Camera

Michael Goi

Born March 4, 1959 · Chicago, Illinois, USA (age 67)

Michael Goi (born March 4, 1959) is an American cinematographer and film director. He is well known for his work on Showtime's Web Therapy, and for his work with Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk on Glee, Scream Queens and American Horror Story. He also wrote and directed the 2011 film Megan Is Missing.

Known For

Frozen

MovieAnimationFamily

Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and snowman Olaf. On an adventure where she will find out what friendship, courage, family, and true love really means.

Words on Bathroom Walls

Words on Bathroom Walls · 2020

Words on Bathroom Walls

MovieDramaRomance

Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.

Megan Is Missing

Megan Is Missing · 2011

Megan Is Missing

MovieDramaHorror

Fourteen-year–old Megan and her best friend Amy spend a lot of time on the internet, posting videos of themselves and chatting with guys online. One night Megan chats with a guy named Josh who convinces her to meet him for a date. The next day, Megan is missing—forever. Based on actual cases of child abduction.

Red Water

Red Water · 2003

MovieHorrorAction

In the quiet waters of the Mississippi, body parts are being discovered. No one knows what is behind it all, until a huge man eating bull shark turns up. This bull shark is different, as it can breath in fresh water, making a deadly encounter between anyone who comes before it. John Sanders must now try and reach the surface, with his ex-wife and whilst being held hostage.

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

The Town that Dreaded Sundown · 2014

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

MovieThrillerHorror

A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

Forbidden Sins

Forbidden Sins · 1999

MovieCrimeDrama

Shannon Tweed stars as the divorced defense attorney who gets caught in a passionate love affair with an accused murderer.

Mary

MovieHorrorMystery

A struggling family buys an old ship at auction with high hopes of starting a charter business, only to discover her horrifying secrets on the isolated open waters.

Fatal Blade

Fatal Blade · 2000

MovieActionComedy

East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza battle drug lords and the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles...

Filmography

Sort

Frozen

MovieAnimationFamily

Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and snowman Olaf. On an adventure where she will find out what friendship, courage, family, and true love really means.

Thanks

Words on Bathroom Walls

Words on Bathroom Walls · 2020

Words on Bathroom Walls

MovieDramaRomance

Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.

Director of Photography

Megan Is Missing

Megan Is Missing · 2011

Megan Is Missing

MovieDramaHorror

Fourteen-year–old Megan and her best friend Amy spend a lot of time on the internet, posting videos of themselves and chatting with guys online. One night Megan chats with a guy named Josh who convinces her to meet him for a date. The next day, Megan is missing—forever. Based on actual cases of child abduction.

Writer

Red Water

Red Water · 2003

MovieHorrorAction

In the quiet waters of the Mississippi, body parts are being discovered. No one knows what is behind it all, until a huge man eating bull shark turns up. This bull shark is different, as it can breath in fresh water, making a deadly encounter between anyone who comes before it. John Sanders must now try and reach the surface, with his ex-wife and whilst being held hostage.

Director of Photography

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

The Town that Dreaded Sundown · 2014

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

MovieThrillerHorror

A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

Director of Photography

Forbidden Sins

Forbidden Sins · 1999

MovieCrimeDrama

Shannon Tweed stars as the divorced defense attorney who gets caught in a passionate love affair with an accused murderer.

Director of Photography

Mary

MovieHorrorMystery

A struggling family buys an old ship at auction with high hopes of starting a charter business, only to discover her horrifying secrets on the isolated open waters.

Director of Photography

Fatal Blade

Fatal Blade · 2000

MovieActionComedy

East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza battle drug lords and the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles...

Director of Photography

Evil Obsession

Evil Obsession · 1996

MovieThrillerHorror

As models show up on calendars and magazine covers, someone is making bodies show up at the morgue. Is it the obsessed fan?

Director of Photography

Funky Monkey

Funky Monkey · 2004

MovieFamilyComedy

A teen genius teams up with a super-talented chimpanzee and his caretaker to take down an animal testing lab. In exchange, the scientist gives the teen some pointers on the girl of his dreams.

Cinematography

Judas

MovieAdventureDrama

Was Judas Iscariot, the apostle whose kiss sentenced Jesus Christ to the crucifix, a patriot who argued with Jesus or a pawn of the Roman occupiers? The story of the Passion from a different angle, with Judas doing what he believed was best for his people.

Director of Photography

Day of a Lion

Day of a Lion · 2025

MovieDramaThriller

After their father's death two sisters reunite at their childhood home to uncover forgotten secrets and rip open old wounds.

Thanks

Witless Protection

Witless Protection · 2008

Witless Protection

MovieComedyAction

When a small-town sheriff witnesses what he believes to be an attempted kidnapping, his effort to save the beautiful damsel in distress sets him down a wild path of comic mishap.

Director of Photography

Fingerprints

Fingerprints · 2006

MovieMysteryHorror

Fresh out of rehab, a young woman moves back in with her parents and sister, and soon becomes involved in a mystery that has left people in her town paralyzed.

Director of Photography

Expecting Mary

Expecting Mary · 2010

Expecting Mary is the story of a young girl, who's had all the trappings of an upscale life, but it's only when she finds herself in a small New Mexico town, in a downtrodden trailer park, that she learns the real meaning of love, sacrifice and family.

Director of Photography

Welcome to Death Row

Welcome to Death Row · 2001

Welcome to Death Row

MovieDocumentaryMusic

The record label Death Row Records has, since its creation in 1993, been synonymous with the American hip-hop climate. Formed by ex-bodyguard Suge Knight, the label has released seminal rap albums from luminaries including Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, and the famous hip-hop martyr Tupac Shakur. WELCOME TO DEATH ROW is a fascinating, well-researched documentary which explores the history of this intriguing and incredibly significant company.

Director of Photography

Call Waiting

Call Waiting · 2004

MovieDramaComedy

Two women: The impossible diva and the bed-ridden writer. One's an actress. The other, the character she plays. Both lives hijacked by fractured families, they discover the path to healing is on the other end of the phone.

Director of Photography

Who Killed Atlanta's Children?

Who Killed Atlanta's Children? · 2000

Who Killed Atlanta's Children?

MovieCrimeDrama

From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city until 1982, when Wayne Wiiliams was convicted of the murders of two adult men. Authorities then considered the other cases closed. Some of the parents of the slain children were critical of the way the cases were handled and believed there was some sort of cover up. Nearly four years after the conviction of Williams, "Spin" magazine editor Ron Larson and reporter Pat Laughlin come to Atlanta in search of the truth.

Director of Photography

The Kids Who Saved Summer

The Kids Who Saved Summer · 2004

The Kids Who Saved Summer

MovieFamilyAdventure

A group of youngsters trying to save their playground from an unscrupulous developer who wants to build a factory there.

Director of Photography

Deadlock: A Passion for Murder

Deadlock: A Passion for Murder · 1997

Deadlock: A Passion for Murder

In this erotic thriller, a detective looks into the murder of a pornography magnate.

Director of Photography

Voyeur

Andy works in the night-shift making copies of videotape. His best friend Lou got the job for him, and asks Andy to make nine copies of a porn video. Andy becomes obsessed by the star, affecting his personal life with his girlfriend Kris Foster. When Andy incidentally meets the woman, she tells that she is Gina Porter, the daughter of a senator, and she had been drugged and videotaped and later blackmailed by the powerful Melrose. Andy gets involved with the situation, and when he meets Melrose, he listens to a different version of the story, becoming confused.

Writer

Christmas Rush

Christmas Rush · 2002

MovieActionTV Movie

In the season of giving, the department took his badge. Criminals took his wife. Now, one cop is taking matters into his own hands

Director of Photography

The Awakening of Gabriella

The Awakening of Gabriella · 1999

The Awakening of Gabriella

After leaving her small-town lover, an innocent beauty named Gabriella hits Hollywood with plans to enter a daring and exciting new chapter in her life. And it turns out that stripping at a gentlemen's club is a good start. During her first week strutting her stuff on the runway, a wealthy couple pays her to join them at their estate for a scintillating session of voyeuristic sex that leaves Gabriella both confused and aroused. But Gabriella's real education begins when the man of the house, Stephen, makes her his pet project. When he and his exotic servant Nicole induct Gabriella into their steamy world of carnal indulgence, Gabriella's world changes forever

Director of Photography

The Bike Squad

The Bike Squad · 2002

A bunch of kids on bikes try to save a pooch from some nasty dog snatchers.

Director of Photography

The Mentalist

The Mentalist · 2008

SeriesCrimeDrama

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.

Director of Photography

The Rookie

The Rookie · 2018

SeriesCrimeDrama

Starting over isn't easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force's oldest rookie, he's met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.

Director

American Horror Story

American Horror Story · 2011

American Horror Story

SeriesDramaMystery

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.

Director of Photography

Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars · 2010

Pretty Little Liars

SeriesDramaMystery

Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison. One year later, they begin receiving messages from someone using the name "A" who threatens to expose their secrets — including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew.

Director

Riverdale

Riverdale · 2017

SeriesCrimeDrama

Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.

Director

Avatar: The Last Airbender · 2024

Avatar: The Last Airbender

SeriesAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

A young boy known as the Avatar must master the four elemental powers to save a world at war — and fight a ruthless enemy bent on stopping him.

Director

Empire

SeriesDramaSoap

A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.

Director

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow · 2013

SeriesDramaMystery

Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.

Director

Doc

Dr. Amy Larsen must navigate an unfamiliar world after a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life. She can rely only on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted friends, as she struggles to continue practicing medicine, despite having lost nearly a decade of knowledge and experience.

Director

Nashville

Nashville · 2012

Rayna Jaymes and Juliette Barnes face personal and professional challenges as they navigate their paths as artists and individuals. Surrounding them, and often complicating their lives, are their family, friends and, in some cases, lovers, as well as the up-and-coming performers and songwriters trying to get ahead in the business.

Director

Big Sky

Big Sky · 2020

SeriesCrimeDrama

Private detective Cassie Dewell partners with ex-cop Jenny Hoyt on a search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. When they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to stop the perpetrator before another woman is taken.

Director

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina · 2018

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

SeriesMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy

Magic and mischief collide as half-human, half-witch Sabrina navigates between two worlds: mortal teen life and her family's legacy, the Church of Night.

Director

The Gifted

The Gifted · 2017

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.

Director

Charmed

Charmed · 2018

SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Set in the fictional college town of Hilltowne, Charmed follows the lives of three sisters, Macy, Mel and Maggie Vera who, after the tragic death of their mother, discover they are three of the most powerful witches of all time.

Director

The Rookie: Feds

The Rookie: Feds · 2022

The Rookie: Feds

SeriesCrimeDrama

Special Agent Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI, is a force of nature, the living embodiment of a dream deferred – and she works together with her new colleagues at the Los Angeles office of the Bureau to bring down the country’s toughest criminals.

Director

Brilliant Minds

Brilliant Minds · 2024

Brilliant Minds

A rare condition — face blindness — gives an eccentric yet incredibly gifted neurologist a unique perspective on care, fueling his mission to change the way people see his patients. Alongside a team of brilliant young interns, he solves some of the world's most puzzling psychological cases while navigating the complicated relationships that come with the job.

Director

Swamp Thing

Swamp Thing · 2019

SeriesMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy

CDC researcher Abby Arcane investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana but she soon discovers that the swamp holds mystical and terrifying secrets. When unexplainable and chilling horrors emerge from the murky marsh, no one is safe.

Director

Sexy Urban Legends

Sexy Urban Legends · 2001

Sexy Urban Legends

Popular urban legends come to life as Playboy TV's hauntingly arousing hit series, Sexy Urban Legends, returns for more tales of mistaken identity, lust and deception - with an erotic twist. Perhaps you've heard them and think they're too wild to be true, but seeing is believing!

Director

Falling Water

Falling Water · 2016

SeriesDramaMystery

The story of three unrelated people, who slowly realize that they are dreaming separate parts of a single common dream.

Director

The Pleasure Zone

The Pleasure Zone · 1999

The Pleasure Zone

The Pleasure Zone is an online dating service run by enigmatic avatar Serena. Serena has a special talent of finding the right people to make a love connection, fun connection, or whatever type of connection her clients are looking for. She gathers a lot of information from all of her clients to make sure that she finds what one is looking for. For the many clients who are confused by love and relationship, she also helps them understand what you are looking for. Each episode of this series is a story of how two people make a love connection in the Pleasure Zone. As viewers, we get to see Serena work her magic.

Director of Photography

Nightcap

Nightcap · 1999

This is a simple plot which contains the realities of life in its episodes.It is alike any TV soap and ends up every plot with a passionate lovemaking

Director of Photography