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Michael Yelseth

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Producer
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Michael Yelseth is known for Survivor (2000), Expedition Impossible (2011) and Glory Game: The Joost van der Westhuizen Story (2014).
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    • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
      • 3 nominations total

    Known for

    Survivor (2000)
    Survivor
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Ryan Allen Carrillo, Erik Weihenmayer, Dave Salmoni, AJ Gibson, and Kari Gibson in Expedition Impossible (2011)
    Expedition Impossible
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Glory Game: The Joost van der Westhuizen Story (2014)
    Glory Game: The Joost van der Westhuizen Story
    9.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 2014
    The Greatest Soul on Earth
    • Cinematographer

      Credits

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      Camera and Electrical Department

      • David Blaine: Do Not Attempt (2025)
        David Blaine: Do Not Attempt
        7.8
        TV Series
        • additional cinematographer: Cape Town
        • 2025
      • World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji (2020)
        World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
        7.6
        TV Series
        • camera operator
        • 2020
      • Terra Mater (2011)
        Terra Mater
        8.0
        TV Series
        • additional camera
        • 2017
      • Vacation Creation (2016)
        Vacation Creation
        6.4
        TV Series
        • camera operator
        • 2016–2017
      • Survivor (2000)
        Survivor
        7.6
        TV Series
        • camera
        • assistant video technician
        • camera operator ...
        • 2001–2015
      • F. Murray Abraham, Peter Coyote, Allison Argo, David Attenborough, Paul Christie, John Benjamin Hickey, Howard McGillin, George Page, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Nora Young, Toby Leonard Moore, and Chris Morgan in Nature (1982)
        Nature
        8.9
        TV Series
        • additional cinematography
        • 2015
      • The Amazing Race (2001)
        The Amazing Race
        7.8
        TV Series
        • camera
        • lead camera
        • 2001–2015
      • Ryan Allen Carrillo, Erik Weihenmayer, Dave Salmoni, AJ Gibson, and Kari Gibson in Expedition Impossible (2011)
        Expedition Impossible
        7.1
        TV Series
        • camera operator: zone
        • 2011
      • Frontline/World (2002)
        Frontline/World
        8.2
        TV Series
        • additional camera
        • camera operator
        • 2005–2010
      • Pirate Master (2007)
        Pirate Master
        5.9
        TV Series
        • camera operator
        • 2007
      • Dead Men Don't Tour: Rodríguez in South Africa (1998)
        Dead Men Don't Tour: Rodríguez in South Africa
        7.2
        • camera operator
        • 1998

      Cinematographer

      • The Greatest Soul on Earth
        • director of photography
        • Post-production
      • Mothers of Chibok (2024)
        Mothers of Chibok
        8.2
        • director of photography
        • 2024
      • Snake City 9
        TV Series
        • cinematography
        • 2023
      • Glory Game: The Joost van der Westhuizen Story (2014)
        Glory Game: The Joost van der Westhuizen Story
        9.1
        • director of photography
        • 2014
      • Ifani, Buru, Chomee, and Vusi in Stumbo Stomp amaPantsula (2014)
        Stumbo Stomp amaPantsula
        TV Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2014–2015
      • There Is No Tomorrow (2014)
        There Is No Tomorrow
        TV Movie
        • Cinematographer
        • 2014
      • Tropika Island of Treasure (2008)
        Tropika Island of Treasure
        TV Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2013
      • The First Graduating Class: Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (2012)
        The First Graduating Class: Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls
        • director of photography
        • 2012
      • Street Monkeys
        8.2
        • Cinematographer (as Mike Yelseth)
        • 2009
      • Try Revolution
        TV Movie
        • Cinematographer
        • 2006
      • Global Tribe
        TV Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2003
      • Profiles from the Front Line
        8.0
        TV Series
        • Cinematographer
        • 2003
      • Dead Men Don't Tour: Rodríguez in South Africa (1998)
        Dead Men Don't Tour: Rodríguez in South Africa
        7.2
        • Cinematographer
        • 1998

      Producer

      • Glory Game: The Joost van der Westhuizen Story (2014)
        Glory Game: The Joost van der Westhuizen Story
        9.1
        • co-producer
        • 2014

      Personal details

      • Official site
        • Official Site
      • Alternative name
        • Mike Yelseth

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