Michael Bauman

Michael Bauman

  • Also know as: Mike Bauman

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.

Production

Tears of the Sun

2003

As Gaffer

Nightcrawler

2014

As Gaffer

15 Minutes

2001

As Lighting Technician

Taxi

2004

As Gaffer

Phantom Thread

2017

As Chief Lighting Technician

The Master

2012

As Chief Lighting Technician

The Island

2005

As Gaffer

Munich

2005

As Gaffer

Smokin' Aces

2006

As Gaffer

Rampart

2011

As Gaffer

Training Day

2001

As Chief Lighting Technician

The Thirteenth Floor

1999

As Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Ford v Ferrari

2019

As Gaffer

Phantom Thread

2017

As Lighting Camera

Secret in Their Eyes

2015

As Gaffer

Nurse Betty

2000

As Gaffer

Inherent Vice

2014

As Chief Lighting Technician

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2008

As Chief Lighting Technician

Cowboys & Aliens

2011

As Chief Lighting Technician

The Conjuring 2

2016

As Chief Lighting Technician

Licorice Pizza

2021

As Director of Photography

Vice

2018

As Gaffer

Amsterdam

2022

As Gaffer

The Tragedy of Macbeth

2021

As Gaffer

The Gambler

2014

As Gaffer

The Bling Ring

2013

As Gaffer

People Like Us

2012

As Chief Lighting Technician

Iron Man

2008

As Gaffer

Iron Man 2

2010

As Gaffer

Phone Booth

2003

As Gaffer

Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005

As Chief Lighting Technician

Auto Focus

2002

As Gaffer

Benders

1994

As Gaffer

BC Project

2025

As Director of Photography

Driven

2001

As Gaffer

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