Person
Michael Bauman
Camera
Biography
Michael Bauman is a director of photography and chief lighting technician. He worked with Paul Thomas Anderson on The Master (2012), Inherent Vice (2014), Radiohead's Daydreaming music video (2016), Phantom Thread (2017), and shared director of photography credits with Anderson on Licorice Pizza (2021). Other films Bauman worked on include Training Day (2001), Munich (2005), Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Nightcrawler (2014), Ford v Ferrari (2019), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), and Amsterdam (2022).
Known for
Iron Man
Gaffer
One Battle After Another
Director of Photography
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Director of Photography
Iron Man 2
Gaffer
American Horror Stories
Director of Photography
The Conjuring 2
Chief Lighting Technician
Nightcrawler
Gaffer
Ford v Ferrari
Gaffer
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Gaffer
The Island
Gaffer
Filmography
- 2026TonyDirector of Photography
- 2026Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After AnotherAdditional Photography
- 2025Monster: The Ed Gein StoryDirector of Photography
- 2025One Battle After AnotherDirector of Photography
- 2022AmsterdamGaffer
- 2022Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers DynastyGaffer
- 2021The Tragedy of MacbethGaffer
- 2021Licorice PizzaDirector of Photography
- 2021American Horror StoriesDirector of Photography
- 2020Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)Gaffer
- 2019Ford v FerrariGaffer
- 2018ViceGaffer
- 2017Phantom ThreadChief Lighting Technician
- 2017HAIM / ValentineGaffer
- 2017FEUDDirector of Photography
- 2016The Conjuring 2Chief Lighting Technician
- 2015Secret in Their EyesGaffer
- 2014The GamblerGaffer
- 2014Inherent ViceChief Lighting Technician
- 2014NightcrawlerGaffer
- 2014Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DayChief Lighting Technician
- 2013The Hunger Games: Catching FireGaffer
- 2013The Bling RingGaffer
- 2012The MasterChief Lighting Technician
- 2012People Like UsChief Lighting Technician
- 2011RampartGaffer
- 2011Cowboys & AliensChief Lighting Technician
- 2010Iron Man 2Gaffer
- 2008You Don't Mess with the ZohanChief Lighting Technician
- 2008Iron ManGaffer
- 2006Smokin' AcesGaffer
- 2005MunichGaffer
- 2005Good Night, and Good Luck.Chief Lighting Technician
- 2005The IslandGaffer
- 2004TaxiGaffer
- 2003Tears of the SunGaffer
- 2003Phone BoothGaffer
- 2002TickerGaffer
- 2002Auto FocusGaffer
- 2001Training DayChief Lighting Technician
- 2001DrivenGaffer
- 2001The Center of the WorldGaffer
- 200115 MinutesLighting Technician
- 2000Nurse BettyGaffer
- 1999The Thirteenth FloorAssistant Chief Lighting Technician
- 1994BendersGaffer
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