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name: "Michael Fernandez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-cambio-fernandez"
fi1m_id: "michael-cambio-fernandez"
imdb_id: "nm9348268"
tmdb_id: 2329956
wikidata_id: "Q137438098"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T03:27:39.870028+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."
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# Michael Fernandez

## Identity

Michael Fernandez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-cambio-fernandez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-cambio-fernandez
- **IMDb ID:** nm9348268
- **TMDB ID:** 2329956
- **Wikidata ID:** Q137438098
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137438098, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9348268/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2329956

Cinematographer. Born in California’s Delta, Central Valley, California, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Also known as:** Michael Cambio Fernandez
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137438098, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9348268/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2329956

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Daughters*](https://film.one/film/daughters.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Michael Fernandez, also credited as Michael Cambio Fernandez, is an American cinematographer based in Los Angeles. He is known for his work on the documentary *Daughters* (2024), for which he received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Documentary Award for Best Cinematography.

Fernandez grew up in California's Delta region in the Central Valley. He holds a master's degree in history from San Jose State University and taught high school in Northern California for ten years before pursuing cinematography full time. His early feature credit was on *The Burial of Kojo* (2018). Other notable credits include *Black Is King* (2020) and the series *Forever* (2025).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Daughters* (2024), Fi1m 81, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/daughters.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *If I Go Will They Miss Me* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Kites* (2025), Director of Photography
- *FOREVER* (2025), series, Director of Photography
- *The Accidental Getaway Driver* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Daughters* (2024), Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/daughters.md)
- *For Love & Country* (2022), Director of Photography
- *If I Go Will They Miss Me* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Black Is King* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Rich Brian Is The Sailor* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The Burial of Kojo* (2018), Director of Photography

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