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name: "Michael F. Barrow"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-f-barrow"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T20:20:17.808331+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 F. Barrow

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 1974–1990
- **Also known as:** Michael Barrows, Michael Barrow
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (1), 1990s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0057869/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37039

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

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## Biography

Michael F. Barrow works in the camera and electrical department, initially as a gaffer and later as a camera operator and cinematographer. Early credits include gaffer on *Hearts and Minds* (1974), *Extremities* (1986), *Dirty Dancing* (1987) and *House of Games* (1987).

He has served as director of photography on features including *Heavy* (1995), *Caught* (1996) and *I Woke Up Early the Day I Died* (1998). Barrow was cinematographer on two episodes of the television series *Law & Order* in 2005 and 2006, and has also shot numerous short films.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Hearts and Minds* (1974), Fi1m 82, Gaffer — [page](https://film.one/film/hearts-and-minds.md)

## Also known for

- *Dirty Dancing* (1987), Gaffer
- *House of Games* (1987), Gaffer
- *Extremities* (1986), Gaffer

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