---
name: "Steve Newman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-newman"
fi1m_id: "steve-newman"
imdb_id: "nm0628276"
tmdb_id: 2005358
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T19:13:58.520206+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."
---

# Steve Newman

## Identity

Steve Newman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-newman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-newman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0628276
- **TMDB ID:** 2005358
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628276/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2005358

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 1995–2006
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 71 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628276/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2005358

## Biography

Steve Newman is an Australian cinematographer and member of the Australian Cinematographers Society. He trained at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School in Sydney.

His credits include director of photography on *Hating Alison Ashley* (2005) and *Phobia* (1988), second unit director of photography on *Inspector Gadget 2* (2003), and director of photography for the live action test on *Happy Feet* (2006). He worked as special effects camera operator on *Babe* (1995) and has specialised in miniatures photography for films including *Superman Returns* (2006) and *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009). In 2009 he was studio director of photography on the Australian soap opera *Neighbours*.

*Sources: imdb.com, latimes.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Happy Feet* (2006), Fi1m 71, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/happy-feet.md)
- *Babe* (1995), Fi1m 88, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/babe.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Happy Feet* (2006), Director of Photography — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/happy-feet.md)
- *Hating Alison Ashley* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Inspector Gadget 2* (2003), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Paws* (1997), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Babe* (1995), Camera Operator — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/babe.md)
- *Muttaburrasaurus: Life in Gondwana* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Ultraman: Towards the Future* (1990), series, Director of Photography
- *Phobia* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Far East* (1982), Additional Photography
- *Groping* (1980), Thanks
- *The Alternative* (1977), as Clapper Loader

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