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Michael Slovis

Michael Slovis

Cinematographer, director and producer, also actor · New York City, New York, USA

Primetime Emmy winner

Michael Slovis is a cinematographer and director, known for Breaking Bad (2008), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) and Ed (2000).

Biography from TMDB.

From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Cinematographer, director and producer, also actor
Titles
48 on MovieCove · 59 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 19% in 30 days

What are Michael Slovis' films like?

Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 8th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 17th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
27%
Morality
23%
Bonds
20%
Survival
15%
Power
7%
Society
5%
Ideas
3%
Identity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 9 · Serious 4 · Dark 7

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 14 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 6 · Intense 9

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 13 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 18 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Thrilling
7
Melancholic
6
Warm
6
Dread
6
Other
20

How their films linger

Hopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet7
  • Ambiguous3
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Michael Slovis' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 40 of their 48 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Michael Slovis' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

59 credits, 48 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live(2024)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • The Calling(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Law & Order: Organized Crime(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Pizza Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Executive Producer

  • New Amsterdam(2018)

    Show 32 episodes · Director · Co-Executive Producer · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Looming Tower(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Preacher(2016)

    Show 33 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Better Call Saul(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The Man in the High Castle(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • The Affair(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Gracepoint(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • The Leftovers(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Chicago P.D.(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Once Upon a Time in Wonderland(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Chicago Fire(2012)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Elementary(2012)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Hell on Wheels(2011)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Game of Thrones(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The Walking Dead(2010)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Rubicon(2010)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Royal Pains(2009)

    Show 4 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Castle(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Fringe(2008)

    Show 4 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • New Amsterdam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 7 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Breaking Bad(2008)

    Show 48 episodes · Director · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • 30 Rock(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • The Marksman(2005)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • 7 Seconds(2005)

    Other

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Foreigner(2003)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Half Past Dead(2002)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Spirit(2001)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Ed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Ready to Run(2000)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The 4th Floor(1999)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Five Aces(1999)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Thirteenth Year(1999)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Michael Landon, the Father I Knew(1999)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The White Raven(1998)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Halloweentown(1998)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Scar City(1998)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Crash Dive(1996)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Out of Nowhere(1997)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story(1997)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Seduction in a Small Town(1997)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Camera Operator

  • Vibrations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Cinematographer

  • Angel Flight Down(1996)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Malicious(1995)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Party Girl(1995)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Heading Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Cinematographer · Co-Producer

  • Breach of Trust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Cinematographer

  • The Burning Ghat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Cinematographer

  • Coyote Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Cinematographer

  • Cecelia In The Looking Glass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Cinematographer

  • Vernon, Florida(1981)

    Assistant Camera

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • C.O.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Electrician

Career shape

A full career of 57 titles from 1981 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Half Past Dead (2002)

$19M worldwide

Highest rated

Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life (2015)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing25 of 57: 21 only directing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score87thProducing5 of 57: 1 only producing, 4 with another roleCinematography28 of 57: 26 only cinematography, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score34thOther crew4 of 57: 4 only other crew, 0 with another role

57 titles, 5 with more than one role — cinematography and directing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1980s3 · crew1990s19 · crew2000s14 · crew2010s16 · crew2020s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

a Primetime Emmy from 7 major nominations, 2006–2014.

WinNomination
  1. 2014
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
  2. 2013
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
  3. 2012
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
  4. 2010
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Cinematography for a One Hour Series
  5. 2009
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Cinematography for a One Hour Series
  6. 2007
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
  7. 2006
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Michael Slovis' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 19th percentile, the median of all 21; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 26th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

23rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 48 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up23
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th12

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 48 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved12
  • Universally Panned2
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · cinematographer

Ready to Run (2000)

74th percentile spread · 29% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Better Call Saul (2015)

Midcredits 99th · 96% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 41/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 54, detractors 32. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Michael Slovis' work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Sex & Nudity7 titles9–49 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Michael Slovis work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michael Slovis' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Andrew Stevens shares the most, 6.

Directors

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers