Michael Goi (born March 4, 1959) is an American

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and film director. He is well known for his work on

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s ''

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'', and for his work with Ryan Murphy and

Brad Falchuk Bradley Douglas Falchuk (born March 1, 1971) is an American television writer, director, and producer, best known for co-creating with Ryan Murphy the comedy-drama television series ''Glee'', the drama series ''Pose'', the horror comedy '' Screa ...

on ''

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'', '' Scream Queens'' and ''

American Horror Story ''American Horror Story'' is an American anthology horror television series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk for the cable network FX. The first installment in the '' American Story'' media franchise, each season is conceived as a ...

''. He also wrote and directed the 2011 film ''

Megan Is Missing ''Megan Is Missing'' is a 2011 American found footage (film technique), found footage psychological horror film written, directed, edited, and co-produced by Michael Goi. The film revolves around the days leading up to the disappearance of Mega ...

''.

Career

He began his career as director of photography on a short horror film directed by John Strysik, ''The Music of Erich Zann'', in 1980; and then on the comedy ''

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'', as a production assistant. He went on to serve as cinematographer on film and television series, such as: ''

Moonstalker ''Moonstalker'' is a 1989 American slasher film written and directed by Michael O'Rourke and starring Ernest Abernathy, Blake Gibbons, John Marzilli, and Kelly Mullis. Its plot follows a group of survival training, wilderness training campers near ...

'', ''How U Like Me Now'', ''What Matters Most'', ''Call Waiting'', '' Funky Monkey'', '' Cloud 9'', ''

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'', ''

My Name is Earl ''My Name Is Earl'' is an American television sitcom created by Greg Garcia that aired on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States. It was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and starred Jaso ...

'', ''

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'', '' Mr. Sunshine'', '' Salem'' and ''

The Town That Dreaded Sundown ''The Town That Dreaded Sundown'' is a 1976 American thriller horror film directed and produced by Charles B. Pierce, and written by Earl E. Smith. The film is loosely based on the 1946 Texarkana Moonlight Murders, crimes attributed to an unide ...

'' Goi has written and directed three feature films during his career; ''Voyeur'', an action drama about a reluctant porn star and her biggest fan; ''

'' (2011), about internet predators and the disappearance of Megan Stewart ( Rachel Quinn); and "MARY" starring Gary Oldman and Emily Mortimer, on which he also served as the cinematographer.

''Web Therapy''

Goi served as the exclusive cinematographer on

Lisa Kudrow Lisa Valerie Kudrow ( ; born July 30, 1963) is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter. She rose to fame for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the sitcom ''Friends'' (1994–2004), which has since been named one of the greatest television cha ...

s ''

'' throughout the entirety of its 87-episode run.

Work with Ryan Murphy

As director of photography, Goi first worked with prolific writer/producers Ryan Murphy and

on their (with Ian Brennan)

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musical comedy ''

'', in 2011, with the episode "

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". That same year he also began work on the duo's new FX series ''

''. His first episode on the series was the '' Murder House'' installment " Rubber Man". He went on to work on Murphy's short-lived

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comedy '' The New Normal''; and the trio's 2015 horror/comedy '' Scream Queens''. During the fourth season of ''American Horror Story'', Goi made his series directorial debut with "

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". He served as the series' exclusive cinematographer from the premiere of ''

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'', until

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of the fifth season. He was succeeded in the capacity by ''

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''s

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, with the commencement of

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Filmography

Director

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goi, Michael 1959 births American cinematographers American film directors American television directors Living people