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ABOUT MICHAEL
Michael is a Director of Photography based in South Africa & UK. Michael’s debut was in documentary but not after doing his apprenticeship as a Clapper loader, focus puller and a camera operator.
Gettysburg was his first documentary for Scott Free films, a raw and epic battle, which went on to win 6 Emmy’s and a nomination for outstanding cinematography. It was then followed up by yet another Emmy nomination for the documentary Mankind.
With early roots in documentary, Michael now shoots feature films & series internationally, with production experience in over 30 countries worldwide. Maintaining a careful balance of dramatic work & technical balance, Michael’s work has graced the screens with critically acclaimed shows such as The Night Manager and most recently wrapped on his 2nd Season of the HBO Series Warrior. A lush action drama set in San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1878.
Michael is South African and UK based, represented in USA and internationally by WPA / Worldwide Production Agency.
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SEE
Far in a dystopian future, the human race has lost the sense of sight, and society has had to find new ways to interact, build, hunt, and to survive. All of that is challenged when a set of twins are born with sight.
Director: Anders Engstrom
Position: Director of Photography -
SCOTT FREE / LIT ENTERTAINMENT
RAISED BY WOLVES
After Earth is rendered uninhabitable, Androids start a settlement and a new family with human embryos on the planet Kepler-22b.
Directors: Ridley Scott / Alex Gabassi
Position: Director of Photography (Second Unit) -
HBO /Cinemax
Warrior
Set during the Tong Wars in the late 1800s, Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy originating from China to San Francisco, ends up becoming a hatchet man for the most powerful tong in Chinatown.
Directors: David Petraca / Loni Peristere
Position: Director of Photography -
Paramount Pictures
Action Point
D.C. (Johnny Knoxville) is the crackpot owner of Action Point, a low-rent, out-of-control amusement park with dangerous rides. To save his beloved theme park and his relationship with his daughter, D.C. and the Action Point staff risk everything to pull out all the stops..
Director: Tim Kirkby
Position: Director of Photography -
Tiger Aspect / ITV
The Good Karma Hospital
Set in a coastal town in tropical South India, THE GOOD KARMA HOSPITAL tells the story of junior doctor, Ruby Walker, who arrives in India looking for a job and a distraction from her heartbreak.
Directors: Bill Eagles / Jon Wright
Position: Director of Photography -
BBC ONE / AMC
The Night Manager
The Night Manager is a contemporary interpretation of John le Carré’s best-selling spy novel, which follows hotel manager Jonathan Pine in his quest to bring down international arms dealer Richard Roper.
Director: Susanne Bier
Position: Director of Photography
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SEE Season 3
“See” is set in a brutal and primitive future, hundreds of years after humankind has lost the ability to see. In season three, almost a year has passed since Baba Voss (Jason Momoa) defeated his nemesis brother Edo and bid farewell to his family to […]
SEE Season 2
Far in a dystopian future, the human race has lost the sense of sight, and society has had to find new ways to interact, build, hunt, and to survive. All of that is challenged when a set of twins are born with sight. Check out […]
The Night Manager: Production
“I was immediately drawn to the huge ambition portrayed,” says DP Michael Snyman. “The images going through my head were spectacular and I knew I had to do it.” Read the full Creative Planet article here…
Warrior
Among the more fascinating legends in the short but memorable life of Bruce Lee is the TV show the martial-arts icon pitched in the early Seventies about a Chinese immigrant traveling through America in the late-19th Century. The studio politely declined, the Lee family story […]
