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Born: 26 November 1956, ?, as Anastas 'Tas' N. Michos.
Career: 'When I was a non-union documentary assistant, I was introduced to Garrett Brown and a little project called Skycam, the precursor to all the 'flying rigs'. I went on to operate Steadicam and work on many music videos and commercials until I finally landed a job on a no-/low-budget union feature.' [American Cinematographer, 2009]
Ph music videos with a: Phil Collins, Whitney Houston, a.o.
Ph the PSA 'The Molly' for the Electric Zoo Festival/'Come to Life' campaign [2014; dir: James Manos Jr.].
Appeared in the doc 'Scene Stealers' [2002, Laura Nix; 24m].
Website: Anastas Michos [1] [2]
FILMS | |
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1985 |
The Hooters: Nervous Night [John Jopson] c/V; concert film/45m; cph: Julio Macat; intercuts two separate elements: a concert filmed in October at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby (near Philadelphia), and a series of short films, each one starring a different band member |
1990 |
Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium [Jon Small] c/V; concert film/86m; cph: Paul Cameron, Crescenzo Notarile, Phil Parmet, Declan Quinn, Nancy Schreiber, a.o.; filmed June in New York |
1994 |
Something to Talk About/Grace Under Pressure [Lasse Hallström] c; 2uc; ph: Sven Nykvist |
1996 |
Long Lost Love [Sasha Ash (= Jane Czack)] c; short/30m |
1997 |
The Education of Little Tree [Richard Friedenberg] c; 2uc: Jacques Leduc & Paul G. Ryan |
1998 |
Man on the Moon [Milos Forman] p/c; aph: Stan McClain |
1999 |
The Big Kahuna/Hospitality Suite [John Swanbeck] c; 2uc: Tom Weston; addph: Lucas Bielan |
1999 |
Keeping the Faith [Edward Norton] c |
2000 |
What's the Worst That Could Happen? [Sam Weisman] c; 2uc: Michael Benson, Gary Hymes & William Trautvetter |
2001 |
Death to Smoochy [Danny DeVito] c; New York unit ph: K.C. Bailey |
2002 |
Duplex/Our House [Danny DeVito] c; addph: Jeff Valeri |
2002 |
Mona Lisa Smile [Mike Newell] c; 2uc: Daniel Moder |
2003 |
The Forgotten [Joseph Ruben] c; 2uc: David M. Dunlap; aph: Hans Bjerno |
2005 |
Just My Luck [Donald Petrie] replaced during shooting by Dean Semler |
2005 |
Freedomland [Joe Roth] s35/c; 2uc: Craig Haagensen; aph: Hans Bjerno |
[Right] with dir James Foley [center] - "Perfect Stranger"
Photo by Barry Wetcher
2006 |
Perfect Stranger [James Foley] s35/c; addph: Pamela Bertini |
2006 |
Raving [Julia Stiles] c; short/23m; an ELLE Fashion Stories Production |
2007 |
Untraceable [Gregory Hoblit] s35/c; addph: Patrick Capone |
2007 |
The Women [Diane English] c; aph: Steve Koster; remake of film (1939, George Cukor; ph: Joseph Ruttenberg & Oliver T. Marsh) |
2008 |
Prana [Joslyn Barnes] HD/c; short/2m; ep series 'Télégrammes visuels'; for Cinétévé France |
2008 |
Cadillac Records [Darnell Martin] s35/c; addph: Gonzalo Amat; vfx ph: Noah Weinzweig |
2008 |
After.Life [Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo] s35/c |
2009 |
Columbus Circle [George Gallo] p/c; intro seq ph: Robert Reed Altman |
2009 |
Janie Jones [David M. Rosenthal] scope/c |
2010 |
The Wind That Blows/The Bequia Whalers Story [Tom Weston] Hi8+16mm+v+HD (Panasonic + Canon)-to-digital/c; doc/59m; cph: T. Weston, Jonathan Brown, Peter Hawkins, James Marshall, Garrett Brown, Douglas Hart, Kyle Rudolph & Patrick Capone; filmed 1989-2010 |
2010 |
Jumping the Broom [Salim Akil] HD (Sony F35)-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; uncred uwph: Kelsey Smith |
With Tremaine Neverson - "Texas Chainsaw 3D" - photo by Justin Lubin
2011 |
Texas Chainsaw 3D/Leatherface 3D [John Luessenhop] RED Epic-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema [also 3-D version])/c; addph: Michael Barrett & Frank Byers; 2uc: Gary Jay |
2011 |
Sparkle [Salim Akil] HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; ph Los Angeles (+ c.op): Lukas Bielan; remake of film (1975, Sam O'Steen; ph: Bruce Surtees) |
2011 |
St. Sebastian [Danny DeVito] HD (ARRI ALEXA)/c; filmed November-December |
2012 |
Baggage Claim [David E. Talbert] HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; insert unit ph (+ Steadicam op): George Billinger |
2013 |
Black Nativity [Kasi Lemmons] HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c |
2013 |
A Snake Gives Birth to a Snake/Truth in Translation [Michael Lessac] c; doc/99m; cph: Henry Jacobson |
2015 |
Shadow World [Johan Grimonprez] HD/c; doc/110m; co-add camera; ph: Nicole Hahn; prod 2012-15 |
2015 |
Miles Ahead/Kill the Trumpet Player [Don Cheadle] HD (ARRI ALEXA + Canon EOS C500)+s16-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; addph; ph (2014): Roberto Schaefer |
2015 |
David A. Leffel: An American Master [George Gallo] HD/c; doc/94m; filmed 2015 & 2016 |
2015 |
The Keeping Hours [Karen Moncrieff] HD/c; filmed 2015-16 |
2016 |
The Purge: Election Year/The Purge 3 [James DeMonaco] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; addph; ph (2015): Jacques Jouffret |
2016 |
The Empty Man [David Prior] RED Weapon (p)/c |
2017 |
The First Purge/The Purge: The Island/The Purge 4 [Gerard McMurray] HD (ARRI ALEXA Mini)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c |
2017 |
Ben Is Back [Peter Hedges] HD (ARRI ALEXA Mini/Hawk Scope)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; snow unit ph (addph unit); ph: Stuart Dryburgh; filmed 2017-18 |
TELEVISION & INTERNET | |
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20?? |
The Game [? ep dir by various] 147-part series, 2006-15; for The CW (2006-09) & Black Entertainment Television (BET) (2011-15) |
2012 |
Being Mary Jane [pilot (2013) dir by Salim Akil] series/HD, 2014-present; for BET |
2014 |
Petals on the Wind/Flowers in the Attic 2: Petals on the Wind [Karen Moncrieff] tvm/HD |
2014 |
Whitney/I Will Always Love You: The Whitney Houston Story [Angela Bassett] tvm |
2014 |
With This Ring [Nzingha Stewart] tvm/HD |
2015 |
Quantico [6 ep dir by various] 57-part series, 2015-18; 1st season, 2015-16 (22 ep); other ph: Todd McMullen |
2017 |
The Kissing Booth [Vince Marcello] HD (Sony F55)-to-UHD (scope)/c; for Netflix |
FILMS & TELEVISION AS C.OP AND/OR STEADICAM OPERATOR | |
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1987 |
Eddie Murphy RAW [Robert Townsend; stand-up perf] co-c.op; ph: Ernest Dickerson; filmed in New York City's Felt Forum (Madison Square Garden) |
1987 |
Fright Night Part 2 [Tommy Lee Wallace] Cablecam op + co-Panaglide op; ph: Mark Irwin |
1988 |
Lean on Me [John G. Avildsen] co-c.op; ph: Victor Hammer |
1988 |
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder [Wayne Isham; concert film] co-c.op (as Tass Mikos); ph: Marc Reshovsky; filmed August (Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, N.Y.) |
1988 |
Dream a Little Dream [Marc Rocco] c.op + Steadicam op; ph: King Baggot |
1988 |
John Denver's Christmas in Aspen [James Yukich; mus tv-special/47m] co-c.op; lighting: Kieran Healy (des) & Tom Beck (dir) |
1988 |
Born on the Fourth of July [Oliver Stone] c.op 'b' cam + Steadicam op; ph: Robert Richardson |
1989 |
Reversal of Fortune [Barbet Schroeder] c.op 'b' cam + (uncred) Steadicam op; ph: Luciano Tovoli |
1989 |
Spike & Co. Do It a-Capella [Ernest Dickerson; mus tv-special] co-c.op (live perf); ph (loc seg): Larry Banks |
1989 |
Van Morrison - The Concert [Jon Small; concert film] co-c.op; ph: Crescenzo Notarile; filmed 30 November (Beacon Theatre, New York) |
1990 |
Rocky V [John G. Avildsen] c.op (New York); ph: Steven Poster |
1990 |
The Doors [Oliver Stone] c.op 'b' cam + Steadicam op; ph: Robert Richardson |
1990 |
Toy Soldiers [Daniel Petrie Jr.] 2nd c.op 2u + Steadicam op 2u; ph: Thomas Burstyn; 2uc: Rexford Metz |
1990 |
Other People's Money [Norman Jewison] c.op + Steadicam op (Connecticut); ph: Haskell Wexler |
1991 |
House of Cards [Michael Lessac] Steadicam op; ph: Victor Hammer |
1991 |
This Is Garth Brooks [Bud Schaetzle; mus tv-special/60m] co- c.op; ph: Toby Phillips; also version on DVD (2006/85m); filmed 20-21 September (Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas) |
1991 |
The Pickle [Paul Mazursky] Steadicam op; ph: Fred Murphy |
1991 |
Mr. Jones [Mike Figgis] c.op 'b' cam + co-Steadicam op; ph: Juan Ruiz-Anchía |
1991 |
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York [Chris Columbus] c.op 'b' cam; ph: Julio Macat |
1992 |
Sommersby [Jon Amiel] c.op + Steadicam op; ph: Philippe Rousselot |
1992 |
The Age of Innocence [Martin Scorsese] Steadicam op; ph: Michael Ballhaus |
1992 |
The Cure - show [Aubrey Powell & Leroy Bennett; concert film/119m] co-c.op; ph: Jeff Zimmerman; filmed June (Auburn Hills, Michigan) |
1992 |
Flesh and Bone [Steve Kloves] c.op 'a' cam; ph: Philippe Rousselot |
1992 |
What's Eating Gilbert Grape [Lasse Hallström] co-c.op 'b' cam; ph: Sven Nykvist |
1993 |
With Honors [Alek Keshishian] add c.op + Steadicam op; ph: Sven Nykvist |
1993 |
Six Degrees of Separation [Fred Schepisi] co-Steadicam op; ph: Ian Baker |
1993 |
Angie [Martha Coolidge] c.op 'a' cam (New York) + Steadicam op (New York); ph: Johnny E. Jensen |
1993 |
Quiz Show [Robert Redford] c.op 'b' cam + Steadicam op; ph: Michael Ballhaus |
1993 |
Crooklyn [Spike Lee] co-Steadicam op; ph: Arthur Jafa |
1993 |
The Paper [Ron Howard] c.op 'b' cam + Steadicam op; ph: John Seale |
1993 |
Only You/Him/Just in Time [Norman Jewison] Steadicam op (Pittsburgh); ph: Sven Nykvist |
1993 |
Hallelujah [Charles Lane; tvm] Steadicam op; ph: Ron Fortunato |
1993 |
Interview with the Vampire [: The Vampire Chronicles] [Neil Jordan] c.op; ph: Philippe Rousselot |
1994 |
Mary Reilly [Stephen Frears] c.op; ph: Philippe Rousselot |
1994 |
Dead Presidents [Albert & Allen Hughes] c.op; ph: Lisa Rinzler |
1994 |
Fair Game [Andrew Sipes] co-c.op 'b' cam + co-Steadicam op; ph: Richard Bowen |
1995 |
Beautiful Girls [Ted Demme] c.op; ph: Adam Kimmel |
1995 |
Head Above Water [Jim Wilson] c.op 'a' cam; ph: Richard Bowen |
1996 |
The People vs. Larry Flynt [Milos Forman] c.op 'a' cam; ph: Philippe Rousselot |
1996 |
Absolute Power [Clint Eastwood] c.op 'b' cam (Baltimore & Washington, D.C.); ph: Jack N. Green |
1996 |
Private Parts [Betty Thomas] co-Steadicam op; ph: Walt Lloyd |
1996 |
What Dreams May Come [Vincent Ward] c.op 'a' cam; ph: Eduardo Serra |
1997 |
Curtain Call [Peter Yates] c.op; ph: Sven Nykvist |
1997 |
Stepmom [Chris Columbus] c.op; ph: Donald McAlpine |
1998 |
Instinct [Jon Turteltaub] c.op; ph: Philippe Rousselot |
2006 |
Shine a Light [Martin Scorsese; mus doc] co-c.op; ph: Robert Richardson |
2015 |
Curmudgeons [Danny DeVito; short/17m] c.op; ph: Lukasz Bielan |
2017 |
What They Had [Elizabeth Chomko] c.op 'a' cam (Los Angeles); ph: Roberto Schaefer |
MISCELLANEOUS | |
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1990 |
Seriously... Phil Collins [Jim Yukich; mus tv-special] lighting dir |