
Michael Bauman
Biography
Michael Bauman is a director of photography and chief lighting technician. 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), and Amsterdam (2022).
Known For
Crew

One Battle After Another
Director of Photography
2025

Amsterdam
Gaffer
2022

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Gaffer
2022

The Tragedy of Macbeth
Gaffer
2021

Licorice Pizza
Director of Photography
2021

American Horror Stories
Director of Photography
2021

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Gaffer
2020

Ford v Ferrari
Gaffer
2019

Vice
Gaffer
2018

Phantom Thread
Chief Lighting Technician, Lighting Camera
2017

The Conjuring 2
Chief Lighting Technician
2016

Secret in Their Eyes
Gaffer
2015




