---
name: "Michael Barrett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-barrett"
fi1m_id: "michael-barrett"
imdb_id: "nm0004344"
tmdb_id: 42632
wikidata_id: "Q17093945"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "28 May 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-23T04:11:13.395041+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael Barrett

## Identity

Michael Barrett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-barrett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-barrett
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004344
- **TMDB ID:** 42632
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17093945
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Barrett_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17093945, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004344/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42632

Cinematographer. Born 28 May 1970 in Riverside, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 28 May 1970, Riverside, California, USA
- **Active:** 2005–2014
- **Frequently works with:** [Alec Sulkin](https://film.one/person/alec-sulkin.md), [Giovanni Ribisi](https://film.one/person/giovanni-ribisi.md), [Jason Clark](https://film.one/person/jason-clark.md), [Seth MacFarlane](https://film.one/person/seth-macfarlane.md), [Wellesley Wild](https://film.one/person/wellesley-wild.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 79 (1), 2010s 52 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 61 to 59 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $652m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Barrett_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17093945, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004344/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42632

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Kiss Kiss Bang Bang*](https://film.one/film/kiss-kiss-bang-bang.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michael Barrett is an American cinematographer. He was born on 28 May 1970 in Riverside, California. He holds a BA in art from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MFA in film from Columbia University.

Barrett's feature credits include *Kiss Kiss Bang Bang* (2005), *Bobby* (2006), *You Don't Mess with the Zohan* (2008), *Bedtime Stories* (2008), *Takers* (2010), *Zookeeper* (2011), *Ted* (2012), *A Million Ways to Die in the West* (2014) and *Ted 2* (2015). He has also worked on television series including *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*. He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

He has been married to actress Anna Faris since 2021; the couple met on the set of *Overboard* (2018).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *A Million Ways to Die in the West* (2014), Fi1m 40, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-west.md)
- *Ted* (2012), Fi1m 64, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/ted.md)
- *Kiss Kiss Bang Bang* (2005), Fi1m 79, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-kiss-bang-bang.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Night Hunter* (2019), Director of Photography, Co-Producer
- *Gotti* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Overboard* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Beast of Burden* (2018), Director of Photography
- *The Clapper* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Ted 2* (2015), Director of Photography
- *No Good Deed* (2014), Director of Photography
- *A Million Ways to Die in the West* (2014), Director of Photography — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-west.md)
- *About Last Night* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Battle of the Year* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Ted* (2012), Director of Photography — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ted.md)
- *A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Zookeeper* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Everything Must Go* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Takers* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Bedtime Stories* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Prop 8: The Musical* (2008), Director of Photography
- *You Don't Mess with the Zohan* (2008), Director of Photography
- *The Mysteries of Pittsburgh* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Bobby* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Goal!* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Kiss Kiss Bang Bang* (2005), Director of Photography — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-kiss-bang-bang.md)
- *Lucky 13* (2005), Director of Photography
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, Director of Photography
- *Turn of Faith* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Lone Star State of Mind* (2002), Director of Photography
- *The Perfect You* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Skeletons in the Closet* (2001), Director of Photography
- *On the Edge* (2001), Director of Photography
- *The Atlantis Conspiracy* (2001), Director of Photography
- *75 Degrees in July* (2000), Director of Photography
- *The Suburbans* (1999), Director of Photography
- *The Florentine* (1999), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Safe Men* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Finding North* (1998), Director of Photography
- *She Drinks a Little* (1981), Electrician

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