---
name: "Tim Bellen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tim-bellen"
fi1m_id: "tim-bellen"
imdb_id: "nm0068863"
tmdb_id: 1552468
roles: ["Camera operator"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T14:40:00.265319+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."
---

# Tim Bellen

## Identity

Tim Bellen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tim-bellen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tim-bellen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0068863
- **TMDB ID:** 1552468
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068863/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1552468

Camera operator.

## Details

- **Work:** Camera operator
- **Active:** 2007–2011
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 63 (1), 2010s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068863/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1552468

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Californication*](https://film.one/tv/californication.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Tim Bellen is a cinematographer and camera operator working primarily in television. He served as director of photography on season 7 of the series *Californication* (2014), following earlier credits as 'b' camera operator on the show.

His other cinematography credits include episodes of *Dear Edward* (2023), *As We See It* (2022), *Quantum Leap* (2022), *Good Girls* (2019), *Veep* (2016) and *Masters of Sex* (2013–2015). He has also worked as a camera operator or Steadicam operator on films including *Rise of the Planet of the Apes* (2011) and *Metro* (1997), and directed an episode of *Almost Family* (2019).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, shotonwhat.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Rise of the Planet of the Apes* (2011), Fi1m 80, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Californication* (2007), Fi1m 63, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Quantum Leap* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *Think Like a Dog* (2020), Steadicam Operator, "B" Camera Operator, Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Kevin from Work* (2015), series, Director of Photography
- *Veep* (2012), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Rise of the Planet of the Apes* (2011), Camera Operator — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Pitch* (2009), as Steadycam
- *Californication* (2007), series, Director of Photography, Camera Operator — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), series, Camera Operator — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *Metro* (1997), Steadicam Operator
- *Turret*, Director, Writer

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