Michael Goi

Michael K. Goi, ASC, ISC (born March 4, 1959) is an American cinematographer, director, producer, and writer of television and film. He is best known for his work for Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk on the television series Glee, Scream Queens and American Horror Story. He is a four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee for his cinematography.

His directorial work includes the 2011 horror film Megan Is Missing, and episodes of series like The Rookie and its spinoff The Rookie: Feds (which he also produced), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Goi served as the 49th President of the American Society of Cinematographers, from 2009 to 2012.

Early life Of Japanese descent, Goi was born and raised in Chicago, and was educated at Columbia College Chicago. He cites Mario Bava's giallo film Blood and Black Lace and Mike Nichols' The Graduate (1967) as key early influences.

Career He began his career as director of photography on a short horror film directed by John Strysik, The Music of Erich Zann, in 1980; and then on the comedy The Blues Brothers, as a production assistant.

He went on to serve as cinematographer on film and television series, such as: Moonstalker, How U Like Me Now, What Matters Most, Call Waiting, Funky Monkey, Cloud 9, Witness Protection, My Name is Earl, The Nine Lives of Chloe King, Mr. Sunshine, Salem and The Town That Dreaded Sundown.

Goi has written and directed three feature films during his career; Voyeur, an action drama about a reluctant porn star and her biggest fan; Megan Is Missing (2011), about internet predators and the disappearance of Megan Stewart (Rachel Quinn); and Mary, starring Gary Oldman and Emily Mortimer, on which he also served as the cinematographer.

Web Therapy Goi served as the exclusive cinematographer on Lisa Kudrows Web Therapy throughout the entirety of its 87-episode run.

Work with Ryan Murphy As director of photography, Goi first worked with prolific writer/producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk on their (with Ian Brennan) FOX musical comedy Glee, in 2011, with the episode "Asian F". That same year he also began work on the duo's new FX series American Horror Story. His first episode on the series was the Murder House installment "Rubber Man". He went on to work on Murphy's short-lived NBC comedy The New Normal; and the trio's 2015 horror/comedy Scream Queens. During the fourth season of American Horror Story, Goi made his series directorial debut with "Magical Thinking". He served as the series' exclusive cinematographer from the premiere of Asylum, until the end of the fifth season. He was succeeded in the capacity by Breaking Bads Nelson Cragg, with the commencement of the sixth year.

American Society of Cinematographers Goi joined the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) in 2003. Goi was the 49th President of the ASC, from 2009 to 2012. 2019 Mary Cinematographer

Television Director Year Title Episode(s) Ref. 2004 Sexy Urban Legends "Sleeping with Strangers" (Segment "Organ Donor") 2015–2016 American Horror Story "Magical Thinking" "Room Service" "Flicker" "Chapter 2" 2016 Pretty Little Liars "Hit and Run, Run, Run" 2017 Sleepy Hollow "Child's Play" Famous in Love "Taking Care of Business" Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments "Those of Demon Blood" Nashville "The Night Before (Life Goes On)" 2018 Falling Water "Nothing Personal" "The Art of the Deal" The Arrangement "Surface Tension" The Gifted "coMplications" "iMprint" 2018–2025 The Rookie "Time of Death" "Plain Clothes Day" "Free Fall" "Impact" "Hand-Off" "In Justice" "The Squeeze" "Wildfire" 2019 Empire "My Fault Is Past" Swamp Thing "The Anatomy Lesson" 2019–2020 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina "Chapter Thirteen: The Passion of Sabrina Spellman" "Chapter Six: All Of Them Witches" 2019–2023 Riverdale "Chapter Sixty-Five: In Treatment" "Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Two: Miss Teen Riverdale" 2020 Charmed "Guess Who's Coming To SafeSpace Seattle" 2021 Big Sky "Let It Be Him" "Nice Animals" "Love Is a Strange and Dangerous Thing" Kung Fu "Guidance" 2022–2023 The Rookie: Feds "Face Off" "The Silent Prisoner" "The Remora" "Red One" 2024 Avatar: The Last Airbender "Aang" "Warriors" 2025 Doc "...Must Come Down" 2026 Brilliant Minds "The Missing Person"

Cinematographer TV movies The Fixer (1998) Who Killed Atlanta's Children? (2000) Christmas Rush (2002) Red Water (2003) Judas (2004) Katie Sullivan (2006) Life on Mars (2008) The Untitled Michael Jacobs Pilot (2010) How to Be a Better American (2010) Bloodline (2013) The Death of Eva Sofia Valdez (2016)

TV series Year Title Notes 1999 The Pleasure Zone 13 episodes 1999-2000 Nightcap 11 episodes 2001 Lady Chatterley's Stories 2 episodes 2006 Invasion Episode "The Last Wave Goodbye" (With Jeffrey Jur) 2007 The Wedding Bells 7 episodes 2007-08 My Name Is Earl 23 episodes 2008-13 Web Therapy 64 episodes 2009 In the Motherhood 4 episodes 2009-10 The Mentalist 7 episodes2011 The Nine Lives of Chloe King 9 episodes Mr. Sunshine 12 episodes 2011-12 Glee 7 episodes 2011-13 Web Therapy 23 episodes 2011-16 American Horror Story 52 episodes 2012 The New Normal Episode "Pilot" 2014 Salem 12 episodes 2015 Scream Queens Episodes "Pilot", "Hell Week" 2024 Avatar: The Last Airbender Episodes "Aang", "Warriors"