---
name: "Tyler J. Kupferer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tyler-j-kupferer"
fi1m_id: "tyler-j-kupferer"
imdb_id: "nm3435341"
tmdb_id: 1072820
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T19:22:01.944548+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."
---

# Tyler J. Kupferer

## Identity

Tyler J. Kupferer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tyler-j-kupferer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tyler-j-kupferer
- **IMDb ID:** nm3435341
- **TMDB ID:** 1072820
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3435341/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1072820

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3435341/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1072820

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Zootopia 2*](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Tyler J. Kupferer is an animation professional specialising in layout and cinematography at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He began his career there as a layout trainee on *Frozen* (2013) after completing a Master’s degree in animation at the Savannah College of Art and Design, having earlier studied computer graphics technology at Purdue Polytechnic.

Kupferer worked as a layout artist on numerous Disney features, including *Zootopia* (2016), *Moana* (2016), *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018), *Frozen II* (2019), *Raya and the Last Dragon* (2021) and *Encanto* (2021). He advanced to layout supervisor on *Strange World* (2022) and *Wish* (2023), and served as Director of Cinematography – Layout on *Zootopia 2* (2025). He has also received writing credits on the short films *Duck Heart Teslacoil* (2009) and *The Girl and the Fox* (2011).

*Sources: polytechnic.purdue.edu, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Zootopia 2* (2025), Fi1m 70, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md)
- *Zootopia* (2016), Fi1m 82, Layout — [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Zootopia 2* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md)
- *Maestro* (2019), CG Supervisor
- *Zootopia* (2016), as Layout — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia.md)
- *The Girl and the Fox* (2011), Director, Writer

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