---
name: "Michael Latham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-latham"
fi1m_id: "michael-latham"
imdb_id: "nm3372957"
tmdb_id: 1731914
wikidata_id: "Q63635446"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-27T08:28:01.572951+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 Latham

## Identity

Michael Latham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-latham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-latham
- **IMDb ID:** nm3372957
- **TMDB ID:** 1731914
- **Wikidata ID:** Q63635446
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63635446, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3372957/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1731914

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Julia Garner](https://film.one/person/julia-garner.md), [Kitty Green](https://film.one/person/kitty-green.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63635446, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3372957/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1731914

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Assistant*](https://film.one/film/the-assistant.md) (81), [*The Royal Hotel*](https://film.one/film/the-royal-hotel.md) (74)

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## Biography

Michael Latham is a cinematographer whose feature credits include *The Assistant* (2019) and *The Royal Hotel* (2023), both directed by Kitty Green. He has also worked on documentaries such as *Ukraine Is Not a Brothel* (2013), *Casting JonBenet* (2017), *Island of the Hungry Ghosts* (2018) and *Pelé* (2021).

Latham won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for *The Assistant*. He has received AACTA Award nominations for cinematography on several projects and won an AACTA Award as a producer for *Ukraine Is Not a Brothel*. He received a Cinema Eye Honors Award for *Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story* (2021).

*Sources: imdb.com, my.romacinemafest.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Royal Hotel* (2023), Fi1m 74, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-hotel.md)
- *The Assistant* (2020), Fi1m 81, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-assistant.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Silenced* (2026), Director of Photography
- *The Wolves Always Come at Night* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Sally* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever* (2025), Additional Camera
- *The Royal Hotel* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-hotel.md)
- *Petrol* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence* (2023), series, Director of Photography
- *Fire Front* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Streamline* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Playing with Sharks* (2021), Camera Operator
- *Pelé* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Shudder* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Eden Eden Eden* (2020), Director of Photography
- *The Assistant* (2020), Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-assistant.md)
- *Buoyancy* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Island of the Hungry Ghosts* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Strange Colours* (2018), Director of Photography
- *The Crying Wind* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Homecoming Queens* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *Casting JonBenet* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Ukraine Is Not a Brothel* (2013), Director of Photography, Producer
- *Tau Seru* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Last Beautiful Friend* (2011), Cinematography
- *Little Brother* (2011), Cinematography
- *Boxer* (2009), Director, Writer

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