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

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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'', ''

'', 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

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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 ''

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''. 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

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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 Feature film Direct-to-video

Television

TV movies TV series

Director

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Slovis, Michael American cinematographers American television directors Living people Mass media people from Montclair, New Jersey People from Plainfield, New Jersey Primetime Emmy Award winners Tisch School of the Arts alumni Year of birth missing (living people)