Michael Slovis, ASC is an American cinematographer, television director, and producer.
Early life and education Slovis was born in Plainfield, New Jersey.
He was educated at the Rochester Institute of Technology and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
Career 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, Breaking Bad, 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 Primetime Emmy Award 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 Preacher. 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.
Slovis is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
Personal life Slovis currently resides in Montclair, New Jersey with his wife Maria. They have three children.
Filmography Cinematographer Film Short film Year Title Director 1989 Coyote Mountain Jeffrey W. Mueller 1990 The Burning Ghat James Rasin
Feature film Year Title Director 1994 Heading Home Maria Heritier1995 Party Girl Daisy von Scherler Mayer Malicious Ian Corson Breach of Trust Charles Wilkinson1998 Scar City Ken Sanzel Charlie Hoboken Thomas F. Mazziotti The White Raven Andrew Stevens1999 Five Aces David Michael O'Neill The 4th Floor Josh Klausner 2002 Half Past Dead Don Michael Paul
Direct-to-video Year Title Director1996 Vibrations Michael Paseornek Crash Dive Andrew Stevens 2003 The Foreigner Michael Oblowitz 2005 The Marksman Marcus Adams
Television TV movies Year Title Director 1996 Angel Flight DownCharles Wilkinson1997 Seduction in a Small Town Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story Steven Hilliard Stern Out of Nowhere Charles Wilkinson 1998 HalloweentownDuwayne Dunham1999 The Thirteenth Year Michael Landon, the Father I Knew Michael Landon Jr. 2000 Ready to Run Duwayne Dunham 2009 Exit 19
TV series Year Title Director Notes 2004 EdHimself Episode "Pressure Points" 2006–2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 3 episodes 2008 New Amsterdam 7 episodes2009 Castle Rob Bowman Episode "Flowers for Your Grave" Fringe Norberto BarbaBrad AndersonBobby Roth Episodes "Ability", "Unleashed","Midnight" and "There's More Than One of Everything" Royal Pains Don ScardinoJace AlexanderConstantine Makris 4 episodes 2009–2013 Breaking Bad 48 episodes2010 Rubicon Guy FerlandJeremy Podeswa 2 episodes Running Wilde Alex HardcastleJeff MelmanScott Ellis 4 episodes 2012 30 Rock John RiggiBeth McCarthy-MillerJeff RichmondMichael EnglerSteve BuscemiClaire Cowperthwaite 11 episodes 2014 The Leftovers Peter Berg Episode "Pilot"
Director TV series Year Title Director ExecutiveProducer Notes 2001 Spirit TV movie 2004 Ed Episode "Pressure Points" 2006–2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 3 episodes 2010 Rubicon Episode "Wayward Sons" 2010–2013 Breaking Bad Episodes "Kafkaesque", "Cornered", "Live Free or Die" and"Confessions" 2011 Hell on Wheels Episode "Pride, Pomp and Circumstance" 2011–2018 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 13 episodes 2012 30 Rock Episode "Alexis Goodlooking and the Case of the Missing Whisky" 2012–2014 Chicago Fire 4 episodes2014 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Episode "Nothing to Fear" Chicago P.D. Episodes "Stepping Stone" and "At Least It's Justice" 2014–2017 Elementary 4 episodes2015 Game of Thrones Episodes "The Wars to Come" and "The House of Black and White" The Man in the High Castle Episode "Kindness" The Affair Episode "211" 2015-2018 The Walking Dead Episodes "Thank You", "Something They Need", "Worth"2016 The New Yorker Presents 1 episode Better Call Saul Episode "Bali Ha'i" 2016-2018 Preacher 7 episodes 2017 The Path Episodes "The Father and the Son" and "The Red Wall" 2018-2022 New Amsterdam 15 episodes 2022 The Calling Episode "Blameless and Upright" 2024 The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Episodes "L'Invisible" and "Vouloir, C'est Pouvoir" 2025 Law & Order: Organized Crime Episodes "Lost Highway" and "Lago D'Averno"
Miniseries Year Title Director Co-ExecutiveProducer Notes 2014 Gracepoint Episode 8 2018 The Looming Tower Episodes "Boys at War" and "The General" 2024 The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Episodes "Bye" and "What We"
Awards and nominations +YearAwardCategoryTitleEpisodeResult 2006Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding CinematographyCSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Gum Drops" 2007 "Built to Kill, Part 1") 2009Breaking Bad "ABQ" 2010 "No Más" 2012 "Face Off" 2013 "Gliding Over All" 2014 "Granite State"
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