Michael Slovis

Michael Slovis, ASC is an American cinematographer, television director, and producer.

Early life and education Slovis was born in Plainfield, New Jersey.

He was educated at the Rochester Institute of Technology and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

Career For many years, he worked as a camera operator on films. He became a cinematographer in 1995, working on the films Party Girl (1995), Half Past Dead (2002), Halloweentown (1998), The Thirteenth Year (1999), and Ready to Run (2000). In 2000, Slovis became a cinematographer on the series Ed, and worked on the series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, New Amsterdam, Fringe, Royal Pains, Rubicon, Running Wilde, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul.

In 2014, Slovis directed the first two episodes of the fifth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones, titled "The Wars to Come" and "The House of Black and White". In 2017, he directed episode 3 of the second season of the series Preacher. Slovis directed the episodes "Thank You", "Something They Need", and "Worth" of The Walking Dead, and returned to the franchise by directing two episodes of the spin-off series The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.

Slovis is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

Filmography Cinematographer Film Short film Year Title Director 1989 Coyote Mountain Jeffrey W. Mueller 1990 The Burning Ghat James Rasin

Feature film

Direct-to-video Year Title Director1996 Vibrations Michael Paseornek Crash Dive Andrew Stevens 2003 The Foreigner Michael Oblowitz 2005 The Marksman Marcus Adams

Television TV movies

TV series

Director TV series

Miniseries Year Title Director Co-ExecutiveProducer Notes 2014 Gracepoint Episode 8 2018 The Looming Tower Episodes "Boys at War" and "The General" 2024 The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Episodes "Bye" and "What We"

Awards and nominations