney Sidell

## Identity

Sidney Sidell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sidney-sidell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sidney-sidell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0796534
- **TMDB ID:** 1384897
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796534/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1384897

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796534/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1384897

## Streaming the US now

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

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

## Biography

Sidney Sidell is a cinematographer who has worked on numerous television series and feature films. He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

Sidell began his career in the early 1980s as a film loader on the series *Dynasty*. He progressed through assistant camera roles on features and television before becoming a director of photography, initially on commercials and independent films. His television credits include *Bones* (2005), for which he served as director of photography on the Miami unit of one episode; *Life* (2007); *Kingdom* (2014–2017), on which he also directed and produced episodes; *Empire* (2015); and *Praise This* (2023).

He has received Local Emmy and Clio award nominations for his work.

*Sources: imdb.com, shootonline.com, irp.cdn-website.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Praise This* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Chiefs* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Wisdom of the Crowd* (2017), series, Director of Photography
- *Recon* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The Messengers* (2015), series, Director of Photography
- *Hollows Grove* (2014), Cinematography
- *Kingdom* (2014), series, Co-Executive Producer, Director, Director of Photography
- *Life* (2007), series, Director of Photography
- *Bones* (2005), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Grave Matters* (2004), as Mr. James
- *Love Object* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Acts of Betrayal* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Trading Favors* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Rambo III* (1988), Assistant Camera
- *Alley Cat* (1984), First Assistant Camera

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