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Michael Kelem

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Additional Crew
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Michael Kelem is known for No Way Out (1987), Jumper (2008) and Godzilla (2014).
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, and Sean Young in No Way Out (1987)
    No Way Out
    7.1
    Movie
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Mike Kellem, Gyrosphere)
    • 1987
    Hayden Christensen in Jumper (2008)
    Jumper
    6.1
    Movie
    • Camera and Electrical Department(Moab)
    • 2008
    Godzilla (2014)
    Godzilla
    6.4
    Movie
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2014
    Alex Pettyfer in I Am Number Four (2011)
    I Am Number Four
    6.1
    Movie
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2011

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Paul Giamatti, Dwayne Johnson, Jesse Plemons, Edgar Ramírez, Emily Blunt, and Jack Whitehall in Jungle Cruise (2021)
      Jungle Cruise
      6.6
      • aerial director of photography
      • 2021
    • Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, and Roger Dale Floyd in Greenland (2020)
      Greenland
      6.4
      • director of photography: Atlanta aerial unit
      • 2020
    • Titus Welliver in Bosch (2014)
      Bosch
      8.5
      TV Series
      • aerial director of photography
      • 2019
    • Brie Larson in Captain Marvel (2019)
      Captain Marvel
      6.8
      • aerial director of photography
      • 2019
    • Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
      Fifty Shades Freed
      4.5
      • aerial director of photography: second unit, Vancouver
      • 2018
    • Jennifer Connelly, Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, and Miles Teller in Only the Brave (2017)
      Only the Brave
      7.6
      • aerial director of photography
      • 2017
    • Anthony Hopkins, Mark Wahlberg, Erik Aadahl, Jim Carter, Peter Cullen, Laura Haddock, and Isabela Merced in Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
      Transformers: The Last Knight
      5.2
      • aerial director of photography: Iceland
      • 2017
    • American Psychosis (2017)
      American Psychosis
      7.3
      Short
      • aerial cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
      Fifty Shades Darker
      4.6
      • aerial director of photography
      • 2017
    • Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
      Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
      6.2
      • drone camera operator
      • 2016
    • Adam Sandler and David Spade in The Do-Over (2016)
      The Do-Over
      5.7
      • aerial cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Earth's Greatest Spectacles (2016)
      Earth's Greatest Spectacles
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2016
    • The Hunt (2015)
      The Hunt
      9.2
      TV Mini Series
      • additional photographer
      • 2015
    • Kim Dickens and Lennie James in Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
      Fear the Walking Dead
      6.8
      TV Series
      • aerial cinematographer (uncredited)
      • 2015
    • The Growing Up Pets in Films (2015)
      The Growing Up Pets in Films
      7.1
      • photographer
      • 2015

    Cinematographer

    • California Growth Machine
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Planet Earth II (2016)
      Planet Earth II
      9.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Nature (1982)
      Nature
      8.9
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Nature's Microworlds (2012)
      Nature's Microworlds
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer (photography)
      • 2012
    • Gordon Buchanan in Land of the Lost Wolves (2012)
      Land of the Lost Wolves
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • aerial cinematographer
      • 2012
    • Redefining Appalachia (2009)
      Redefining Appalachia
      TV Mini Series
      • aerial cinematographer
      • 2009
    • Mount St. Elias (2009)
      Mount St. Elias
      7.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009
    • MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (2008)
      MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
      7.4
      Video Game
      • director of photography
      • 2008
    • Earth (2007)
      Earth
      7.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007
    • Planet Earth (2006)
      Planet Earth
      9.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006

    Additional Crew

    • Robert De Niro, Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, June Foray, and Keith Scott in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)
      The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
      4.3
      • gyrosphere operator: aerial unit (as Mike Kelem)
      • 2000
    • Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman in Se7en (1995)
      Se7en
      8.6
      • gyrosphere operator: additional photography
      • 1995
    • Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
      The Shawshank Redemption
      9.3
      • gyrosphere operator (as Mike Kelem)
      • 1994
    • Mariel Hemingway, Raymond Burr, John Candy, Dylan Baker, David Rasche, Charles Rocket, and Emma Samms in Delirious (1991)
      Delirious
      5.8
      • gyrosphere operator
      • 1991
    • Arachnophobia (1990)
      Arachnophobia
      6.5
      • gyrosphere assistant
      • 1990
    • Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith in Working Girl (1988)
      Working Girl
      6.8
      • gyrosphere aerial operator
      • 1988

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