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Steve Buckwalter

  • Cinematographer
  • Editor
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Steve Buckwalter grew up loving movies; obsessively watching older films on Laserdisc, watching 90s blockbusters in packed theaters and eagerly reading American Cinematographer magazine every month when it came out in the bookstore. Now he is a cinematographer known for I Heard the Bells (2022) as well as Brave the Dark (2021). His documentary work includes award winning feature Until 20 (2015), and the TV series '16 for '16: The Contenders (2016) and Dismantling Democracy (2019).
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    Known for

    9 Days Later
    Short
    • Editor
    • 2015
    Passive Aggressive Film School Roommate (2019)
    Passive Aggressive Film School Roommate
    Short
    • Director
    • 2019
    A Great Awakening
    A Great Awakening
    • Cinematographer
      Elizabeth Mitchell, James Ransone, Allie McCulloch, Yetide Badaki, Brandon Larracuente, Oona Laurence, Casey Hartnett, Antino Crowley-Kamenwati, and Giorgia Whigham in What We Found (2020)
      What We Found
      5.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020

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      Cinematographer



      • Casual Encounters: Philadelphia True Crime Confessions
        • Cinematographer
        • Post-production
      • Finding Time
        • Cinematographer
        • Post-production
      • A Great Awakening
        • Cinematographer
        • In Production
      • Murder at the Lakehouse
        • Cinematographer
        • Post-production



      • I Heard the Bells (2022)
        I Heard the Bells
        6.7
        • Cinematographer
        • 2022
      • Elizabeth Mitchell, James Ransone, Allie McCulloch, Yetide Badaki, Brandon Larracuente, Oona Laurence, Casey Hartnett, Antino Crowley-Kamenwati, and Giorgia Whigham in What We Found (2020)
        What We Found
        5.5
        • Cinematographer
        • 2020
      • Frayed (2019)
        Frayed
        Short
        • Cinematographer
        • 2019
      • Afraid (2019)
        Afraid
        4.4
        Short
        • director of photography
        • 2019
      • Dismantling Democracy (2019)
        Dismantling Democracy
        8.1
        TV Mini Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2019–2020
      • Incident in the Gulf (2018)
        Incident in the Gulf
        Short
        • director of photography
        • 2018
      • Derek Dienner in The Day I Became Alive (2018)
        The Day I Became Alive
        Short
        • Cinematographer
        • 2018
      • Terminal Behavior (2017)
        Terminal Behavior
        • director of photography
        • 2017
      • 16 for '16: The Contenders (2016)
        16 for '16: The Contenders
        8.9
        TV Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2016
      • Course Corrections
        • director of photography
        • 2016
      • Funny & Amen
        TV Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2015
      • Until 20 (2015)
        Until 20
        9.1
        • Cinematographer
        • 2015
      • Stronger (2014)
        Stronger
        Short
        • Cinematographer
        • 2014
      • Princess (2014)
        Princess
        Short
        • Cinematographer
        • 2014
      • Common Ground Business
        • director of photography
        • 2014

      Editor



      • 16 for '16: The Contenders (2016)
        16 for '16: The Contenders
        8.9
        TV Series
        • Editor
        • 2016
      • Until 20 (2015)
        Until 20
        9.1
        • lead editor
        • 2015
      • 9 Days Later
        Short
        • Editor
        • 2015

      Camera and Electrical Department



      • Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Alysia Reiner, and Sarah Megan Thomas in Equity (2016)
        Equity
        5.6
        • director of photography: second unit
        • 2016
      • Tim Daly, Hunter Parrish, and Ashley Hinshaw in A Rising Tide (2015)
        A Rising Tide
        5.6
        • b-cam operator
        • 2015
      • I Watched Her Fall
        Short
        • assistant camera
        • 2011
      • Below the Beltway (2010)
        Below the Beltway
        4.4
        • second camera
        • 2010
      • The Perfect Witness (2007)
        The Perfect Witness
        5.4
        • best boy electric
        • 2007

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