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J. Michael Muro

Film Director / Cinematographer / Television Director / Screenwriter | * 01/01/1966 (58) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
James Michael Muro, Jr. (born March 14, 1966) is an American cinematographer and director. He is known primarily for his Steadicam work. In the late 1980s and 1990s, he was James Cameron's Steadicam operator of choice, working on the Cameron-directed films The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, True Lies, and Titanic. Throughout his career, he has been credited as Jimmy Muro, James Muro, Jim Muro, and J. Michael Muro. Muro also did Steadicam and B-camera operating on Kevin Costner's Academy Award-winning epic Dances with Wolves, contributing to cinematographer Dean Semler's win of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. He has also worked on Costner's Open Range, making his debut as a director of photography. In 1987, Muro made his directorial debut with the horror film ()

J. Michael Muro is an American cinematographer and director working in both the film and television industries. Muro lives in New Orleans with his family.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocea ...

The Abyss

PG-13

1989 | 3.7/5 | 2h 19min
Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible bat ...

The Chronicles of Riddick

PG-13

2004 | 3.3/5 | 1h 59min
Action, Science Fiction
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A group of hobos begin melting into multicolored piles of goo after drinking sixty-year-old liquor. At the same time, the psychotic Vietnam War vet who rules the hobo camp snaps and begins killing at ...

Street Trash

NR

1987 | 3.1/5 | 1h 40min
Comedy, Horror
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In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge d ...

Crash

R

2005 | 3.6/5 | 1h 52min
Drama
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Movies with J. Michael Muro as Actor(2)

as himself2006 The Meltdown Memoirs
as Nervous POV1995 Strange Days

Movies with J. Michael Muro as Crew(49)

Camera/Director of Photography2024 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Camera/Director of Photography2024 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Camera/Director of Photography2018 Billionaire Boys Club
Camera/Director of Photography2017 The Book of Love
Camera/Director of Photography2013 Parker
Camera/Director of Photography2011 What's Your Number?
Camera/Director of Photography2009 Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Camera/Director of Photography2008 Traitor
Camera/Director of Photography2007 The Last Mimzy
Camera/Director of Photography2007 Rush Hour 3
Camera/Director of Photography2006 Flicka
Camera/Second Unit Director of Photography2006 Miami Vice
Camera/Director of Photography2005 Crash
Camera/Director of Photography2005 Roll Bounce
Camera/Camera Operator2004 The Chronicles of Riddick
Camera/Steadicam Operator2004 The Chronicles of Riddick
Camera/Director of Photography2003 Open Range
Camera/Camera Operator2002 Red Dragon
Camera/Steadicam Operator2002 Red Dragon
Camera/Steadicam Operator2001 The Fast and the Furious
Camera/"A" Camera Operator2001 Rush Hour 2
Camera/Steadicam Operator2001 Rush Hour 2
Camera/"B" Camera Operator2000 The Family Man
Camera/Steadicam Operator2000 The Family Man
Camera/Steadicam Operator1999 Runaway Bride
Camera/Steadicam Operator1998 U.S. Marshals
Camera/Steadicam Operator1998 The Negotiator
Camera/Camera Operator1998 The Negotiator
Camera/Steadicam Operator1997 L.A. Confidential
Camera/Steadicam Operator1997 Titanic
Camera/Steadicam Operator1995 Strange Days
Camera/Steadicam Operator1995 Heat
Camera/Steadicam Operator1994 True Lies
Camera/Steadicam Operator1993 Falling Down
Camera/Steadicam Operator1992 A Few Good Men
Camera/Steadicam Operator1992 Thunderheart
Camera/Steadicam Operator1992 Raising Cain
Camera/Steadicam Operator1991 The Doors
Camera/Steadicam Operator1991 JFK
Camera/Steadicam Operator1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Camera/Steadicam Operator1990 Predator 2
Camera/Steadicam Operator1990 Dances with Wolves
Camera/Camera Operator1990 Dances with Wolves
Camera/Steadicam Operator1990 The Palermo Connection
Camera/Steadicam Operator1989 The Abyss
Camera/Steadicam Operator1989 The Mighty Quinn
Camera/Steadicam Operator1988 Brain Damage
Directing/Director1987 Street Trash
Sound/Sound Assistant1982 Basket Case

TV Shows/Series with J. Michael Muro as Crew(8)

Directing/Director2017 SEAL Team
Directing/Director2016 Outsiders
Directing/Director2016 Animal Kingdom
Directing/Director2016 Rush Hour
Directing/Director2015 The Brink
Directing/Director2015 Wicked City
Directing/Director2012 Longmire
Directing/Director2011 Shameless

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.jmichaelmuro.com
Born: Saturday, 01/01 1966 (January) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 58 years + 110 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Other names for J. Michael Muro (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jimmy Muro"
"Jimmy Muro Jr."
"Jim Muro"
"James Muro"
"James M. Muro"
"James Michael Muro"
J. Michael Muro frequently works together with these people:
Kevin Costner (17x, Actor)
James Cameron (17x, Crew)
Gary Rydstrom (7x, Crew)
Roy Frumkes (7x, Crew)
John Wells (7x, Crew)
Norman Howell (7x, Crew)
Frank Henenlotter (7x, Crew)
Don Cheadle (6x, Actor)
Thomas Rosales Jr. (6x, Actor)
John Meier (6x, Crew)
James M. Freitag (6x, Crew)
Joel Kramer (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:350484, Added: 08/14/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024