---
name: "Michael Garfath"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-garfath"
fi1m_id: "michael-garfath"
imdb_id: "nm0307245"
tmdb_id: 32805
wikidata_id: "Q112464685"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T21:34:13.249619+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 Garfath

## Identity

Michael Garfath

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-garfath
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-garfath
- **IMDb ID:** nm0307245
- **TMDB ID:** 32805
- **Wikidata ID:** Q112464685
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112464685, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307245/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32805

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1944 in Willesden, Middlesex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1944, Willesden, Middlesex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1977–1990
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 88 (1), 1990s 54 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112464685, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307245/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32805

## Biography

Michael Garfath is a British cinematographer. Born in 1944 in Willesden, Middlesex, England, he began his career in the camera department, working as a focus puller on films including *Sorcerer* (1977) and *The Wilby Conspiracy* (1975).

He moved into director of photography roles in the early 1980s. His credits include *Squaring the Circle* (1984), *A Prayer for the Dying* (1987), *Nuns on the Run* (1990), *Croupier* (1998) and *I'll Sleep When I'm Dead* (2003). He joined the British Society of Cinematographers in 1988 and retired in 2008.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Nuns on the Run* (1990), Fi1m 54, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/nuns-on-the-run.md)
- *Sorcerer* (1977), Fi1m 88, Focus Puller — [page](https://film.one/film/sorcerer.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *I'll Sleep When I'm Dead* (2003), Director of Photography
- *The Enemy* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Croupier* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Nuns on the Run* (1990), Director of Photography — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/nuns-on-the-run.md)
- *We Think the World of You* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Soursweet* (1988), Director of Photography
- *A Prayer for the Dying* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Lamb* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Car Trouble* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Squaring the Circle* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Sorcerer* (1977), as Focus Puller — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/sorcerer.md)
- *The Wilby Conspiracy* (1975), as Focus Puller
- *Murphy's War* (1971), as Focus Puller

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