ABOUT
Raised in Athens, Greece, Michael Paleodimos is a Greek-Australian Director of Photography. He started off as a Biochemist, but soon after he was pulled into the world of cinema and has not looked back since.
He has worked extensively on various projects, but gained international acclaim with his first narrative piece, STUTTERER (dir. Benjamin Cleary), which won an OSCAR at the 88th Academy Awards (2016) for Best Live Action Short.
Soon after, in 2018, Michael collaborated with BAFTA Breakthrough director Ed Perkins and two-time Academy Award winner Simon Chinn, to shoot BLACK SHEEP which was nominated for an OSCAR at the 91st Academy Awards. (The film can be viewed on The Guardian website here.)
Michael is based in London and works internationally shooting narrative and commercials.
RECENT / IN PRODUCTION
Recently finished shooting several scenes for Bassam Tariq’s film Mogul Mowgli (2020), starring Riz Ahmed - produced by the BFI and Pulse Films (Prod. Bennett McGhee, Thomas Benski).
Michael also worked on Ed Perkin’s Tell Me Who I Am (2019) for NETFLIX (Additional Cinematographer)
The same year he teamed up with FALIRO HOUSE Productions (The Lobster, Only Lovers Left Alive) to shoot their first post-horror film ISKIOMA (Dir. Kostas Gerampinis)
OTHER
Script reader for Sundance Institute / Oxbelly Screenwriters Lab (2019 & 2020). In 2019 Michael also headed up the team of DPs behind the first iteration of the Directors Lab, under the supervision of Willem Dafoe and Athina Rachel Tsangari
Honorary guest at the Greek Society of Cinematographers’ (GSC). Link: here (in Greek)
His TED Talk in Athens titled ‘The Art of Saying Yes’ can be viewed here.
DIRECTORS
Benjamin Cleary, Edward Watts, Ed Perkins, Alvaro Ramirez, Ollie Wolfe, Guy Soulsby, Savvas Stavrou, Bassam Tariq, Danny & Loco
ECHO ARTISTS
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Film and TV
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Commercials & Music Videos
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PERSONAL
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michael@michaelpaleodimos.com