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Michael Slovis

American cinematographer and television director

Summary

American cinematographer and television director

FieldValue
nameMichael Slovis
imageMichael Slovis (cropped).jpg
captionSlovis at the 2013 Montclair Film Festival
birth_date
birth_placePlainfield, New Jersey, U.S.
occupationCinematographer, television director
years_active1981–present
spouseMaria Slovis
children3

Michael Slovis is an American cinematographer and television director. He is best known for his cinematography on the AMC series Breaking Bad.

Career

Slovis began his professional career in 1981. For many years, he worked as a camera operator on films. He became a cinematographer in 1995, working on the films Party Girl (1995), Half Past Dead (2002), Halloweentown (1998), The Thirteenth Year (1999), and Ready to Run (2000). In 2000, Slovis became a cinematographer on the series Ed, and worked on the series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, New Amsterdam, Fringe, Royal Pains, Rubicon, Running Wilde, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul.

As a director, Slovis made his directorial debut with the 2001 television film Spirit. Later, he directed episodes of Ed, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Rubicon, Breaking Bad, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Hell on Wheels In 2006, Slovis won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a One Hour Series for his work on CSI.

In 2014, Slovis directed the first two episodes of the fifth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones, titled "The Wars to Come" and "The House of Black and White". In 2017, he directed episode 3 of the second season of the series Preacher. Slovis directed the episodes "Thank You", "Something They Need", and "Worth" of The Walking Dead, and returned to the franchise by directing two episodes of the spin-off series The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.

Personal life

Slovis currently resides in Montclair, New Jersey with his wife Maria. They have three children. He is an alumnus of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and holds a BFA in Professional Photographic Illustration from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Filmography

Cinematographer

Film

Short film

YearTitleDirector
1989Coyote MountainJeffrey W. Mueller
1990The Burning GhatJames Rasin

Feature film

YearTitleDirector
1994Heading HomeMaria Heritier
1995Party GirlDaisy von Scherler Mayer
MaliciousIan Corson
Breach of TrustCharles Wilkinson
1998Scar CityKen Sanzel
Charlie HobokenThomas F. Mazziotti
The White RavenAndrew Stevens
1999Five AcesDavid Michael O'Neill
The 4th FloorJosh Klausner
2002Half Past DeadDon Michael Paul

Direct-to-video

YearTitleDirector
1996VibrationsMichael Paseornek
Crash DiveAndrew Stevens
2003The ForeignerMichael Oblowitz
2005The MarksmanMarcus Adams

Television

TV movies

YearTitleDirector
1996Angel Flight DownCharles Wilkinson
1997Seduction in a Small Town
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis StorySteven Hilliard Stern
Out of NowhereCharles Wilkinson
1998HalloweentownDuwayne Dunham
1999The Thirteenth Year
Michael Landon, the Father I KnewMichael Landon Jr.
2000Ready to RunDuwayne Dunham
2009Exit 19

TV series

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2004EdHimselfEpisode "Pressure Points"
2006–2007CSI: Crime Scene Investigation3 episodes
2008New Amsterdam7 episodes
2009CastleRob BowmanEpisode "Flowers for Your Grave"
FringeNorberto Barba
Brad Anderson
Bobby RothEpisodes "Ability", "Unleashed",
"Midnight" and "There's More Than One of Everything"
Royal PainsDon Scardino
Jace Alexander
Constantine Makris4 episodes
2009–2013Breaking Bad48 episodes
2010RubiconGuy Ferland
Jeremy Podeswa2 episodes
Running WildeAlex Hardcastle
Jeff Melman
Scott Ellis4 episodes
201230 RockJohn Riggi
Beth McCarthy-Miller
Jeff Richmond
Michael Engler
Steve Buscemi
Claire Cowperthwaite11 episodes
2014The LeftoversPeter BergEpisode "Pilot"

Director

YearTitleDirectorExecutive
ProducerNotes
2001SpiritTV movie
2004EdEpisode "Pressure Points"
2006–2007CSI: Crime Scene Investigation3 episodes
2010RubiconEpisode "Wayward Sons"
2010–2013Breaking BadEpisodes "Kafkaesque", "Cornered", "Live Free or Die" and
"Confessions"
2011Hell on WheelsEpisode "Pride, Pomp and Circumstance"
2011–2018Law & Order: Special Victims Unit13 episodes
201230 RockEpisode "Alexis Goodlooking and the Case of the Missing Whisky"
2012–2014Chicago Fire4 episodes
2014Once Upon a Time in WonderlandEpisode "Nothing to Fear"
Chicago P.D.Episodes "Stepping Stone" and "At Least It's Justice"
GracepointEpisode 8
2014–2017Elementary4 episodes
2015Game of ThronesEpisodes "The Wars to Come" and "The House of Black and White"
The Man in the High CastleEpisode "Kindness"
The AffairEpisode "211"
2015-2018The Walking DeadEpisodes "Thank You", "Something They Need", "Worth"
2016The New Yorker Presents1 episode
Better Call SaulEpisode "Bali Ha'i"
2016-2018Preacher7 episodes
2017The PathEpisodes "The Father and the Son" and "The Red Wall"
2018The Looming TowerEpisodes "Boys at War" and "The General"
2018-2022New Amsterdam15 episodes
2022The CallingEpisode "Blameless and Upright"
2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who LiveEpisodes "Bye" and "What We"
The Walking Dead: Daryl DixonEpisodes "L'Invisible" and "Vouloir, C'est Pouvoir"

References

References

  1. "Primetime Emmy Awards and Nominations for Michael Slovis". Primetime Emmy® Award Database.
  2. (February 21, 2015). "UPDATED: What can we expect from Game Of Thrones season 5?". The Wars to Come & The House of Black and White.
  3. (July 3, 2017). "Preacher Recap: All That Jazz". Damsels.
  4. Murray, Noel. (2017-03-27). "'The Walking Dead' Recap: Knives Out".
  5. (2024-01-29). "The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live release date on AMC and AMC+".
  6. "''Breaking Bad'' crew, Michael Slovis". AMCtv.com.
  7. Gajewski, Josh. (May 16, 2010). "'Breaking Bad': Michael Slovis, a visual storyteller". [[Los Angeles Times]].
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