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Cinematographer · age 87

Stephen H. Burum

Best rated: Carlito's Way (7.8)

Films
31
Avg rating
6.20
Peak run
1982’83
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Every film, by TMDB rating

The career

Stephen H. Burum, cinematography career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak era
Peak 1982 to 1983, 6.7545678197519801985199019952000Carlito's Way 7.8Scream Bloody Murder 4.6Career avg 6.20

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Stephen H. Burum's career barcodecoolhot
197331 films2004
Current formLast 5: 5.91 vs career 6.20 (−0.29)
  1. WSnake Eyes1998 · 6.20.0
  2. LMystery Men1999 · 5.9−0.3
  3. LMission to Mars2000 · 6.0−0.2
  4. LLife or Something Like It2002 · 5.7−0.5
  5. LConfessions of a Teenage Drama Queen2004 · 5.7−0.5
As a cinematographer, films with 25+ votes

Stephen by the numbers

Average
6.20
28 rated films
Vote weighted
6.33
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.82
rating spread
Career
32y
1973 to 2004
Total votes
36.1K
across every film
Best
7.8
Carlito's Way
Worst
4.6
Scream Bloody Murder
Newest first

Filmography

Cinematography filmography
2004Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen posterConfessions of a Teenage Drama Queen5.7971
2002Life or Something Like It posterLife or Something Like It5.7658
2000Mission to Mars posterMission to Mars6.01,663
1999Mystery Men posterMystery Men5.9958
1998Snake Eyes posterSnake Eyes6.21,580
1997Fathers' Day posterFathers' Day5.5319
1996Mission: Impossible posterMission: Impossible7.010,351
1994The Shadow posterThe Shadow6.1594
1993Carlito's Way posterCarlito's Way7.83,621
1992Hoffa posterHoffa6.3383
1992Raising Cain posterRaising Cain6.0412
1992Man Trouble posterMan Trouble4.970
1991He Said, She Said posterHe Said, She Said5.9136
1989The War of the Roses posterThe War of the Roses6.91,299
1989Casualties of War posterCasualties of War7.21,054
1988Arthur 2: On the Rocks posterArthur 2: On the Rocks5.5165
1987The Untouchables posterThe Untouchables7.86,370
1986Nutcracker: The Motion Picture·23
19868 Million Ways to Die poster8 Million Ways to Die5.5151
1985The Bride posterThe Bride5.491
Better together?

Stephen H. Burum's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Brian De Palma and Stephen H. Burum movies · Francis Ford Coppola and Stephen H. Burum movies · Danny DeVito and Stephen H. Burum movies

Takes

On Stephen H. Burum

1 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

  • Best Cinematography · Academy Awards 1993
    Stephen H. Burum
    Nominated

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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