---
name: "Michael Weaver"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-weaver"
fi1m_id: "michael-weaver"
imdb_id: "nm0915920"
tmdb_id: 1282191
wikidata_id: "Q75110890"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T14:32:39.112288+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 Weaver

## Identity

Michael Weaver

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-weaver
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-weaver
- **IMDb ID:** nm0915920
- **TMDB ID:** 1282191
- **Wikidata ID:** Q75110890
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75110890, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1282191

Director. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** Mike Weaver, Michael Weaver, ASC
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 4 directing, 2 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Peter Lauer](https://film.one/person/peter-lauer.md), [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Alan J. Higgins](https://film.one/person/alan-j-higgins.md), [Alex Reid](https://film.one/person/alex-reid-1224235.md), [Beth McCarthy-Miller](https://film.one/person/beth-mccarthy-miller.md), [Bryan Cranston](https://film.one/person/bryan-cranston.md), [Christopher Masterson](https://film.one/person/christopher-masterson.md), [David Stassen](https://film.one/person/david-stassen.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (2), 2010s 73 (2), 2020s 68 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75110890, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1282191

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Mindy Project*](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md) (72), [*Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair*](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md) (71)
- **Apple TV:** [*Star Trek: Picard*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-picard.md) (64)
- **Hulu:** [*Californication*](https://film.one/tv/californication.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Michael Weaver is an American cinematographer and television director. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he began working in the camera department in the 1980s and served as director of photography on the series *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000–2006, credited as Mike Weaver). He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 2011.

Weaver has directed episodes of series including *Californication* (2007), *The Mindy Project* (2012), *Masters of Sex* (2013), *Good Girls* (2018), *Little Fires Everywhere* (2020), *Star Trek: Picard* (2020) and *One of Us Is Lying* (2021). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series for his work on *Californication*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Directed (4) — the average rests on these

- *Star Trek: Picard* (2020), Fi1m 64, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-picard.md)
- *Masters of Sex* (2013), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-sex.md)
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md)
- *Californication* (2007), Fi1m 63, Cinematography, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)

### Crew (2)

- *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair* (2026), Fi1m 71, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md)
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair* (2026), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md)
- *Running Point* (2025), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *One of Us Is Lying* (2021), series, Director
- *Little Fires Everywhere* (2020), series, Director
- *Star Trek: Picard* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-picard.md)
- *Rise* (2018), series, Director
- *Good Girls* (2018), series, Director
- *Pure Genius* (2016), series, Director
- *Speechless* (2016), series, Director
- *The Path* (2016), series, Director
- *Casual* (2015), series, Director
- *Masters of Sex* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-sex.md)
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md)
- *The Clique* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Californication* (2007), series, Director of Photography, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, Director of Photography
- *The Sender* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Scanner Cop II* (1995), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Almost Hollywood* (1994), Director, Writer
- *Jailbait* (1993), Gaffer
- *Doppelganger* (1993), Gaffer
- *Night Terror* (1989), Writer, Editor, Director

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