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Michael Chin(II)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Director
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Michael Chin is known for American Experience (1987), Becoming American: The Chinese Experience (2003) and Milk (2008).
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 2 nominations total

    Known for

    American Experience (1987)
    American Experience
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Bill Moyers in Becoming American: The Chinese Experience (2003)
    Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Milk (2008)
    Milk
    7.5
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2008
    The Joy Luck Club (1993)
    The Joy Luck Club
    7.7
    • Camera and Electrical Department("b" camera)
    • 1993

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    Cinematographer

    • Facetious
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • A Mother's Pain (2024)
      A Mother's Pain
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Simple as Water (2021)
      Simple as Water
      6.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Vanishing Chinatown: The World of the May's Photo Studio (2020)
      Vanishing Chinatown: The World of the May's Photo Studio
      8.4
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Geographies of Kinship (2019)
      Geographies of Kinship
      8.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • House Two (2018)
      House Two
      8.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • American Experience (1987)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 1990–2017
    • The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
      The Chinese Exclusion Act
      7.8
      • Cinematographer (cinematography by)
      • 2017
    • MAKERS: Hillary Clinton
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth (2016)
      The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Taller Than the Trees (2016)
      Taller Than the Trees
      7.0
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • The Pilgrims (2015)
      The Pilgrims
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • MAKERS: Once and for All (2015)
      MAKERS: Once and for All
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015)
      Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
      7.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer (2014)
      Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer
      7.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • When Loud Music Turned Deadly
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Free Chol Soo Lee (2022)
      Free Chol Soo Lee
      7.2
      • camera
      • 2022
    • Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
      Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
      7.5
      • additional cinematography
      • 2020
    • Ralph Lauren in Very Ralph (2019)
      Very Ralph
      6.9
      • additional camera
      • 2019
    • Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2019)
      Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
      7.7
      • Additional Cinematography
      • additional camera
      • 2019
    • Steven Spielberg in Spielberg (2017)
      Spielberg
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • additional camera
      • 2017
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • additional cinematography
      • camera operator
      • 2004–2016
    • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      7.9
      TV Series
      • additional camera operator
      • 2014
    • Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (2014)
      Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
      7.2
      • additional camera
      • 2014
    • American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (2013)
      American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
      7.8
      • additional camera
      • 2013
    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • camera operator
      • 2003–2012
    • American Experience (1987)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • additional camera operator
      • camera operator
      • 1992–2012
    • Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • camera operator
      • assistant camera
      • 2002–2011
    • Addiction Incorporated (2011)
      Addiction Incorporated
      7.1
      • additional camera
      • 2011
    • Last Call at the Oasis (2011)
      Last Call at the Oasis
      7.4
      • additional camera
      • 2011
    • Sing Your Song (2011)
      Sing Your Song
      7.5
      • additional camera
      • 2011

    Director

    • American Experience (1987)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2003–2006
    • Bill Moyers in Becoming American: The Chinese Experience (2003)
      Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Empires: Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution (2003)
      Empires: Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2003

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