Tom Stern

CinematographerDirectorActorLighting Dec 16 (age 79) Palo Alto, California, USA 1977–2025 (48 year career)

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Biography

Thomas Evans "Tom" Stern (born December 16, 1946) is an American cinematographer best known for his work on films directed by Clint Eastwood. He has been Eastwood's primary cinematographer since Blood Work in 2002 and has worked as a gaffer since 1977. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Stern (cinematographer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

Gran Torino

Director of Photography

Film

Million Dollar Baby

Director of Photography

Film

The Hunger Games

Director of Photography

Film

American Sniper

Director of Photography

Film

Mystic River

Director of Photography

Film

Unforgiven

Chief Lighting Technician

Film

The Goonies

Gaffer

Film

Sully

Director of Photography

Filmography

Acting (2)

Movies (2)

Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'

2007

as Self

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

2002

as Self

7.2

Crew (51)

Movies (51)

Ice Road: Vengeance

2025

Director of Photography

6.3

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

2023

Director of Photography

6.8

In the Land of Saints and Sinners

2023

Director of Photography

6.5

Luther: The Fallen Sun

2023

Director of Photography

6.6

The Almond and the Seahorse

2022

Director

4.9

The Almond and the Seahorse

2022

Director of Photography

4.9

The Ice Road

2021

Director of Photography

6.8

The Meg

2018

Director of Photography

6.2

The 15:17 to Paris

2018

Director of Photography

5.4

Ceasefire

2017

Director of Photography

6.2

Sully

2016

Director of Photography

7.2

Broken Horses

2015

Director of Photography

5.8

American Sniper

2014

Director of Photography

7.4

Jersey Boys

2014

Director of Photography

6.7

The Hunger Games

2012

Director of Photography

7.2

Trouble with the Curve

2012

Director of Photography

7.0

J. Edgar

2011

Director of Photography

6.2

Sleepless Night

2011

Director of Photography

5.9

Hereafter

2010

Director of Photography

6.1

Invictus

2009

Director of Photography

7.2

Tenderness

2009

Director of Photography

5.2

Tsar

2009

Director of Photography

6.2

Gran Torino

2008

Director of Photography

8.0

Changeling

2008

Director of Photography

7.6

Paris 36

2008

Director of Photography

6.1

Things We Lost in the Fire

2007

Director of Photography

6.6

Midnight Son

2007

Director of Photography

1.0

Rails & Ties

2007

Director of Photography

6.4

Letters from Iwo Jima

2006

Director of Photography

7.5

Flags of Our Fathers

2006

Director of Photography

6.9

The Last Kiss

2006

Director of Photography

6.0

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

2005

Director of Photography

6.6

Romance & Cigarettes

2005

Director of Photography

6.0

Million Dollar Baby

2004

Director of Photography

8.0

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

2004

Director of Photography

5.9

Mystic River

2003

Director of Photography

7.7

Road to Perdition

2002

Chief Lighting Technician

7.3

Blood Work

2002

Director of Photography

6.2

Space Cowboys

2000

Chief Lighting Technician

6.4

A Perfect World

1993

Chief Lighting Technician

7.5

Unforgiven

1992

Chief Lighting Technician

7.9

Spaceballs

1987

Chief Lighting Technician

Heartbreak Ridge

Gaffer

The Goonies

Gaffer

Pale Rider

Gaffer

Tightrope

Gaffer

Bad Boys

Gaffer

All the Right Moves

Gaffer

White Dog

Gaffer

Between the Lines

Best Boy Grip

Kung Fury 2

Director of Photography