---
name: "Tod Campbell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tod-campbell"
fi1m_id: "tod-campbell"
imdb_id: "nm2842139"
tmdb_id: 1580138
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "30 May 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T20:33:46.686774+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."
---

# Tod Campbell

## Identity

Tod Campbell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tod-campbell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tod-campbell
- **IMDb ID:** nm2842139
- **TMDB ID:** 1580138
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2842139/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1580138

Cinematographer. Born 30 May 1972 in Austin, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 30 May 1972, Austin, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Sam Esmail](https://film.one/person/sam-esmail.md), [Tim Ives](https://film.one/person/tim-ives.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 73 (1), 2010s 80 (2), 2020s 60 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 74 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Mystery 2, Thriller 2, Action & Adventure 1, Animation 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $8m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2842139/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1580138

## Coming up

- *Panic Carefully* (2027-02-25), Director of Photography

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Stranger Things*](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md) (77), [*Leave the World Behind*](https://film.one/film/leave-the-world-behind.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Tod Campbell is an American cinematographer born on 30 May 1972 in Austin, Texas. He has worked extensively in television and film, serving as director of photography on multiple episodes of the series *Stranger Things* (2016) and the feature film *Leave the World Behind* (2023).

Campbell is also known for his cinematography on *Mr. Robot* (2015–2019), for which he received Primetime Emmy nominations, as well as episodes of *Homecoming* (2018) and *The Affair* (2015). Earlier in his career he worked as a camera operator on *Boyhood* (2014).

*Sources: imdb.com, cookeoptics.com, icgmagazine.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Leave the World Behind* (2023), Fi1m 60, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/leave-the-world-behind.md)
- *Stranger Things* (2016), Fi1m 77, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)
- *Mr. Robot* (2015), Fi1m 84, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-robot.md)
- *A Scanner Darkly* (2006), Fi1m 73, Loader — [page](https://film.one/film/a-scanner-darkly.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Panic Carefully* (2027), Director of Photography
- *Lake George* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Leave the World Behind* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/leave-the-world-behind.md)
- *Angelyne* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *Briarpatch* (2020), series, Director of Photography
- *Homecoming* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *Stranger Things* (2016), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)
- *Mr. Robot* (2015), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-robot.md)
- *Stroker* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Sleepy Hollow* (2013), series, Director of Photography
- *The River* (2012), series, Director of Photography
- *Shrink* (2009), "B" Camera Operator
- *A Scanner Darkly* (2006), as Loader — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/a-scanner-darkly.md)

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