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Michael Bauman(I)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
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Michael Bauman
Michael Bauman is known for One Battle After Another (2025), Iron Man (2008) and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013).
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 9 wins & 39 nominations total

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    Known for

    Leonardo DiCaprio and Chase Infiniti in One Battle After Another (2025)
    One Battle After Another
    7.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 2025
    Jeff Bridges, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Terrence Howard in Iron Man (2008)
    Iron Man
    7.9
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Mike Bauman)
    • 2008
    Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
    7.5
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2013
    Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson in The Island (2005)
    The Island
    6.8
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2005

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Learning, Studying. . . Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another (2026)
      Learning, Studying. . . Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another
      7.8
      • additional photography
      • 2026
    • Christian Bale, John David Washington, and Margot Robbie in Amsterdam (2022)
      Amsterdam
      6.2
      • gaffer
      • 2022
    • The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
      The Tragedy of Macbeth
      7.1
      • gaffer
      • 2021
    • Rosie Perez, Jurnee Smollett, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Margot Robbie, and Ella Jay Basco in Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020)
      Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
      6.1
      • gaffer
      • 2020
    • Christian Bale and Matt Damon in Ford v Ferrari (2019)
      Ford v Ferrari
      8.1
      • gaffer
      • 2019
    • Christian Bale in Vice (2018)
      Vice
      7.2
      • gaffer
      • 2018
    • Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps in Phantom Thread (2017)
      Phantom Thread
      7.4
      • lighting cameraman
      • 2017
    • Radiohead: Present Tense, Jonny, Thom & a CR78 (2016)
      Radiohead: The Numbers
      7.6
      Music Video
      • gaffer
      • 2016
    • Radiohead: Present Tense, Jonny, Thom & a CR78 (2016)
      Radiohead: Present Tense, Jonny, Thom & a CR78
      7.5
      Music Video
      • gaffer
      • 2016
    • Bonnie Aarons and Madison Wolfe in The Conjuring 2 (2016)
      The Conjuring 2
      7.3
      • chief lighting technician (as Mike Bauman)
      • 2016
    • Radiohead: Daydreaming (2016)
      Radiohead: Daydreaming
      8.4
      Music Video
      • gaffer
      • 2016
    • Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
      Secret in Their Eyes
      6.3
      • gaffer
      • 2015
    • Will Smith in Concussion (2015)
      Concussion
      7.1
      • gaffer: Los Angeles
      • 2015
    • Mark Wahlberg in The Gambler (2014)
      The Gambler
      6.0
      • gaffer
      • 2014
    • Jennifer Garner, Steve Carell, Kerris Dorsey, Dylan Minnette, Ed Oxenbould, Elise Vargas, and Zoey Vargas in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
      Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
      6.2
      • chief lighting technician
      • 2014

    Cinematographer

    • Untitled Nancy Meyers Film
      • director of photography
      • Filming
      • 2027
    • Dominic Sessa in Tony (2026)
      Tony
      7.6
      • director of photography
      • 2026
    • Ella Beatty in Monster (2022)
      Monster
      7.7
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2025
    • Leonardo DiCaprio and Chase Infiniti in One Battle After Another (2025)
      One Battle After Another
      7.6
      • director of photography
      • 2025
    • American Horror Stories (2021)
      American Horror Stories
      6.3
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2023–2024
    • Diane Lane, Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald, Calista Flockhart, Chloë Sevigny, and Naomi Watts in Feud (2017)
      Feud
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Disaster Man (2022)
      Disaster Man
      7.2
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Christine Ebersole, Bradley Cooper, Harriet Sansom Harris, Maya Rudolph, Nate Mann, Cooper Hoffman, Benny Safdie, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Skyler Gisondo, and Alana Haim in Licorice Pizza (2021)
      Licorice Pizza
      7.1
      • director of photography
      • 2021
    • The Kirkie
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Michael 'Magic' Bauman

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      As of 2026, he has contributed with the camera department and the cinematography of eight films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Ray (2004), Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), Munich (2005), Phantom Thread (2017), Vice (2018), Ford v Ferrari (2019), Licorice Pizza (2021) and One Battle After Another (2025).

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