Michael McDonough is a Scottish cinematographer and director, best known for the 2010 film Winter’s Bone.
He is the Director of Photography on Seasons 1 and 2 of Fear and director of "Do Not Disturb" in Season 2.
Nominations: Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
Adam Davidson chose him for the series and describes his choice like this.
“ | The palette in the original is different than ours," says Davidson. "They have a lot of grays, browns, and greens. We’re taking place in urban L.A., which is very vivid. I wanted to use red as a story element. I didn’t bring in a DP who was schooled in the genre of zombies, I wanted to bring in a foreigner. Since I was from L.A., I wanted an outside eye, who could evoke a world, but also give characters the freedom to act. I didn’t want my actors to worry about landing on a mark. I wanted to get to the truth of the scene.
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— Adam Davidson, [1] |
Other Work[]
- Winter's Bone, Cinematographer, (2010)
- Starred Up, Cinematographer, (2013)
- Downton Abbey, director of photography - 1 episode, (2014)
- Albert Nobbs, Cinematographer, (2011)
- Sunset Song, Cinematographer, (2015)