---
name: "Steve Mason"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-mason"
fi1m_id: "steve-mason"
imdb_id: "nm0556965"
tmdb_id: 51981
wikidata_id: "Q139439248"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:25:11.329913+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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# Steve Mason

## Identity

Steve Mason

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-mason
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-mason
- **IMDb ID:** nm0556965
- **TMDB ID:** 51981
- **Wikidata ID:** Q139439248
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139439248, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0556965/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51981

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1954 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1954, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **Active:** 1992–2007
- **Also known as:**  Stephen Mason
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 83 (1), 2000s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139439248, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0556965/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51981

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Mad Men*](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md) (88)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Strictly Ballroom*](https://film.one/film/strictly-ballroom.md) (83)

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

## Biography

Steve Mason is an Australian cinematographer born in 1954 in Sydney, New South Wales. He has worked extensively in feature films and television, often credited as Stephen Mason.

Mason served as director of photography on four episodes of the series *Mad Men* in 2007. His other credits include *Strictly Ballroom* (1992), *To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar* (1995), *BASEketball* (1998), *Rollerball* (2002), *Basic* (2003), *Harsh Times* (2005) and *Venom* (2005). He has also shot episodes of *Castle* (2013) and *Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life* (2016).

A member of the American Society of Cinematographers and the Australian Cinematographers Society, Mason is married to Ann Murtha.

*Sources: imdb.com, shotonwhat.com, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mad Men* (2007), Fi1m 88, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *Strictly Ballroom* (1992), Fi1m 83, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/strictly-ballroom.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *13 Minutes* (2021), Director of Photography
- *A Change of Heart* (2017), Cinematography
- *Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life* (2016), series, Director of Photography
- *The Bag Man* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Breaking at the Edge* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Rites of Passage* (2012), Additional Director of Photography
- *Little Murder* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Mad Men* (2007), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *Have Dreams, Will Travel* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Venom* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Harsh Times* (2005), Director of Photography
- *The Wendell Baker Story* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Basic* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Rollerball* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Bootmen* (2000), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *BASEketball* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Buddy* (1997), Director of Photography
- *That Old Feeling* (1997), Director of Photography
- *To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar* (1995), Director of Photography
- *The Custodian* (1994), Cinematography
- *Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Broken Highway* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Redheads* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Strictly Ballroom* (1992), Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/strictly-ballroom.md)
- *Luigi’s Ladies* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Dadah Is Death* (1988), Camera Operator
- *The Tale of Ruby Rose* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Spécial Mad Max* (1985), Director of Photography
- *BMX Bandits* (1983), as Focus Puller
- *Goodbye Paradise* (1983), as Focus Puller
- *The Winds of Jarrah* (1983), as Focus Puller
- *A Dangerous Summer* (1982), as Focus Puller

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