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name: "Stephen McNutt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-mcnutt"
fi1m_id: "stephen-mcnutt"
imdb_id: "nm0002323"
tmdb_id: 23864
wikidata_id: "Q134742614"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T11:46:39.920403+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 McNutt

## Identity

Stephen McNutt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-mcnutt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-mcnutt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002323
- **TMDB ID:** 23864
- **Wikidata ID:** Q134742614
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134742614, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002323/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23864

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2004–2019
- **Also known as:** Stephen F. McNutt
- **Frequently works with:** [Bradley Thompson](https://film.one/person/bradley-thompson.md), [David Weddle](https://film.one/person/david-weddle.md), [John Dahl](https://film.one/person/john-dahl.md), [Ronald D. Moore](https://film.one/person/ronald-d-moore.md), [Sergio Mimica-Gezzan](https://film.one/person/sergio-mimica-gezzan.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 83 (1), 2010s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134742614, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002323/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23864

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Battlestar Galactica*](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md) (83)
- **Apple TV:** [*For All Mankind*](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Stephen McNutt is a cinematographer. He served as director of photography on the television series *Battlestar Galactica* (2004–2009).

He began his career in New York as a first assistant camera operator. McNutt has worked on numerous television series and films, including *The Dead Zone* (2002), *Caprica* (2010), *Outlander* (2016–2017) and *For All Mankind* (2019–2022). He received a Primetime Emmy nomination for outstanding cinematography for *Battlestar Galactica: Razor* (2007). McNutt is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and the Canadian Society of Cinematographers.

*Sources: imdb.com, theasc.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *For All Mankind* (2019), Fi1m 66, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), Fi1m 83, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *For All Mankind* (2019), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)
- *Backstrom* (2015), series, Director of Photography
- *Rewind* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Caprica* (2010), series, Director of Photography
- *Battlestar Galactica: The Plan* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Virtuality* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Battlestar Galactica: Razor* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Painkiller Jane* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Black Point* (2002), Director of Photography
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), series, Director of Photography
- *Spanish Judges* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Out of Time* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Pilgrim* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Tower of Terror* (1997), Director of Photography
- *A Nightmare Come True* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Shrunken Heads* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Obsessed* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Without a Pass* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Chance of a Lifetime* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Exquisite Corpses* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Conquering Space* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Torch Song Trilogy* (1988), Camera Operator
- *My First Haircut* (1988), Cinematography
- *Maestro* (1987), Cinematography

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