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Michael Yelseth

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Producer
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Michael Yelseth is known for Survivor (2000), Expedition Impossible (2011) and Glory Game: The Joost van der Westhuizen Story (2014).
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    • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
      • 3 nominations total

    Known for

    Survivor (2000)
    Survivor
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Ryan Allen Carrillo, Erik Weihenmayer, Dave Salmoni, AJ Gibson, and Kari Gibson in Expedition Impossible (2011)
    Expedition Impossible
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department(zone)
    Glory Game: The Joost van der Westhuizen Story (2014)
    Glory Game: The Joost van der Westhuizen Story
    9.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 2014
    Dead Men Don't Tour: Rodríguez in South Africa (1998)
    Dead Men Don't Tour: Rodríguez in South Africa
    8.0
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1998

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji (2020)
      World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
      7.5
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2020
    • Terra Mater (2011)
      Terra Mater
      7.9
      TV Series
      • additional camera
      • 2017
    • Vacation Creation (2016)
      Vacation Creation
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2016–2017
    • Survivor (2000)
      Survivor
      7.5
      TV Series
      • camera
      • assistant video technician
      • lighting director ...
      • 2001–2015
    • Nature (1982)
      Nature
      8.9
      TV Series
      • additional cinematography
      • 2015
    • The Amazing Race (2001)
      The Amazing Race
      7.8
      TV Series
      • camera
      • lead camera
      • 2001–2015
    • Ryan Allen Carrillo, Erik Weihenmayer, Dave Salmoni, AJ Gibson, and Kari Gibson in Expedition Impossible (2011)
      Expedition Impossible
      7.0
      TV Series
      • camera operator: zone
      • 2011
    • Frontline/World (2002)
      Frontline/World
      8.2
      TV Series
      • additional camera
      • camera operator
      • 2005–2010
    • Pirate Master (2007)
      Pirate Master
      5.8
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2007
    • Dead Men Don't Tour: Rodríguez in South Africa (1998)
      Dead Men Don't Tour: Rodríguez in South Africa
      8.0
      • camera operator
      • 1998

    Cinematographer

    • David Blaine: Do Not Attempt (2025)
      David Blaine: Do Not Attempt
      7.8
      TV Series
      • additional cinematographer: Cape Town
      • 2025
    • Mothers of Chibok (2024)
      Mothers of Chibok
      • director of photography
      • 2024
    • Snake City 9
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer (cinematography)
      • 2023
    • Glory Game: The Joost van der Westhuizen Story (2014)
      Glory Game: The Joost van der Westhuizen Story
      9.1
      • director of photography
      • 2014
    • Ifani, Buru, Chomee, and Vusi in Stumbo Stomp amaPantsula (2014)
      Stumbo Stomp amaPantsula
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014–2015
    • There Is No Tomorrow (2014)
      There Is No Tomorrow
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • Tropika Island of Treasure (2008)
      Tropika Island of Treasure
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • The First Graduating Class: Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (2012)
      The First Graduating Class: Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls
      • director of photography
      • 2012
    • Street Monkeys
      8.0
      • Cinematographer (as Mike Yelseth)
      • 2009
    • Try Revolution
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006
    • Global Tribe
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2003
    • Profiles from the Front Line
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2003
    • Dead Men Don't Tour: Rodríguez in South Africa (1998)
      Dead Men Don't Tour: Rodríguez in South Africa
      8.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 1998

    Producer

    • Glory Game: The Joost van der Westhuizen Story (2014)
      Glory Game: The Joost van der Westhuizen Story
      9.1
      • co-producer
      • 2014

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