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Michael Schilling(I)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Michael Schilling is known for Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and American Horror Story (2011).
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

    Known for

    CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Joel David Moore, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
    Avatar: The Way of Water
    7.5
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2022
    Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Oona Chaplin, Jack Champion, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
    Avatar: Fire and Ash
    7.2
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2025
    American Horror Story (2011)
    American Horror Story
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department(uncredited)
    Take Me in Your Arms (2019)
    Take Me in Your Arms
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 2019

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Sullivan Terence in The Rites of Man (2025)
      The Rites of Man
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Not Alone (2025)
      Not Alone
      Short
      • director of photography
      • 2025
    • The Red Hourglass (2024)
      The Red Hourglass
      5.6
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • My Father (2023)
      My Father
      9.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • School Nights (2022)
      School Nights
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Kenan Dogulu: Bumaya (2021)
      Kenan Dogulu: Bumaya
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Ambrosia (2020)
      Ambrosia
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • The Reddler (2019)
      The Reddler
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019–2020
    • D'Angeles Campos and Kenny Gardner in Commonality (2019)
      Commonality
      8.9
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Take Me in Your Arms (2019)
      Take Me in Your Arms
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Paras Patel and Kally Khourshid in Traitor (2019)
      Traitor
      6.0
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Darcy Compton, Jesse Ryan, Christopher Padilla, and Jared Boyce in The Dip Run (2018)
      The Dip Run
      2.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Shoot (2018)
      Shoot
      6.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Travisty (2018)
      Travisty
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • James Bane in Followed Back (2017)
      Followed Back
      4.9
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • The Drowning Place
      • gaffer
      • Completed
      • Short
      • 2026
    • Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Oona Chaplin, Jack Champion, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
      Avatar: Fire and Ash
      7.2
      • camera operator
      • 2025
    • Do Not Watch (2023)
      Do Not Watch
      6.6
      • gaffer
      • 2023
    • Bobby Lee and Matt Jones in Death and Ramen (2023)
      Death and Ramen
      7.3
      Short
      • gaffer
      • 2023
    • CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Joel David Moore, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      Avatar: The Way of Water
      7.5
      • camera operator
      • 2022
    • Kingston Vernes in Champ (2021)
      Champ
      6.5
      Short
      • gaffer
      • 2021
    • Asylum: Twisted Horror and Fantasy Tales (2020)
      Asylum: Twisted Horror and Fantasy Tales
      4.8
      • gaffer (segment "The Cleansing Hour", as Michael Jones-Schilling)
      • 2020
    • Burning Kentucky (2019)
      Burning Kentucky
      4.5
      • underwater gaffer
      • 2019
    • Dark, Deadly & Dreadful (2018)
      Dark, Deadly & Dreadful
      5.1
      • gaffer (segment "The Cleansing Hour", as Michael Jones Schilling)
      • 2018
    • Delirium (2018)
      Delirium
      5.7
      • underwater gaffer
      • 2018
    • Damian McGinty: You Should Know (2018)
      Damian McGinty: You Should Know
      Music Video
      • underwater director of photography
      • 2018
    • 6 Balloons (2018)
      6 Balloons
      5.9
      • gaffer
      • 2018
    • Steven Bauer, Ruben Rabasa, and Meadow Williams in The Intruders (2017)
      The Intruders
      3.6
      • additional best boy electric
      • 2017
    • Kelcie Stranahan in The Stalker Club (2017)
      The Stalker Club
      4.8
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2017
    • Ron Perlman and Dana Delany in Hand of God (2014)
      Hand of God
      7.4
      TV Series
      • underwater gaffer
      • 2017
    • Billy Bob Thornton in Goliath (2016)
      Goliath
      8.1
      TV Series
      • lighting technician
      • 2016–2021

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    • Alternative names
      • Mike Jones

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