---
name: "Stephen Thompson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-thompson"
fi1m_id: "stephen-thompson"
imdb_id: "nm0860731"
tmdb_id: 1176857
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "4 May 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T11:12:42.597037+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."
---

# Stephen Thompson

## Identity

Stephen Thompson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-thompson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-thompson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0860731
- **TMDB ID:** 1176857
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0860731/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1176857

Cinematographer. Born 4 May 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 4 May 1958
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0860731/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1176857

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*One Tree Hill*](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Stephen Thompson is an American cinematographer and gaffer. He has worked extensively in television and film, with credits as gaffer on the series *One Tree Hill* (2003–2012) and as director of photography on 20 episodes of the same series.

His other notable credits include chief lighting technician on *Virus* (1999) and gaffer on *Scream* (2022). He is also credited as cinematographer on several features including *The Angel Doll* (2002) and *The 27 Club* (2008).

*Sources: imdb.com, castfacts.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *One Tree Hill* (2003), Fi1m 66, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Scream* (2022), Gaffer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-2022.md)
- *Are You Here* (2013), Gaffer
- *The 27 Club* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Bell Witch: The Movie* (2007), Director of Photography
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), series, Gaffer, Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *Like Mike* (2002), as Smith
- *Virus* (1999), as Chief Lighting Technician
- *Traveller* (1997), as Lighting Technician
- *The Face on the Milk Carton* (1995), Gaffer

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