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.
Filmography
all 41
Movies 39
Director 3
TV Shows 2
Director of Photography

One Battle After Another (2025)
Movie
Gaffer

Amsterdam (2022)
Movie
8.5
Director of Photography

Licorice Pizza (2021)
Movie
5.5
Director of Photography

American Horror Stories (2021)
TV
6.75
Gaffer

Vice (2018)
Movie
7.36
Chief Lighting Technician / Lighting Camera

Phantom Thread (2017)
Movie
5.77
Chief Lighting Technician

The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Movie
5.88
Chief Lighting Technician

Inherent Vice (2014)
Movie
6.23
Chief Lighting Technician

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
Movie
7
Chief Lighting Technician

The Master (2012)
Movie
5.67
Chief Lighting Technician

People Like Us (2012)
Movie
3.5
Gaffer

Rampart (2011)
Movie
Chief Lighting Technician

Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Movie
5.84
Chief Lighting Technician

You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Movie
5.5
Gaffer

Iron Man (2008)
Movie
7.77
Gaffer

Munich (2005)
Movie
6.03
Chief Lighting Technician

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Movie
5.33
Gaffer

Taxi (2004)
Movie
6.67
Gaffer

Ticker (2002)
Movie
5.33
Gaffer

Auto Focus (2002)
Movie
Chief Lighting Technician

Training Day (2001)
Movie
4.8
Gaffer

Driven (2001)
Movie
Lighting Technician

15 Minutes (2001)
Movie
3
Gaffer

Nurse Betty (2000)
Movie
6
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Movie
2
Gaffer

Benders (1994)
Movie
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