
Biography
Michael Bauman is a director of photography and chief lighting technician. He worked with Paul Thomas Anderson on The Master (2012), Inherent Vice (2014), Radiohead's Daydreaming music video (2016), Phantom Thread (2017), and shared director of photography credits with Anderson on Licorice Pizza (2021). Other films Bauman worked on include Training Day (2001), Munich (2005), Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Nightcrawler (2014), Ford v Ferrari (2019), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), and Amsterdam (2022).
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · nominated
Filmography41 titles

Ford v Ferrari

American Horror Stories

Nightcrawler

Iron Man

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

Feud

Training Day

One Battle After Another

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Phantom Thread

The Conjuring 2

The Master

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Munich

The Thirteenth Floor

Licorice Pizza

Vice

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn

Iron Man 2

Tears of the Sun

Phone Booth

People Like Us

The Island

Inherent Vice

Smokin' Aces

Secret in Their Eyes

Auto Focus

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Amsterdam

Nurse Betty

The Gambler

15 Minutes

Cowboys & Aliens

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Taxi

Rampart

The Bling Ring

The Center of the World

Driven