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Michael Chin
(II)
Cinematographer
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Michael Chin is known for
American Experience (1988)
,
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
8.6
TV Series
Cinematographer
1990–2017 • 41 eps
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
7.1
TV Series
Cinematographer
2003 • 2 eps
Milk
7.5
Camera and Electrical Department
2008
The Joy Luck Club
7.7
Camera and Electrical Department
1993
Credits
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Cinematographer
93
Camera and Electrical Department
54
Director
3
Producer
1
Sound Department
1
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Cinematographer
Upcoming
5
Dancing
Cinematographer
Released
TV Mini Series
1993
1 episode
Substratum 2025
Cinematographer
Completed
Short
MisTaken
Cinematographer
Completed
Short
Knotty
director of photography
Post-production
A Mother's Pain Teaser
director of photography
Completed
TV Movie
Previous
88
Misguided Trust
Short
director of photography
2025
Afterlife
Short
Cinematographer
2025
A Mother's Pain
Short
Cinematographer
2024
Simple as Water
6.9
Cinematographer
2021
Vanishing Chinatown: The World of the May's Photo Studio
8.4
Short
Cinematographer
2020
Geographies of Kinship
8.8
Cinematographer
2019
House Two
8.9
Cinematographer
2018
American Experience
8.6
TV Series
Cinematographer
director of photography
1990–2017
41 episodes
The Chinese Exclusion Act
7.7
cinematography by
2017
MAKERS: Hillary Clinton
Video
Cinematographer
2017
The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth
6.6
TV Movie
Cinematographer
2016
Taller Than the Trees
7.0
Short
Cinematographer
2016
The Pilgrims
7.4
TV Movie
Cinematographer
2015
MAKERS: Once and for All
Cinematographer
2015
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
7.6
Cinematographer
2015
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Camera and Electrical Department
Upcoming
1
Substratum 2025
camera operator
Completed
Short
Previous
53
Afterlife
Short
camera operator
2025
Free Chol Soo Lee
7.2
camera
2022
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
7.6
additional cinematography
2020
Very Ralph
6.9
additional camera
2019
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
7.7
additional camera
additional cinematography
2019
Spielberg
7.7
TV Movie
additional camera
2017
Independent Lens
8.1
TV Series
additional cinematography
camera operator
2004–2016
4 episodes
P.O.V.
8.1
TV Series
additional camera operator
2014
1 episode
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
7.1
additional camera
2014
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
7.8
additional camera
2013
American Masters
8.2
TV Series
additional photography
camera operator
2003–2012
3 episodes
American Experience
8.6
TV Series
additional photography
additional camera operator
camera operator
1992–2012
13 episodes
Nova
8.7
TV Series
additional photography
camera operator
assistant camera
2002–2011
4 episodes
Addiction Incorporated
7.1
additional camera
2011
Last Call at the Oasis
7.4
additional camera
2011
Director
Previous
3
American Experience
8.6
TV Series
Director
director of photography
2003–2006
3 episodes
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
7.1
TV Series
Director
2003
2 episodes
Empires: Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution
7.0
TV Movie
Director
2003
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