# Michael Fimognari

Michael Fimognari (born June 26, 1974) is an American cinematographer and director known for his collaborations with Mike Flanagan.

## Early life

He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Pennsylvania State University before receiving a master's degree in cinematography from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2002.

## Filmography
### Short film

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2000 | The Day Before | Ann LeSchander | With Carolina Vila |
| 2002 | Casablanca | Mike Saenz | With Matthew Heckerling |
| 2002 | Issaquena | Lance Hammer | |
| 2002 | American Gulag | Dagen Merrill | |
| 2002 | Vacation | Barbara Stepansky | |
| 2002 | Sit and Spin | Kevin Burke | |
| 2002 | The Ultimate Documentary | Chris Perkel | Documentary short |
| 2004 | 2+1 | Philippe Safir | |
| 2004 | Restive Planet | John Cregan | |
| 2004 | The First Vampire: Don't Fall for the Devil's Illusions | Jason Todd Ipson | |
| 2004 | Code | Chad Galster | |
| 2008 | Elevator People Bring You Up When You're Feeling Down | Nicholas Dunlevy | |
| 2009 | Le chat est mort | Lynne Moses | |
| 2010 | The Locked Room | John Henry Richardson | |
| 2011 | On Sunday Morning | Michaela Hughes | |
| 2014 | Farewell My King | Christian Gossett | |

### Feature film

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2004 | Knots | Greg Lombardo | |
| 2004 | Fighting Tommy Riley | Eddie O'Flaherty | |
| 2006 | Think Tank | Brian Petersen | |
| 2006 | Unrest | Jason Todd Ipson | |
| 2007 | Black Irish | Brad Gann | |
| 2007 | Everybody Wants to Be Italian | Jason Todd Ipson | |
| 2007 | The Neighbor | Eddie O'Flaherty | |
| 2008 | Shuttle | Edward Anderson | |
| 2008 | Yonkers Joe | Robert Celestino | |
| 2009 | Dare | Adam Salky | |
| 2010 | Au Revoir Taipei | Arvin Chen | |
| 2010 | Brotherhood | Will Canon | |
| 2010 | Beautiful Boy | Shawn Ku | |
| 2010 | The Last Harbor | Paul Epstein | |
| 2011 | Leave | Robert Celestino | |
| 2011 | 96 Minutes | Aimée Lagos | |
| 2012 | The Millionaire Tour | Inon Shampanier | |
| 2012 | Crawlspace | Josh Stolberg | |
| 2012 | Tomorrow You're Gone | David Jacobson | |
| 2013 | Oculus | Mike Flanagan | 1st collaboration with Flanagan |
| 2014 | 10 Cent Pistol | Michael C. Martin | |
| 2014 | Jessabelle | Kevin Greutert | |
| 2015 | Demonic | Will Canon | |
| 2015 | The Lazarus Effect | David Gelb | |
| 2015 | Visions | Kevin Greutert | |
| 2016 | Misconduct | Shintaro Shimosawa | |
| 2016 | The Cleanse | Bobby Miller | |
| 2016 | Before I Wake | Mike Flanagan | |
| 2016 | Abattoir | Darren Lynn Bousman | |
| 2016 | Ouija: Origin of Evil | Mike Flanagan | |
| 2017 | Before I Fall | Ry Russo-Young | |
| 2017 | Gerald's Game | Mike Flanagan | |
| 2018 | Fast Color | Julia Hart | |
| 2018 | To All the Boys I've Loved Before | Susan Johnson | |
| 2019 | Doctor Sleep | Mike Flanagan | |
| 2020 | To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You | Himself | |
| 2021 | To All the Boys: Always and Forever | Himself | Also executive producer |
| 2025 | Jingle Bell Heist | Himself | Also executive producer |
| 2025 | Kiss of Death | Yoko Okumura | Also producer |
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2006 | Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | Jeff McQueen | With Armando Salas |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Director |
| 2012 | The Walking Dead: Cold Storage | Greg Nicotero |
| 2013 | The Walking Dead: The Oath | Greg Nicotero |

### Television

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2010-2011 | Backwash | Danny Leiner | |
| 2022 | The Midnight Club | Himself | Episodes "The Wicked Heart" and "Gimme a Kiss" |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
| 2016 | Untitled Paranormal Project | David Nutter |
| 2017 | The Hunted | Loni Peristere |
Miniseries
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2018 | The Haunting of Hill House | Mike Flanagan | |
| 2021 | Midnight Mass | Mike Flanagan | Also co-producer |
| 2023 | The Fall of the House of Usher | Mike Flanagan Himself | Also executive producer |