Spend an hour virtually with four time Emmy nominated cinematographer and current Executive Producer and Director of Netflix's live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Michael Goi!
Learn from director and top cinematographer in Hollywood, Michael Goi, about how he creates the look and feel of some of the most iconic shows on television, and what it was like to helm American Horror Story.
Michael Goi was born and raised in Chicago, where he established himself in the fields of documentaries and commercials. As a cinematographer he has compiled over 70 narrative credits, four Emmy nominations and four ASC Award Nominations. As a director, he has helmed multiple episodes of “American Horror Story”, “The Rookie”, “The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina” and many others. He wrote and directed the dramatic feature film “Megan Is Missing” about the subject of internet predators, and directed and photographed the feature film “Mary” starring Gary Oldman.
A three-time past president of the American Society of Cinematographers, Michael served on the Board Of Governors of the ASC and is the editor of the 10th Edition of the AC Manual. He is the co-chair of the Directors Guild Of America’s Asian American Committee and the DGA Diversity Task Force. Michael has appeared as a guest speaker at the American Film Institute, the University of Southern California, served as Cinematographer-In-Residence for UCLA in 2018, Walt Disney Animation Studios (demonstrating ice and snow lighting concepts for animators working on the film “Frozen,”), CineGear, IBC, NAB and many other international industry events. He is a member of the Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences, the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences and the National Executive Board of the International Cinematographers Guild.
A recipient of Kodak’s “Mentor Of The Year” award in 2014, Michael regularly mentors emerging directors and cinematographers, and sponsors movie nights for his mentees in his home theater to screen selections from the over 19,000 films in his collection when he isn’t riding his railroad train on the track he built around his house.