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name: "Michael Grady"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-grady"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T20:20:12.263294+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 Grady

Cinematographer. Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 1998–2014
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2010s 87 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19507882, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004142/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40511

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Leftovers*](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md) (87)

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## Biography

Michael Grady is a cinematographer and director of photography. He has worked on a range of feature films and television series, with credits including *The Leftovers* (2014–2017), for which he served as director of photography on multiple episodes.

Grady has frequently collaborated with director Mimi Leder, including on episodes of *The Leftovers*, the feature *On the Basis of Sex* (2018) and episodes of *The Morning Show* (2019–2021). Other notable credits as director of photography include *Easy A* (2010), *Faster* (2010), *Gone* (2012), *Annie* (2014) and *Ozark* (2017).

*Sources: imdb.com, shootonline.com, postperspective.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Leftovers* (2014), Fi1m 87, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *The Truman Show* (1998), Fi1m 88, Second Company Grip — [page](https://film.one/film/the-truman-show.md)

## Also known for

- *Friends with Benefits* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Easy A* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Faster* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Lioness* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Annie* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Gone* (2012), Director of Photography
- *On the Basis of Sex* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Stand Up Guys* (2012), Director of Photography

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