Michael Goi

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Michael Goi
Goi in 2023
Born	(1959-03-04) March 4, 1959 (age 66) Chicago, Illinois
Other names	Michael K. Goi
Alma mater	Columbia College Chicago
Occupations	Cinematographer, television and film director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1980–present
President of the American Society of Cinematographers
In office 2009–2012
1989	Chains	No	Yes
1999	Voyeur	Yes	Yes
2011	Megan Is Missing	Yes	Yes	Also editor and co-producer	[7]
2019	Mary	Yes	No		[8]

Cinematographer

Year	Title	Notes
1982	A Hunger Artist
1989	Moonstalker
	Chains
	Sam and Sarah	Also editor
1992	How U Like Me Now
	Hellmaster
1994	Hollywood Hills 90028	Also still photographer
1995	Ladies in Waiting
1996	Evil Obsession
	Frankie D.
1997	Deadlock: A Passion for Murder
1998	Hundred Percent
	Vampire Centerfolds	With Geoffrey de Valois
	Sorority House Vampires	Uncredited
	Born Champion
1999	The Awakening of Gabriella
	Forbidden Sins
2001	What Matters Most
2004	Call Waiting
	Funky Monkey
	The Bike Squad
2006	Cloud 9
	Fingerprints
	Cut Off
2007	The Dukes
	Frankie D
2008	Witless Protection
2010	Expecting Mary
2011	Kiss and Tell: The History of Black Romance in Movie	Documentary
2014	The Town That Dreaded Sundown
2019	Mary
2020	Words on Bathroom Walls

Television

Director

Year	Title	Episode(s)	Ref.
2004	Sexy Urban Legends	"Sleeping with Strangers" (Segment "Organ Donor")
2015–16	American Horror Story	"Magical Thinking"
		"Room Service"
		"Flicker"
		"Chapter 2"	[9]
2016	Pretty Little Liars	"Hit and Run, Run, Run"
2017	Sleepy Hollow	"Child's Play"
	Famous in Love	"Taking Care of Business"	[10]
	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"
2018–25	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"
2019–20	Chilling Adventures of Sabrina	"Chapter Thirteen: The Passion of Sabrina Spellman"
		"Chapter Six: All Of Them Witches"
2019–23	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"
2022–23	The Rookie: Feds	"Face Off"
		"The Silent Prisoner"
		"The Remora"
		"Red One"
2024	Avatar: The Last Airbender	"Aang"
		"Warriors"
2025	Doc	"...Must Come Down"

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 episodes
2011	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"

See also

• List of presidents of the American Society of Cinematographers

References

1. "The ASC -- Society: ASC_Past_Presidents". www.theasc.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
2. "Asian American filmmaker Michael Goi: 'Dreaming is not enough'". Chicago Sun-Times. 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
3. "No Fear: Michael Goi, ASC, ISC". The American Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
4. "Michael Goi". TV.com . Retrieved April 13, 2016.
5. "Michael Goi, ASC: Shooting TV with the Sony F65". CreativeCOW. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
6. "AMERICAN HORROR STORY - INSIDE THE ASYLUM: THE LOOK OF HORROR". Panavision . Retrieved April 13, 2016.
7. Yang, Rachel (November 21, 2020). "'Megan Is Missing' director on viral movie's deeper meaning and why he shot down a remake". EW.com. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
8. Harvey, Dennis (October 10, 2019). "Film Review: 'Mary'". Variety. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
9. "(#602) "Chapter 2"" (Press release). The Futon Critic . Retrieved September 20, 2016.
10. Laventhol, Ali (July 28, 2016). "Ali Laventhol on Twitter: "Very excited to start production today on FIL103! #FamousInLove"". Twitter . Retrieved September 20, 2016.

External links

• Michael Goi at IMDb