---
name: "Sion Michel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sion-michel"
fi1m_id: "sion-michel"
imdb_id: "nm0585051"
tmdb_id: 108801
wikidata_id: "Q65031043"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T23:12:45.447286+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."
---

# Sion Michel

## Identity

Sion Michel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sion-michel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sion-michel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0585051
- **TMDB ID:** 108801
- **Wikidata ID:** Q65031043
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sion_Michel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65031043, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0585051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108801

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1901 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, United States
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2020s 48 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 60 to 58 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, Crime 1, Music 1, Thriller 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,253m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sion_Michel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65031043, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0585051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108801

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Old Way*](https://film.one/film/the-old-way.md) (49)

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

## Biography

Sion Michel is an American cinematographer and member of the Australian Cinematographers Society. He holds an M.A. in Cinematography from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, awarded in 1992, and is based in Los Angeles.

He served as director of photography on the 2023 Western *The Old Way*, directed by Brett Donowho and starring Nicolas Cage. His other feature credits as cinematographer include *Heartfall Arises* (2016), *Hot Summer Days* (2010) and *Like a Dream* (2009), the last of which received a Golden Horse Award nomination for Best Cinematography. He has also worked as a camera operator on films including *Collateral* (2004) and *Gangster Squad* (2013).

Michel received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2007 for Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork and Video for the television special *Tony Bennett: An American Classic*. He founded the production company Mettafilm in 2005.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Michael* (2026), Fi1m 47, "C" Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/michael.md)
- *The Old Way* (2023), Fi1m 49, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-old-way.md)
- *Collateral* (2004), Fi1m 85, Additional Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/collateral.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Michael* (2026), "C" Camera Operator — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/michael.md)
- *Sons of the Neon Night* (2025), Director of Photography
- *The Old Way* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/the-old-way.md)
- *Beijing, New York* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Bad Dog and Superhero* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Gangster Squad* (2013), Camera Operator
- *Red Earth* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Hot Summer Days* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Land of the Lost* (2009), Camera Operator
- *The Box* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Laura Smiles* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Memoirs of a Geisha* (2005), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Collateral* (2004), Additional Camera — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/collateral.md)
- *Three Chords and a Wardrobe* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Floating Life* (1996), as Focus Puller
- *Angel Baby* (1995), as Focus Puller

## Gallery

- ![Sion Michel](https://film.one/media/person/297758/gallery-59b144730a2f.jpg) Sion Michel — Sion Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Sion_Michel_Cannes_2025.jpg/1280px-Sion_Michel_Cannes_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sion Michel, ACS filming at with Arri III 35mm motion picture camera at Ha Long Bay Vietnam. (1996)](https://film.one/media/person/297758/gallery-a77d3c393705.jpg) Sion Michel, ACS filming at with Arri III 35mm motion picture camera at Ha Long Bay Vietnam. (1996) — Sion Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Sion_Michel%2C_ACS_filming_at_Ha_Long_Bay%2C_Vietnam_1996.jpg/1280px-Sion_Michel%2C_ACS_filming_at_Ha_Long_Bay%2C_Vietnam_1996.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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