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name: "Thomas Baker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thomas-baker"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "10 October 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
updated: "2026-09-17T06:44:04.751295+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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# Thomas Baker

Cinematographer. Born 10 October 1961 in Mission Hills, California, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 10 October 1961, Mission Hills, California, United States
- **Active:** 2000–2013
- **Also known as:** Thomas John Baker, Thomas J. Baker, Tom Baker
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 72 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117287092, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1104359/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1452489

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Emperor's New Groove*](https://film.one/film/the-emperors-new-groove.md) (80)

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## Biography

Thomas Baker is an American cinematographer and technical artist who has worked extensively in the camera and animation departments at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Born on 10 October 1961 in Mission Hills, California, he is credited as director of photography on the animated feature *The Emperor's New Groove* (2000), where he also served as scene planning supervisor.

Baker's other credits include stereography or stenographer roles on films such as *Frozen* (2013), *Wreck-It Ralph* (2012), *Big Hero 6* (2014) and *Moana* (2016), as well as scene planning or layout work on *Treasure Planet* (2002), *Meet the Robinsons* (2007) and *Bolt* (2008). He has contributed to numerous Disney productions since the early 1980s in roles ranging from motion-control camera operation to CGI layout.

*Sources: imdb.com, shotonwhat.com, disney.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Frozen* (2013), Fi1m 75, Camera Department Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/frozen.md)
- *Wreck-It Ralph* (2012), Fi1m 70, Camera Department Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/wreck-it-ralph.md)
- *The Emperor's New Groove* (2000), Fi1m 80, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-emperors-new-groove.md)

## Also known for

- *Bolt* (2008), Layout
- *Chicken Little* (2005), Layout
- *Meet the Robinsons* (2007), Layout
- *The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie* (1981), Camera Operator
- *Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice* (2011), Camera Department Manager
- *Bebe's Kids* (1992), Camera Operator

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