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Anastas "Tas" Michos ASC GSC is a cinematographer who commands any genre with authority, bringing visual precision and kinetic energy to every frame.

His recent work includes "The Boy In The Iron Box," directed by David Prior and produced by Guillermo del Toro, currently in post-production. Their previous collaboration, "Cabinet of Curiosities," earned Michos both an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Cinematography and an ASC nomination, confirming . His filmography spans the "Purge" franchise, the period dramas "Mona Lisa Smile" and "Man on the Moon," the romantic comedy "The Kissing Booth," the musical drama "Sparkle," the horror film "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D," the FBI thriller "Untraceable," the New York police drama "Freedomland," the suspense thriller "Perfect Stranger," and the magical realist "The Keeping Hours." Genre is not a constraint, it’s a canvas.

Michos has worked alongside Milos Forman, Kasi Lemmons, Mike Newell, Stephen Frears, Neil Jordan, Oliver Stone, Ron Howard, Edward Norton, and Danny DeVito. His lighting artistry has defined memorable performances by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Halle Berry, Julia Roberts, Angela Bassett, Julianne Moore, Jennifer Hudson, Whitney Houston, Meg Ryan, and Annette Bening.

Before moving to the DP chair, Michos spent over a decade as a premier camera and Steadicam operator. His collaboration with Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown produced the SkyCam, now a fixture of live sports and broadcast production worldwide.

Anastas holds active membership in the American Society of Cinematographers, the Greek Society of Cinematographers, the Television Academy , the European Academy , and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where he has served since 2004. He lectures regularly at universities and workshops across the globe.

PRESS

“… his gorgeous exteriors keep popping up…” - Huffington Post

“…give(s) the entire film a low-key beauty…” - Austin American-Statesman

“…makes haunting images…” - Las Vegas Mercury

“… fluid camera captures the glow of an array of chic interiors…” - LA Times

“…gives her the full glamour treatment…” - Palm Beach Post

“…photographed in fairy-tale state…” - New York Post

“…elegantly photographed…” - Roger Eberts

“… the cinematography beautifully evokes the pastoral setting…” - The News Tribune

“... filmed in the warm glow only the top drawer cinematographers can achieve…” - Desert News

“… suggests emotion with his sensitive camerawork…” - Las Vegas Review-Journal

“…the cinematography is breathtaking…” - The Dallas Morning News

“… see this film for the stunning cinematography…” - Movie Fan Central

“…camera makes New York City the third stalker in this thriller…” - Des Moines Register

“…one of the handsomest studio releases… with Anastas Michos’ sumptuous photography” - FilmJournal International

“… Director of Photography Anastas Michos…. recreate(s) the 50’s with a painter’s eye”- BlackPressUSA.com

“…especially D.O.P. Anastas Michos’s cool and clinical visuals...” - darkhorizonas.com

“Mona Lisa Smile” looks great, its women all photographed lovingly by cinematographer Anastas N. Michos” - Reeling Reviews

“The behind-the-camera work is first rate. Anastas Michos’s lensing in crisp and clear with Julia’s close-ups always lit with warmth.” - Reeling Reviews

“…cinematographer Anastas Michos wonderfully uses light and shadow to add gravity…” - Denver Post