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

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on films. He became a cinematographer in 1995, working on the films '' Party Girl'' (1995), ''

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'' (2002), '' Halloweentown'' (1998), ''

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'' (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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

'', and ''

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''. 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 ''

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'', titled "

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" and "

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". In 2017, he directed episode 3 of the second season of the series ''

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''. That same year, he directed the episode "

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" in the seventh season of '' The Walking Dead'', and returned to the series in 2018 to direct the season eight episode " Worth".

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

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and holds a BFA in Professional Photographic Illustration from Rochester Institute of Technology.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Slovis, Michael American cinematographers American television directors Living people 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)