Bruce James Bales

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56 titles

Films in Production (6 titles)	Budget	Status
Going Dry (2026) Camera Operator: Des Moines Unit Camera Operator: Des Moines Unit See fewer		Filming
Death of A Brewer Director Of Photography Director Of Photography See fewer		Post-Prod
Dryland (Short) - Director Of Photography Director Of Photography See fewer		Post-Prod
Flail (Short) - Writer (as Bruce Bales) Writer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer		Pre-Prod
Freshwater Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer	$20K	Completed
Winters, Nebraska Director Of Photography Director Of Photography See fewer	$350K	Post-Prod

Television in Production (3 titles)	Episodes	Status
Outed (TV Series) - Grip (as Bruce Bales) (9 episodes) Grip (as Bruce Bales) (9 episodes) See fewer — Not Easy Season 1, Episode 10 - Grip (as Bruce Bales) Grip (as Bruce Bales) See fewer See more See fewer Loading	9
Complete Bull (TV Series) - Director Of Photography (1 episode) Director Of Photography (1 episode) See fewer — Pilot Director Of Photography Director Of Photography See fewer	1	Pitch
In Luck (TV Series) - Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer		Post-Prod

Past Film & Video (38 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
The Driftless (2025) Camera Operator Camera Operator See fewer	$250K
The Oldest (2025) (Short) - Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer	$20K
Knee High (2025) Cinematographer, Producer Cinematographer, Producer See fewer	$10K
Given (2025) (Short) - Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer
The Valley of the Devil (2025) (Short) - Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer	$15K
ChiefsAholic: A Wolf in Chiefs Clothing (2024) Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer
Ratified (2024) Additional Photography Additional Photography See fewer
Remote (2024) Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer
Sayah (2024) (Short) - Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer	$16K
Layaway (2023) (Short) - 1st AC 1st AC See fewer
Ella (2023) (Short) - Cinematographer, Producer Cinematographer, Producer See fewer	$16K
Betsabé (2023) (Short) - Cinematographer, Producer Cinematographer, Producer See fewer	$16K
Next of Kin (2021) (Short) - Cinematographer, Producer Cinematographer, Producer See fewer
Fairtown (2021) (Short) - Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer	$1K
Domicile (2020) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales), Editor (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales), Editor (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	$2K
Wilt (2020) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	$6K
Enjoy Your Evening (2020) (Short) - Cinematographer, Producer Cinematographer, Producer See fewer	$500
The Burial (2019) (Short) - Gaffer (as Bruce Bales) Gaffer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer
Welcome to a Better You (2019) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	$1K
One Million XP (2019) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	$500
The Happiness Machine (2019) (Short) - Assistant Camera (as Bruce Bales) Assistant Camera (as Bruce Bales) See fewer
Birth of the Cy-Hawk (2019) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	$19K
Knee High (2019) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer
Jacksonville (2018) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer
Undertow (2018) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales), Editor (as Bruce Bales), Writer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales), Editor (as Bruce Bales), Writer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer
Sucks to Suck (2018) (Video) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	$500
Note to Self (2018) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	$500
Recess (2018) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Editor (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Editor (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	$200
Priorities (2017) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer
Whistle Boys (2017) (Short) - Lighting (as Bruce Bales) Lighting (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	$1K
The Hero (2017) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	$500
Buddies Don't Kiss (2017) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	$5K
Twig (2017) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	$5K
Mushtown (2017) (Short) - Grip (as Bruce Bales) Grip (as Bruce Bales) See fewer
Go Fig Yourself (2017) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	$1K
Brodown (2017) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	$1K
This Week in Fear: Trump (2016) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales), Producer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	$2K
Eighteen Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) Cinematographer (as Bruce Bales) See fewer

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Past Television (8 titles)	Episodes
Independent Lens (2025) (TV Series) - Additional Photography (1 episode, 2025) Additional Photography (1 episode, 2025) See fewer Ratified (Oct 20, 2025) Season 27, Episode 2 - Additional Photography Additional Photography See fewer	1
Friendly Faces (2023) (TV Mini-series) - Cinematographer (3 episodes, 2023), Cinematographer (1 episode, 2023), Editor (1 episode, 2023), Director (1 episode, 2023), Color Grading By (1 episode, 2023) Cinematographer (3 episodes, 2023), Cinematographer (1 episode, 2023), Editor (1 episode, 2023), Director (1 episode, 2023), Color Grading By (1 episode, 2023) See fewer Farewell, My Friend (Jun 24, 2023) Season 1, Episode 8 - Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer See more See fewer Loading	4
The Truth About My Murder (2022) (TV Series) - Director Of Photography (1 episode, 2022) Director Of Photography (1 episode, 2022) See fewer Timothy Pasa (Oct 19, 2022) Season 1, Episode 5 - Director Of Photography Director Of Photography See fewer	1
Love at First Bite (TV Series) - Camera Operator Camera Operator See fewer
TubeLords (2022) (TV Series) - Cinematographer (1 episode, 2022), Director Of Photography (1 episode, 2022) Cinematographer (1 episode, 2022), Director Of Photography (1 episode, 2022) See fewer Pilot (Jun 11, 2022) Season 1, Episode 1 - Cinematographer, Director Of Photography Cinematographer, Director Of Photography See fewer	1
Charmed to Death (2021) (TV Series) - First Assistant Camera (1 episode, 2021) First Assistant Camera (1 episode, 2021) See fewer A Ruthless Repertoire (Aug 8, 2021) Season 1, Episode 4 - First Assistant Camera First Assistant Camera See fewer	1
Outed (2018) (TV Series) - Grip (as Bruce Bales) (1 episode, 2018) Grip (as Bruce Bales) (1 episode, 2018) See fewer Pilot (2018) Season 1, Episode 1 - Grip (as Bruce Bales) Grip (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	1
Burn (2017) (TV Series) - Man (as Bruce Bales) (1 episode, 2017) Man (as Bruce Bales) (1 episode, 2017) See fewer Episode #1.2 (2017) Season 1, Episode 2 - Man (as Bruce Bales) Man (as Bruce Bales) See fewer	1

Self (1 title)
Iowa Basement Tapes (2018) (Podcast Series) - Self (1 episode, 2018) Self (1 episode, 2018) See fewer Iowa Basement Tapes 8 8-23-2018 Guest: Bruce Bales (Sep 15, 2018) Self Self See fewer

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