Michael Goi (born March 4, 1959) is an American

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and film director. He is well known for his work on Showtimes ''

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'', and for his work with Ryan Murphy and

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on ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also wrote and directed the infamous 2011 film '' Megan Is Missing''.

Career

He began his career as director of photography on a short horror film directed by John Strysik, ''The Music of Erich Zann'', in 1980; and then on the comedy ''

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'', as a production assistant. He went on to serve as cinematographer on film and television series, such as: '' Moonstalker'', ''How U Like Me Now'', ''What Matters Most'', ''Call Waiting'', '' Funky Monkey'', '' Cloud 9'', ''

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'', '' The Nine Lives of Chloe King'', '' Mr. Sunshine'', '' Salem'' and '' The Town That Dreaded Sundown'' Goi has written and directed three feature films during his career; ''Voyeur'', an action drama about a reluctant porn star and her biggest fan; '' Megan Is Missing'' (2011), about internet predators and the disappearance of Megan Stewart ( Rachel Quinn); and ''MARY'', starring Gary Oldman and Emily Mortimer, on which he also served as the cinematographer.

''Web Therapy''

Goi served as the exclusive cinematographer on

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'' throughout the entirety of its 87-episode run.

Work with Ryan Murphy

As director of photography, Goi first worked with prolific writer/producers Ryan Murphy and

on their (with Ian Brennan)

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'', in 2011, with the episode " Asian F". That same year he also began work on the duo's new FX series ''

''. His first episode on the series was the '' Murder House'' installment " Rubber Man". He went on to work on Murphy's short-lived

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comedy '' The New Normal''; and the trio's 2015 horror/comedy ''

''. During the fourth season of ''American Horror Story'', Goi made his series directorial debut with "

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". He served as the series' exclusive cinematographer from the premiere of '' Asylum'', until

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of the fifth season. He was succeeded in the capacity by ''

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Personal life

Goi is of Japanese descent.

Filmography

Film

Cinematographer

Television

Director

Cinematographer

TV movies * ''The Fixer'' (1998) * '' Who Killed Atlanta's Children?'' (2000) * ''Christmas Rush'' (2002) * '' Red Water'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2004) * ''Katie Sullivan'' (2006) * ''Life on Mars'' (2008) * ''The Untitled Michael Jacobs Pilot'' (2010) * ''How to Be a Better American'' (2010) * ''Bloodline'' (2013) * ''The Death of Eva Sofia Valdez'' (2016) TV series

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goi, Michael 1959 births American cinematographers Film directors from Illinois American television directors Living people Presidents of the American Society of Cinematographers