Michael Barrett
Born
Michael Bradley Barrett

(1970-05-28) May 28, 1970 (age 56)
Riverside, California, U.S.
Education University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Columbia University (MFA)
Occupation cinematographer
Years active 1996–present
Spouse
Anna Faris
​
(m. 2021)​
Website www.michaelbarrettasc.com

Michael Bradley Barrett (born May 28, 1970)[1] is an American cinematographer.

Career

In 1992, Barrett met the cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa and talked to him about Figueroa's work for the 1947 film La Perla, an encounter Barrett considered a pivotal moment in his career plans.[2] He earned a bachelor's degree in art from University of California, Los Angeles and a Master of Fine Arts in film from Columbia University.[3]

Starting in 2001 Barrett worked for the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 2002 he received an ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in the category "Movie of the Week or Pilot (Network)" for his work on the CSI pilot "Cross Jurisdictions".[4] In 2006, his work on Bobby was selected for the main competition at the Camerimage Festival.[5] In 2008, Barrett was a member of the jury of the Camerimage Polish Films Competition.[5]

Since 2012, Barrett has worked primarily with digital movie cameras.[6] Barrett is an active member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).[7]

Personal life

In February 2020, actress Anna Faris confirmed that she and Barrett had become engaged.[8] In July 2021, Faris revealed on her podcast that she and Barrett had married at a courthouse on San Juan Island in Washington.[9]

Filmography

Short film

Year Title Director
1996 Ticket to Ride Maria Essen
1997 Face Bertha Bay-Sa Pan
1998 Cookin' Micky Hohl
2000 Changing Directions Maria Essen
2008 Prop 8 - The Musical Adam Shankman

Feature film

Director

  • Temple (2017)

Cinematographer

Year Title Director Notes
1998 Finding North Tanya Wexler
Safe Men John Hamburg
1999 The Suburbans Donal Lardner Ward
2000 75 Degrees in July Hyatt Bass
Hide Sooz Hewitt With Robert Barocci
2002 Crazy Little Thing Matthew Miller
Lone Star State of Mind David Semel
Turn of Faith Charles Jarrott
2005 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Shane Black
Goal! Danny Cannon
Lucky 13 Chris Hall
2006 Bobby Emilio Estevez
2008 The Mysteries of Pittsburgh Rawson Marshall Thurber
You Don't Mess with the Zohan Dennis Dugan
Bedtime Stories Adam Shankman
2010 Takers John Luessenhop
Everything Must Go Dan Rush
2011 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star Tom Brady
Zookeeper Frank Coraci
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas Todd Strauss-Schulson
2012 Ted Seth MacFarlane
2013 Battle of the Year Benson Lee
2014 About Last Night Steve Pink
A Million Ways to Die in the West Seth MacFarlane
No Good Deed Sam Miller
2015 Ted 2 Seth MacFarlane
2017 The Clapper Dito Montiel
2018 Beast of Burden Jesper Ganslandt
Overboard Rob Greenberg
Gotti Kevin Connolly
Night Hunter David Raymond Also credited as co-producer

Television

TV movies

Year Title Director Notes
2001 On the Edge Helen Mirren Segment "Happy Birthday"
The Atlantis Conspiracy Dean Silvers

TV series

Year Title Director Notes
2001–2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 31 episodes
2004 CSI: Miami Karen Gaviola
Scott Lautanen
Steven DePaul		 5 episodes
2005–2006 Close to Home Karen Gaviola
Steven DePaul
Helen Shaver
Emilio Estevez
Martha Mitchell		 5 episodes
2008 Welcome to The Captain John Hamburg Episode "Pilot"
2015 Supergirl Glen Winter Episode "Pilot"
Blood & Oil Jonas Pate
Rod Holcomb
Mikael Salomon
Michael Nankin		 3 episodes

References

  1. ^ "Michael Barrett". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "OnFilm: Michael Barrett". Kodak. n.d. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Michael Barrett official website.
  3. ^ Bosley, Rachael (November 2, 2015). "Michael Barrett Joins ASC". American Society of Cinematographers. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021.
  4. ^ The ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Archived 2011-08-02 at the Wayback Machine, theasc.com, retrieved 1 June 2014
  5. ^ a b Michael Barrett. camerimage.pl, retrieved 26 June 2021.
  6. ^ Shooting in Low Light. In: CineAlta Magazine – Issue 2, 6 April 2014, p. 6–33.
  7. ^ Active members. In: theasc.com, retrieved 26 June 2021.
  8. ^ Young, Julius (February 12, 2020) "Anna Faris confirms engagement to Michael Barrett, wants to officiate her own wedding" Fox News.
  9. ^ Gawley, Paige (August 24, 2021). "Anna Faris Explains Why She and Husband Michael Barrett Decided to Elope". ET Online. Retrieved 2021-08-25.