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Stephen J. Root(I)

  • Color Department
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
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Stephen J. Root was born on 5 March 1981 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for Atlas (2024), Mercy (2026) and Joker: Folie à Deux (2024).
BornMarch 5, 1981
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  • Known for

    Jennifer Lopez, Mark Strong, Sterling K. Brown, Greg Cohan, and Simu Liu in Atlas (2024)
    Atlas
    5.7
    • Editorial Department
    • 2024
    Rebecca Ferguson and Chris Pratt in Mercy (2026)
    Mercy
    6.2
    • Color Department
    • 2026
    Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
    Joker: Folie à Deux
    5.2
    • Editorial Department(as Stephen Root)
    • 2024
    Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in Barbie (2023)
    Barbie
    6.8
    • Editorial Department
    • 2023

    Credits

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    Color Department



    • Lone Wolf
      • dailies colorist: Company3, Los Angeles
      • Post-production



    • Serenity's Song (2026)
      Serenity's Song
      Short
      • colorist
      • 2026
    • Rebecca Ferguson and Chris Pratt in Mercy (2026)
      Mercy
      6.2
      • dailies colorist
      • 2026
    • Shemar Moore in S.W.A.T. (2017)
      S.W.A.T.
      7.2
      TV Series
      • dailies colorist: Company3, Los Angeles
      • 2024–2025

    Camera and Electrical Department



    • 21 Outs (2020)
      21 Outs
      • grip
      • 2020
    • Last Night in Town (2017)
      Last Night in Town
      Short
      • camera operator
      • 2017
    • Jeffrey Johnson and Shaun Piela in Captain Black (2017)
      Captain Black
      5.4
      • electrician
      • 2017
    • After School Special (2017)
      After School Special
      2.2
      • second assistant camera
      • 2017
    • Safe Harbor (2017)
      Safe Harbor
      Short
      • second assistant camera
      • steadicam operator
      • 2017
    • Bunnyman Vengeance (2017)
      Bunnyman Vengeance
      3.0
      • grip
      • 2017
    • Between Shifts (2016)
      Between Shifts
      8.6
      Short
      • assistant camera
      • key grip
      • 2016
    • Omar Gooding, Kelly Perine, Valarie Pettiford, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Tammy Townsend, Shondrella Avery, Joslyn Pennywell, Veronika Bozeman, and Ross Fleming in Boy Bye (2016)
      Boy Bye
      5.3
      • second assistant camera
      • 2016
    • Battle B-Boy (2016)
      Battle B-Boy
      3.2
      • grip
      • 2016
    • Rahma (2015)
      Rahma
      Short
      • camera operator
      • 2015
    • Threat (2015)
      Threat
      Short
      • dolly grip
      • first assistant camera
      • gaffer ...
      • 2015
    • Sequins (2015)
      Sequins
      TV Short
      • gaffer
      • 2015
    • Least Among Brethren (2015)
      Least Among Brethren
      9.0
      Short
      • camera operator
      • 2015
    • John B. Benitz, Sabrina Lyall, Cameron Kelly, Lupe McDonald, and Melissa Nichols in Finding Out (2015)
      Finding Out
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2015
    • Five (2014)
      Five
      Short
      • gaffer (as Stephen Root)
      • 2014

    Cinematographer



    • Duc Tien Hoang, Vivian Day, Lapson Be Ti, and Teresa Mai in What's the Good of Being Good? (2017)
      What's the Good of Being Good?
      8.6
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Good Fences
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • The Lost Captain
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • To Have & to Hold (2015)
      To Have & to Hold
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Parvaneh (2013)
      Parvaneh
      5.9
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Stephen Root
    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
    • Born
      • March 5, 1981
      • Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

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