Michael Slovis
American cinematographer and television director
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Michael Slovis, ASC[1] is an American cinematographer, television director, and producer.
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2001–present (Director)
Michael Slovis | |
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Slovis at the 2013 Montclair Film Festival | |
| Born | Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupations | Cinematographer, television director, television producer |
| Years active | 1980–2014 (Cinematography) 2001–present (Director) |
| Spouse | Maria Slovis |
| Children | 3 |
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.[2]
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.[3]
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[3] In 2006, Slovis won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a One Hour Series for his work on CSI.[4]
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".[5] In 2017, he directed episode 3 of the second season of the series Preacher.[6] 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.[7][8]
Slovis is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.[1]
Personal life
Slovis currently resides in Montclair, New Jersey with his wife Maria. They have three children.[3]
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[a] | Maria Heritier |
| 1995 | Party Girl | Daisy von Scherler Mayer |
| Malicious | Ian Corson | |
| Breach of Trust | Charles Wilkinson | |
| 1998 | Scar City | Ken Sanzel |
| Charlie Hoboken | Thomas F. Mazziotti | |
| The White Raven | Andrew Stevens | |
| 1999 | Five Aces | David Michael O'Neill |
| The 4th Floor | Josh Klausner | |
| 2002 | Half Past Dead | Don Michael Paul |
- Also credited as co-producer
Direct-to-video
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 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 Down | Charles Wilkinson |
| 1997 | Seduction in a Small Town | |
| Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story | Steven Hilliard Stern | |
| Out of Nowhere | Charles Wilkinson | |
| 1998 | Halloweentown | Duwayne Dunham |
| 1999 | 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 | Ed | Himself | Episode "Pressure Points" |
| 2006–2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 3 episodes | |
| 2008 | New Amsterdam | 7 episodes | |
| 2009 | Castle | Rob Bowman | Episode "Flowers for Your Grave" |
| Fringe | Norberto Barba Brad Anderson Bobby Roth |
Episodes "Ability", "Unleashed", "Midnight" and "There's More Than One of Everything" | |
| Royal Pains | Don Scardino Jace Alexander Constantine Makris |
4 episodes | |
| 2009–2013 | Breaking Bad | 48 episodes | |
| 2010 | Rubicon | Guy Ferland Jeremy Podeswa |
2 episodes |
| Running Wilde | Alex Hardcastle Jeff Melman Scott Ellis |
4 episodes | |
| 2012 | 30 Rock | John Riggi Beth McCarthy-Miller Jeff Richmond Michael Engler Steve Buscemi Claire Cowperthwaite |
11 episodes |
| 2014 | The Leftovers | Peter Berg | Episode "Pilot" |
Director
TV series
| Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Spirit | Yes | No | TV movie |
| 2004 | Ed | Yes | No | Episode "Pressure Points" |
| 2006–2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Yes | No | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Rubicon | Yes | No | Episode "Wayward Sons" |
| 2010–2013 | Breaking Bad | Yes | No | Episodes "Kafkaesque", "Cornered", "Live Free or Die" and "Confessions" |
| 2011 | Hell on Wheels | Yes | No | Episode "Pride, Pomp and Circumstance" |
| 2011–2018 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Yes | No | 13 episodes |
| 2012 | 30 Rock | Yes | No | Episode "Alexis Goodlooking and the Case of the Missing Whisky" |
| 2012–2014 | Chicago Fire | Yes | No | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | Yes | No | Episode "Nothing to Fear" |
| Chicago P.D. | Yes | No | Episodes "Stepping Stone" and "At Least It's Justice" | |
| 2014–2017 | Elementary | Yes | No | 4 episodes |
| 2015 | Game of Thrones | Yes | No | Episodes "The Wars to Come" and "The House of Black and White" |
| The Man in the High Castle | Yes | No | Episode "Kindness" | |
| The Affair | Yes | No | Episode "211" | |
| 2015-2018 | The Walking Dead | Yes | No | Episodes "Thank You", "Something They Need", "Worth" |
| 2016 | The New Yorker Presents | Yes | No | 1 episode |
| Better Call Saul | Yes | No | Episode "Bali Ha'i" | |
| 2016-2018 | Preacher | Yes | Yes | 7 episodes |
| 2017 | The Path | Yes | No | Episodes "The Father and the Son" and "The Red Wall" |
| 2018-2022 | New Amsterdam | Yes | Yes | 15 episodes |
| 2022 | The Calling | Yes | Yes | Episode "Blameless and Upright" |
| 2024-2026 | The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon | Yes | No | Episodes "L'Invisible" and "Vouloir, C'est Pouvoir" |
| 2025 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | Yes | Yes | Episodes "Lost Highway" and "Lago D'Averno" |
Miniseries
| Year | Title | Director | Co-Executive Producer |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Gracepoint | Yes | No | Episode 8 |
| 2018 | The Looming Tower | Yes | No | Episodes "Boys at War" and "The General" |
| 2024 | The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live | Yes | Yes | Episodes "Bye" and "What We" |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Title | Episode | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cinematography | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Gum Drops" | Won | [9] |
| 2007 | "Built to Kill, Part 1") | Nominated | ||||
| 2009 | Breaking Bad | "ABQ" | Nominated | |||
| 2010 | "No Más" | Nominated | ||||
| 2012 | "Face Off" | Nominated | ||||
| 2013 | "Gliding Over All" | Nominated | ||||
| 2014 | "Granite State" | Nominated |