Michael Fimognari

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Michael Fimognari
Born (1974-06-26) June 26, 1974 (age 49)
Alma mater USC School of Cinematic Arts
Occupation(s)Cinematographer, director
Years active1999–present

Michael Fimognari (born June 26, 1974) is an American cinematographer and director known for his collaborations with Mike Flanagan. [2] [3] He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, [4] and graduated from Pennsylvania State University [5] before receiving a master's degree in cinematography from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2002. [6]

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Filmography

Feature film

YearTitleDirectorNote
2004 Knots Greg Lombardo
Fighting Tommy Riley Eddie O'Flaherty
2006 Unrest Jason Todd Ipson
2007 Black Irish Brad Gann
Everybody Wants to Be Italian Jason Todd Ipson
2008 Yonkers Joe Robert Celestino
Shuttle Edward Anderson
2009 Dare Adam Salky
2010 Beautiful Boy Shawn Ku
Brotherhood Will Canon
Au Revoir Taipei Arvin Chen
2011 96 Minutes Aimée Lagos
2012 Tomorrow You're Gone David Jacobson
2013 Oculus Mike Flanagan 1st collaboration with Flanagan
Crawlspace Josh Stolberg
2014 Jessabelle Kevin Greutert
10 Cent Pistol Michael C. Martin
2015 Demonic Will Canon
The Lazarus Effect David Gelb
Visions Kevin Greutert
2016 Misconduct Shintaro Shimosawa
The Cleanse Bobby Miller
Before I Wake Mike Flanagan
Abattoir Darren Lynn Bousman
Ouija: Origin of Evil Mike Flanagan
2017 Before I Fall Ry Russo-Young
Gerald's Game Mike Flanagan
2018 Fast Color Julia Hart
To All the Boys I've Loved Before Susan Johnson
2019 Doctor Sleep Mike Flanagan
2020 To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You HimselfDirectorial debut
2021 To All the Boys: Always and Forever Also executive producer
2024 Jingle Bell Heist

Web series

YearTitleDirector
2012 The Walking Dead: Cold Storage Greg Nicotero
2013 The Walking Dead: The Oath

Television

YearTitleDirectorNote
2017The Hunted Loni Peristere TV movie
2018 The Haunting of Hill House Mike Flanagan Mini-series
2021 Midnight Mass
2022 The Midnight Club Mike Flanagan
Himself
Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr.
Axelle Carolyn
Viet Nguyen
Morgan Beggs
2023 The Fall of the House of Usher Mike Flanagan
Himself

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