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name: "Stephen Jackson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-jackson-91341"
fi1m_id: "stephen-jackson-91341"
imdb_id: "nm0414057"
tmdb_id: 91341
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T12:10:08.312121+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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# Stephen Jackson

## Identity

Stephen Jackson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-jackson-91341
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-jackson-91341
- **IMDb ID:** nm0414057
- **TMDB ID:** 91341
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414057/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91341

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Also known as:** Steve Jackson
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414057/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91341

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Once Upon a Time*](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md) (65)

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## Biography

Stephen Jackson is a cinematographer and lighting technician, also credited as Steve Jackson. He began his career in lighting shortly after school, touring with bands and dance companies, and worked at lighting rental houses from 1981. His first film credits as best boy came on the Canadian feature The Grey Fox (1982) and First Blood (1982). He became a gaffer in 1987.

Jackson worked extensively as a gaffer and chief lighting technician on feature films including Little Women (1994), Fear (1996), Bird on a Wire (1990), The Fly II (1989), Final Destination (2000), Freddy vs. Jason (2003), Underworld: Evolution (2006) and Trick 'r Treat (2007). From around 2000 he moved into cinematography, serving as director of photography on the television series Once Upon a Time (2011–2016) for 104 episodes.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), Fi1m 65, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Chilling Adventures of Sabrina* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *Travelers* (2016), series, Director of Photography
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *V* (2009), series, Director of Photography
- *Hardwired* (2009), Cinematography
- *While She Was Out* (2008), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Trick 'r Treat* (2007), as Chief Lighting Technician
- *Underworld: Evolution* (2006), as Chief Lighting Technician
- *D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear* (2003), Gaffer
- *Freddy vs. Jason* (2003), as Chief Lighting Technician
- *Final Destination* (2000), as Chief Lighting Technician
- *Fear* (1996), Gaffer
- *A Child Is Missing* (1995), Gaffer
- *Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story* (1995), Gaffer
- *Little Women* (1994), Gaffer
- *Seasons of the Heart* (1994), Gaffer
- *Omen IV: The Awakening* (1991), Gaffer
- *Bird on a Wire* (1990), Gaffer
- *The Fly II* (1989), Gaffer

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