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Michael Chin

Cinematographer Director

Known For

American Experience
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★ 8.6
American Experience
1988
The Joy Luck Club
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★ 7.7
The Joy Luck Club
1993
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
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★ 7.1
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
2003
Milk
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★ 7.5
Milk
2008

Filmography

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Misguided Trust
2025 Cinematographer
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Afterlife
2025 Cinematographer
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A Mother's Pain
2024 Cinematographer
Simple as Water
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★ 6.9
Simple as Water
2020 Cinematographer
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★ 8.4
Vanishing Chinatown: The World of the May's Photo Studio
2020 Cinematographer
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★ 8.8
Geographies of Kinship
2019 Cinematographer
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★ 8.9
House Two
2018 Cinematographer
The Chinese Exclusion Act
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★ 7.7
The Chinese Exclusion Act
2017 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth
2016 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
Taller Than the Trees
2016 Cinematographer
The Pilgrims
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★ 7.4
The Pilgrims
2015 Cinematographer
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
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★ 7.6
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015 Cinematographer
MAKERS: Once and for All
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MAKERS: Once and for All
2015 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer
2014 Cinematographer
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When Loud Music Turned Deadly
2014 Cinematographer
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
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★ 8.2
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
2013 Cinematographer
Memory of Forgotten War
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★ 7.8
Memory of Forgotten War
2013 Cinematographer
Raça
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★ 5.7
Raça
2013 Cinematographer
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My Little Friends
2013 Cinematographer
Hava Nagila
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★ 6.4
Hava Nagila
2012 Cinematographer
I Can Be President: A Kid's-Eye View
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★ 5.8
I Can Be President: A Kid's-Eye View
2011 Cinematographer
In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee
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★ 7.9
In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee
2010 Cinematographer
Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock
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★ 7.2
Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock
2010 Cinematographer
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★ 7.3
Second Line
2010 Cinematographer
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The Oak Park Story
2010 Cinematographer
Wounded Knee
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★ 7.7
Wounded Knee
2009 Cinematographer
Égalité for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution
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★ 7.3
Égalité for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution
2009 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
Turin Shroud: New Evidence
2009 Cinematographer
Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority
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★ 6.5
Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority
2008 Cinematographer
Through Deaf Eyes
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★ 7.7
Through Deaf Eyes
2007 Cinematographer
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
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★ 7.8
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
2006 Cinematographer
Read You Like a Book
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★ 4.6
Read You Like a Book
2006 Cinematographer
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★ 8.8
Into the Fire
2006 Cinematographer
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
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★ 7.6
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
2004 Cinematographer
Last Letters Home: Voices of American Troops from the Battlefields of Iraq
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★ 7.4
Last Letters Home: Voices of American Troops from the Battlefields of Iraq
2004 Cinematographer
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
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★ 7.9
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
2004 Cinematographer
Stand Up for Justice
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★ 5.7
Stand Up for Justice
2004 Cinematographer
Empires: Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution
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★ 7.0
Empires: Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution
2003 Director Cinematographer
The Shakespeare Sessions
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★ 8.0
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003 Cinematographer
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
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★ 7.1
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
2003 Director
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★ 7.8
The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced
2003 Cinematographer
Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film
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★ 7.7
Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film
2002 Cinematographer
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
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★ 7.9
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
2000 Cinematographer
First Person Plural
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★ 7.5
First Person Plural
2000 Cinematographer
They Drew Fire
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★ 6.9
They Drew Fire
2000 Cinematographer
Life Tastes Good
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★ 5.2
Life Tastes Good
1999 Cinematographer
The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows
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★ 7.0
The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999 Cinematographer
The Boyhood of John Muir
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★ 7.1
The Boyhood of John Muir
1998 Cinematographer
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Hymn: Remembering Alvin Ailey
1998 Cinematographer
Taken for a Ride
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★ 8.1
Taken for a Ride
1996 Cinematographer
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★ 7.5
Shakespeare's Children
1996 Cinematographer
W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
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★ 7.0
W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
1996 Cinematographer
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★ 8.9
A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde
1995 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
Skin Deep: Building Diverse Campus Communities
1995 Cinematographer
Freedom on My Mind
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★ 7.9
Freedom on My Mind
1994 Cinematographer
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★ 5.9
The Kiss
1993 Cinematographer
Earth and the American Dream
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★ 6.8
Earth and the American Dream
1992 Cinematographer
In the Shadow of the Stars
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★ 6.6
In the Shadow of the Stars
1991 Cinematographer
Forbidden City, U.S.A.
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★ 7.6
Forbidden City, U.S.A.
1989 Cinematographer
American Experience
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★ 8.6
American Experience
1988 Director
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
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★ 7.9
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987 Cinematographer
The Mighty Pawns
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★ 6.3
The Mighty Pawns
1987 Cinematographer
Haitian Corner
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★ 6.2
Haitian Corner
1987 Cinematographer
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
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★ 6.7
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
1985 Cinematographer
Chan Is Missing
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★ 7.1
Chan Is Missing
1982 Cinematographer
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A Mother's Pain Teaser
Cinematographer
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Knotty
Cinematographer
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MisTaken
Cinematographer
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Substratum 2025
Cinematographer
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Facetious
Cinematographer
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