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Michael Chin
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Cinematographer
Camera and Electrical Department
Director
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Michael Chin is known for
American Experience (1987)
,
Milk (2008)
and
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience (2003)
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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
2 nominations total
Known for
American Experience
8.6
TV Series
Cinematographer
1990–2017 • 41 eps
Milk
7.5
Camera and Electrical Department
2008
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
7.1
TV Series
Cinematographer
2003 • 2 eps
The Joy Luck Club
7.7
Camera and Electrical Department
("b" camera)
1993
Credits
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Cinematographer
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Camera and Electrical Department
51
Director
3
Producer
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Cinematographer
Previous
85
Simple as Water
6.9
Cinematographer
2021
Vanishing Chinatown: The World of the May's Photo Studio
8.4
Short
Cinematographer
2020
Geographies of Kinship
9.1
Cinematographer
2019
House Two
8.6
Cinematographer
2018
American Experience
8.6
TV Series
director of photography
1990–2017
41 episodes
The Chinese Exclusion Act
7.9
Cinematographer
(cinematography by)
2017
MAKERS: Hillary Clinton
Video
Cinematographer
2017
The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth
6.8
TV Movie
Cinematographer
2016
Taller Than the Trees
7.0
Short
Cinematographer
2016
The Pilgrims
7.4
TV Movie
Cinematographer
2015
MAKERS: Once and for All
Cinematographer
2015
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
7.7
Cinematographer
2015
Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer
6.9
Cinematographer
2014
When Loud Music Turned Deadly
Short
Cinematographer
2014
Memory of Forgotten War
7.9
Short
Cinematographer
2013
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Camera and Electrical Department
Previous
51
Free Chol Soo Lee
7.1
camera
2022
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
7.5
additional cinematography
2020
Very Ralph
6.9
additional camera
2019
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
7.7
Additional Cinematography
additional camera
2019
Spielberg
7.7
TV Movie
additional camera
2017
Independent Lens
8.2
TV Series
additional cinematography
camera operator
2004–2016
4 episodes
P.O.V.
8.0
TV Series
additional camera operator
2014
1 episode
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
7.2
additional camera
2014
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
7.7
additional camera
2013
American Masters
8.2
TV Series
additional photography
camera operator
2003–2012
3 episodes
American Experience
8.6
TV Series
additional photography
additional camera operator
camera operator
1992–2012
12 episodes
Nova
8.7
TV Series
additional photography
camera operator
assistant camera
2002–2011
4 episodes
Addiction Incorporated
7.1
additional camera
2011
Last Call at the Oasis
7.4
additional camera
2011
Sing Your Song
7.5
additional camera
2011
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Director
Previous
3
American Experience
8.6
TV Series
Director
2003–2006
3 episodes
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
7.1
TV Series
Director
2003
2 episodes
Empires: Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution
7.0
TV Movie
Director
2003
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