Michael Bauman

Biography

Michael Bauman is mostly known as chief lighting technician and gaffer. 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), as well as the upcoming David O. Russell film.

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Iron Man 2

(2010) Gaffer

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Iron Man

(2008) Gaffer

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The Conjuring 2

(2016) Chief Lighting Technician

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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

(2020) Gaffer

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

(2013) Gaffer

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Nightcrawler

(2014) Gaffer

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Ford v Ferrari

(2019) Gaffer

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You Don't Mess with the Zohan

(2008) Chief Lighting Technician

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Acting

Lighting

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2022	Gaffer	Amsterdam 2022-09-27 Movie
	Gaffer	Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty 2022-03-06 TV Show
2021	Gaffer	The Tragedy of Macbeth 2021-12-05 Movie
2020	Gaffer	Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) 2020-02-05 Movie
2019	Gaffer	Ford v Ferrari 2019-11-13 Movie
2018	Gaffer	Vice 2018-12-25 Movie
2017	Chief Lighting Technician	Phantom Thread 2017-12-25 Movie
2016	Chief Lighting Technician	The Conjuring 2 2016-06-08 Movie
2015	Gaffer	Secret in Their Eyes 2015-10-14 Movie
2014	Gaffer	The Gambler 2014-12-25 Movie
	Chief Lighting Technician	Inherent Vice 2014-12-12 Movie
	Gaffer	Nightcrawler 2014-10-23 Movie
	Chief Lighting Technician	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day 2014-10-08 Movie
2013	Gaffer	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013-11-15 Movie
	Gaffer	The Bling Ring 2013-06-12 Movie
2012	Chief Lighting Technician	The Master 2012-09-07 Movie
	Chief Lighting Technician	People Like Us 2012-06-29 Movie
2011	Gaffer	Rampart 2011-11-23 Movie
	Chief Lighting Technician	Cowboys & Aliens 2011-07-29 Movie
2010	Gaffer	Iron Man 2 2010-04-28 Movie
2008	Chief Lighting Technician	You Don't Mess with the Zohan 2008-06-05 Movie
	Gaffer	Iron Man 2008-04-30 Movie
2006	Gaffer	Smokin' Aces 2006-12-09 Movie
2005	Gaffer	Munich 2005-12-23 Movie
	Chief Lighting Technician	Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005-09-16 Movie
	Gaffer	The Island 2005-07-21 Movie
2004	Gaffer	Taxi 2004-10-06 Movie
2003	Gaffer	Phone Booth 2003-04-04 Movie
	Gaffer	Tears of the Sun 2003-03-07 Movie
2002	Gaffer	Auto Focus 2002-10-18 Movie
2001	Chief Lighting Technician	Training Day 2001-10-05 Movie
	Gaffer	The Center of the World 2001-04-19 Movie
	Lighting Technician	15 Minutes 2001-03-01 Movie
2000	Gaffer	Nurse Betty 2000-08-30 Movie
1999	Assistant Chief Lighting Technician	The Thirteenth Floor 1999-04-16 Movie
1994	Gaffer	Benders 1994-02-01 Movie
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Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2021	Director of Photography	Licorice Pizza 2021-11-26 Movie
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Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2017	Lighting Camera	Phantom Thread 2017-12-25 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv