---
name: "Michael Bonvillain"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-bonvillain"
fi1m_id: "michael-bonvillain"
imdb_id: "nm0095272"
tmdb_id: 36224
wikidata_id: "Q140876007"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T14:54:37.959642+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 Bonvillain

## Identity

Michael Bonvillain

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-bonvillain
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-bonvillain
- **IMDb ID:** nm0095272
- **TMDB ID:** 36224
- **Wikidata ID:** Q140876007
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140876007, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0095272/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36224

Cinematographer. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2001–2009
- **Also known as:** Michael Bonvillain, ASC
- **Frequently works with:** [Alison Schapker](https://film.one/person/alison-schapker.md), [Fred Toye](https://film.one/person/frederick-e-o-toye.md), [Jeff Pinkner](https://film.one/person/jeff-pinkner.md), [J.J. Abrams](https://film.one/person/j-j-abrams.md), [Monica Owusu-Breen](https://film.one/person/monica-owusu-breen.md), [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Alex Kurtzman](https://film.one/person/alex-kurtzman.md), [Bobby Roth](https://film.one/person/bobby-roth.md)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action & Adventure 2, Mystery 2, Comedy 1, Horror 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $102m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140876007, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0095272/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36224

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Lost*](https://film.one/tv/lost.md) (81), [*Fringe*](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md) (80), [*Alias*](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) (74)
- **HBO Max:** [*Zombieland*](https://film.one/film/zombieland.md) (78)

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## Biography

Michael Bonvillain is an American cinematographer and member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 2004. He was born in Jackson, Mississippi.

He trained at the University of Texas at Austin. His credits include the films *Cloverfield* (2008), *Zombieland* (2009), *Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters* (2013) and *American Ultra* (2015), as well as episodes of the television series *Lost* (2004–2007) and *Peacemaker* (2022).

Bonvillain won a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding cinematography for a single-camera series for work on *Alias* (2002) and received further Emmy nominations for *Alias* and *Lost*.

*Sources: imdb.com, theasc.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Zombieland* (2009), Fi1m 78, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland.md)
- *Fringe* (2008), Fi1m 80, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *Lost* (2004), Fi1m 81, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *Alias* (2001), Fi1m 74, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *The Out-Laws* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Peacemaker* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *Outside the Wire* (2021), Director of Photography
- *American Ultra* (2015), Director of Photography
- *From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series* (2014), series, Director of Photography
- *Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Revolution* (2012), series, Director of Photography
- *Wanderlust* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Unwatchable* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Undercovers* (2010), series, Director of Photography
- *Zombieland* (2009), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland.md)
- *Fringe* (2008), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *Cloverfield* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Lost* (2004), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *Sniper 3* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Alias* (2001), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter* (2000), Director of Photography
- *The Last Marshal* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Rolling Thunder* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls* (1995), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/ace-ventura-when-nature-calls.md)
- *The Desperate Trail* (1994), Director of Photography
- *When the Bough Breaks* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Teddy Bears Are for Lovers*, Director

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