A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Phedon Papamichael Jr.
Birthplace:
Athens, Greece
Born:
February 10, 1962
Phedon Papamichael (Greek: Φαίδων Παπαμιχαήλ, born 1962) is a cinematographer and film director. Born in Athens, Greece, Papamichael came to the United States at age six when his father went to work as a production designer for John Cassavetes. He studied photography and art at the University of Munich, graduating with a degree in Fine Arts in 1982. He learned cinematography on the job, starting with Dance of the Damned in 1988. Papamichael made his directorial debut with Showtime's Sketch Artist in 1992. He also directed the 1994 independent film Dark Side of Genius. He has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 2000. In the same year he won the Prix Vision at the Avignon Film Festival for 27 Missing Kisses. Phedon's most recent directed film From Within premiered April 25, 2008 at the Tribeca Film Festival and was later included as one of the films in the third After Dark Films 8 Films to Die For series.
Additional Director of Photography:
2003 Shattered Glass
Additional Photography:
2003 Shattered Glass
2017 Logan
Director:
1992 Sketch Artist
1994 Dark Side of Genius
2003 Shattered Glass
2008 From Within
2010 Arcadia Lost
2012 Lost Angeles
2016 A Beautiful Day
2017 Logan
2023 Light Falls
Director of Photography:
1989 After Midnight
1989 Dance of the Damned
1989 Nowhere to Run
1989 Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls
1990 Body Chemistry
1990 Streets
1991 Driving Me Crazy
1991 Prayer of the Rollerboys
1992 Poison Ivy
1992 Sketch Artist
1993 Cool Runnings
1994 Dark Side of Genius
1995 Unstrung Heroes
1995 While You Were Sleeping
1995 White Dwarf
1996 Bio-Dome
1996 Phenomenon
1996 Unhook the Stars
1997 MouseHunt
1997 The Locusts
1998 Patch Adams
1998 Willie Nelson at the Teatro
2000 27 Missing Kisses
2000 The Million Dollar Hotel
2001 America's Sweethearts
2002 BAP - Viel Passiert
2002 Moonlight Mile
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002 Twelve Miles to Trona
2003 Identity
2003 Shattered Glass
2004 Sideways
2005 The Weather Man
2005 Walk the Line
2006 10 Items or Less
2006 Mathilde
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness
2007 3:10 to Yuma
2008 From Within
2008 W.
2010 Arcadia Lost
2010 Knight and Day
2011 Maniac
2011 The Descendants
2011 The Ides of March
2012 Lost Angeles
2012 This Is 40
2013 Nebraska
2014 Help
2014 The Monuments Men
2016 A Beautiful Day
2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War
2017 Downsizing
2017 Logan
2019 Ford v Ferrari
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7
2022 Brighton 4th
2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023 Light Falls
2024 Daddio
???? A Complete Unknown
Producer:
1989 After Midnight
1989 Dance of the Damned
1989 Nowhere to Run
1989 Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls
1990 Body Chemistry
1990 Streets
1991 Driving Me Crazy
1991 Prayer of the Rollerboys
1992 Poison Ivy
1992 Sketch Artist
1993 Cool Runnings
1994 Dark Side of Genius
1995 Unstrung Heroes
1995 While You Were Sleeping
1995 White Dwarf
1996 Bio-Dome
1996 Phenomenon
1996 Unhook the Stars
1997 MouseHunt
1997 The Locusts
1998 Patch Adams
1998 Willie Nelson at the Teatro
2000 27 Missing Kisses
2000 The Million Dollar Hotel
2001 America's Sweethearts
2002 BAP - Viel Passiert
2002 Moonlight Mile
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002 Twelve Miles to Trona
2003 Identity
2003 Shattered Glass
2004 Sideways
2005 The Weather Man
2005 Walk the Line
2006 10 Items or Less
2006 Mathilde
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness
2007 3:10 to Yuma
2008 From Within
2008 W.
2010 Arcadia Lost
2010 Knight and Day
2011 Maniac
2011 The Descendants
2011 The Ides of March
2012 Lost Angeles
2012 This Is 40
2013 Nebraska
2014 Help
2014 The Monuments Men
2016 A Beautiful Day
2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War
2017 Downsizing
2017 Logan
2019 Ford v Ferrari
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7
2022 Brighton 4th
2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023 Light Falls
2024 Daddio
???? A Complete Unknown
Second Unit Director:
1989 After Midnight
1989 Dance of the Damned
1989 Nowhere to Run
1989 Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls
1990 Body Chemistry
1990 Streets
1991 Driving Me Crazy
1991 Prayer of the Rollerboys
1992 Poison Ivy
1992 Sketch Artist
1993 Cool Runnings
1994 Dark Side of Genius
1994 Stranger by Night
1995 Unstrung Heroes
1995 While You Were Sleeping
1995 White Dwarf
1996 Bio-Dome
1996 Phenomenon
1996 Unhook the Stars
1997 MouseHunt
1997 The Locusts
1998 Patch Adams
1998 Willie Nelson at the Teatro
2000 27 Missing Kisses
2000 The Million Dollar Hotel
2001 America's Sweethearts
2002 BAP - Viel Passiert
2002 Moonlight Mile
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002 Twelve Miles to Trona
2003 Identity
2003 Shattered Glass
2004 Sideways
2005 The Weather Man
2005 Walk the Line
2006 10 Items or Less
2006 Mathilde
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness
2007 3:10 to Yuma
2008 From Within
2008 W.
2010 Arcadia Lost
2010 Knight and Day
2011 Maniac
2011 The Descendants
2011 The Ides of March
2012 Lost Angeles
2012 This Is 40
2013 Nebraska
2014 Help
2014 The Monuments Men
2016 A Beautiful Day
2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War
2017 Downsizing
2017 Logan
2019 Ford v Ferrari
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7
2022 Brighton 4th
2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023 Light Falls
2024 Daddio
???? A Complete Unknown
Second Unit Director of Photography:
1989 After Midnight
1989 Dance of the Damned
1989 Nowhere to Run
1989 Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls
1990 Body Chemistry
1990 Streets
1991 Driving Me Crazy
1991 Prayer of the Rollerboys
1992 Poison Ivy
1992 Sketch Artist
1993 Cool Runnings
1994 Dark Side of Genius
1994 Stranger by Night
1995 Unstrung Heroes
1995 While You Were Sleeping
1995 White Dwarf
1996 Bio-Dome
1996 Phenomenon
1996 Unhook the Stars
1997 MouseHunt
1997 The Locusts
1998 Patch Adams
1998 Willie Nelson at the Teatro
2000 27 Missing Kisses
2000 The Million Dollar Hotel
2001 America's Sweethearts
2002 BAP - Viel Passiert
2002 Moonlight Mile
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002 Twelve Miles to Trona
2003 Identity
2003 Shattered Glass
2004 Sideways
2005 The Weather Man
2005 Walk the Line
2006 10 Items or Less
2006 Mathilde
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness
2007 3:10 to Yuma
2008 From Within
2008 W.
2010 Arcadia Lost
2010 Knight and Day
2011 Maniac
2011 The Descendants
2011 The Ides of March
2012 Lost Angeles
2012 This Is 40
2013 Nebraska
2014 Help
2014 The Monuments Men
2016 A Beautiful Day
2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War
2017 Downsizing
2017 Logan
2019 Ford v Ferrari
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7
2022 Brighton 4th
2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023 Light Falls
2024 Daddio
???? A Complete Unknown
Director of Photography:
1993 Wild Palms
2006 Men in Trees
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