---
name: "Michael Caracciolo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-caracciolo"
fi1m_id: "michael-caracciolo"
imdb_id: "nm0135864"
tmdb_id: 1550191
roles: ["Second assistant camera","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-23T13:59:26.110057+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 Caracciolo

## Identity

Michael Caracciolo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-caracciolo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-caracciolo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0135864
- **TMDB ID:** 1550191
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135864/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1550191

Second assistant camera and director.

## Details

- **Work:** Second assistant camera, Director
- **Active:** 1990–2013
- **Also known as:** Mike Caracciolo
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 directing, 4 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 77 (4), 2010s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 78 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Crime 2, Drama 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $764m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135864/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1550191

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Blacklist*](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Michael Caracciolo is a cinematographer and director, also credited as Mike Caracciolo. He began his career in the camera department, working as a second assistant camera or assistant camera on films including *The Godfather Part III* (1990), *Manhattan Murder Mystery* (1993), *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), *Men in Black* (1997) and *The Siege* (1998).

He later served as a camera operator on series such as *Royal Pains* and *The Big C*. On *The Blacklist* (2013–2023) he was director of photography for the majority of episodes and directed 14 episodes between 2017 and 2023. He has also worked as cinematographer on episodes of *The Big C*, *Royal Pains* and other series.

*Sources: imdb.com, productionhub.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Directed (1)

- *The Blacklist* (2013), Fi1m 63, Cinematography, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)

### Crew (4) — the average rests on these

- *Men in Black* (1997), Fi1m 82, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/men-in-black.md)
- *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), Fi1m 80, Second Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md)
- *Husbands and Wives* (1992), Fi1m 83, Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/husbands-and-wives.md)
- *The Godfather Part III* (1990), Fi1m 63, Second Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *The Last Frontier* (2025), series, Director of Photography
- *The Hunting Party* (2025), series, Director of Photography
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, Director, Director of Photography — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *The Big C* (2010), series, Director of Photography
- *Royal Pains* (2009), series, Director of Photography
- *The Siege* (1998), Camera Operator
- *Men in Black* (1997), Camera Operator — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/men-in-black.md)
- *Don't Drink the Water* (1994), Second Assistant Camera
- *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), Second Assistant Camera — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md)
- *Manhattan Murder Mystery* (1993), Second Assistant Camera
- *Husbands and Wives* (1992), Assistant Camera — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/husbands-and-wives.md)
- *Shadows and Fog* (1991), Second Assistant Camera
- *The Godfather Part III* (1990), Second Assistant Camera — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md)
- *Alice* (1990), Second Assistant Camera
- *Crimes and Misdemeanors* (1989), Second Assistant Camera
- *New York Stories* (1989), Second Assistant Camera
- *Another Woman* (1988), Second Assistant Camera

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