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name: "Michael D. O'Shea"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-d-oshea"
fi1m_id: "michael-d-oshea"
imdb_id: "nm0642672"
tmdb_id: 53840
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-04T18:40:17.730734+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 D. O'Shea

## Identity

Michael D. O'Shea

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-d-oshea
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-d-oshea
- **IMDb ID:** nm0642672
- **TMDB ID:** 53840
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642672/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53840

Cinematographer. Born in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 1984–2005
- **Also known as:**  Michael O'Shay , Michael O'Shea , Mike O'Shea
- **Frequently works with:** [David Grossman](https://film.one/person/david-grossman.md), [James Whitmore Jr.](https://film.one/person/james-whitmore-jr.md), [Marita Grabiak](https://film.one/person/marita-grabiak.md), [Michael Lange](https://film.one/person/michael-lange.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 66 (3), 1990s 68 (2), 2000s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Crime 2, Drama 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $314m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642672/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53840

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80), [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Robin Hood: Men in Tights*](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-men-in-tights.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Michael D. O'Shea is an American cinematographer and former camera operator. Born in Los Angeles, California, he began working in the camera department at Warner Bros. Studios in 1965 as a loader and later served as a camera assistant before shooting commercials and advancing to cinematography.

He has worked as director of photography on television series including *Doogie Howser, M.D.* (c. 1990–1993), *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (2001–2002), *CSI: Miami* (2002–2003) and *Bones* (2005–2006). Feature credits as cinematographer include *Robin Hood: Men in Tights* (1993) and *Big Momma's House* (2000); earlier film work includes camera operating on titles such as *The Goonies* (1985), *Spaceballs* (1987) and *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988). O'Shea is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

He received an Emmy Award for outstanding cinematography for a single-camera series in 2003 for an episode of *CSI: Miami* and earned several further Emmy nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, encyclopedia.com, shotonwhat.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Robin Hood: Men in Tights* (1993), Fi1m 55, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-men-in-tights.md)
- *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), Fi1m 88, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md)
- *The Goonies* (1985), Fi1m 76, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-goonies.md)
- *Cannonball Run II* (1984), Fi1m 35, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Group Sex* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Bones* (2005), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, Director of Photography
- *The New Guy* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Sorority Boys* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Big Momma's House* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Here on Earth* (2000), Director of Photography
- *The '60s* (1999), Director of Photography
- *The '60s* (1999), series, Director of Photography
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *To Love, Honor and Deceive* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Dracula: Dead and Loving It* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Double Dragon* (1994), Additional Photography
- *Geronimo: An American Legend* (1993), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Robin Hood: Men in Tights* (1993), Director of Photography — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-men-in-tights.md)
- *The Temp* (1993), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Necessary Roughness* (1991), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The 'Burbs* (1989), Camera Operator
- *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), Camera Operator — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md)
- *The Lost Boys* (1987), Camera Operator
- *Spaceballs* (1987), Camera Operator
- *Extreme Prejudice* (1987), Camera Operator
- *Short Circuit* (1986), Camera Operator
- *The Goonies* (1985), Camera Operator — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-goonies.md)
- *Cannonball Run II* (1984), Camera Operator — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md)
- *Nude Aerobics* (1983), Camera Operator
- *Ginger in the Morning* (1974), Assistant Camera

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