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Michael Latham

Michael Latham

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Biography

Michael Latham is an accomplished cinematographer known for his work across narrative films, documentaries, and commercials. His portfolio includes a diverse range of projects that showcase his versatility and commitment to visual storytelling. Latham has also lent his talents to various commercial projects, collaborating with brands such as Panera, Samsung, and Vance Joy. His ability to adapt his visual style to different formats and audiences is evident in these works. In 2025, Latham worked on Sally, a documentary about astronaut Sally Ride. The film delves into Ride's personal and professional life, and Latham's cinematography plays a crucial role in blending archival footage with contemporary interviews and reenactments. His approach aimed to complement the existing NASA archives while providing a cohesive visual narrative. Latham's work has been recognized at various film festivals. Notably, his cinematography for The Wolves Always Come At Night was selected for the prestigious Camerimage Festival, highlighting his excellence in visual storytelling.

Known For

The Assistant
6.3

A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.

The Assistant

2020
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
7.6

A group of bright Sarah Lawrence College students fall under the dark influence of a friend's father, Larry Ray. With unprecedented access to the survivors who lived with Ray, the series follows the cult from its origins through its still-unfolding aftermath.

Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

2023
The Royal Hotel
5.4

After running out of money while backpacking in a tiny, male-dominated town in the Australian outback, two friends resort to a working holiday at the Royal Hotel. When the locals' behavior starts crossing the line, the girls find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

The Royal Hotel

2023
Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever
6.2

In this documentary, wealthy entrepreneur Bryan Johnson puts his body and fortune on the line to defy aging and extend his life beyond all known limits.

Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever

2025
Pelé
7.3

Against the backdrop of a turbulent era in Brazil, this documentary captures Pelé's extraordinary path from breakthrough talent to national hero. Mixing rare archival footage and exclusive interviews, this documentary celebrates the legendary Brazilian footballer who personified football as art.

Pelé

2021
Sally
7.7

Sally Ride's groundbreaking journey as the first American woman in space concealed a deeply personal story. Her life partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, unveils their covert 27-year romance and its accompanying sacrifices.

Sally

2025
Silenced
N/A

After #MeToo broke the cultural silence on gender violence, international human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson fights against the weaponization of defamation laws to silence survivors.

Silenced

2026
Streamline
6.7

A prodigious 15-year-old swimmer with the world at his feet self-destructs after his father is released from prison. Inside of the pool, he lives a life of rigorous perfectionism and outside of it, his existence is lonely and hollow.

Streamline

2021
Casting JonBenet
5.7

Twenty years after the modern world's most notorious child murder, the legacy of the crime and its impact are explored.

Casting JonBenet

2017
Homecoming Queens
6.0

Two best friends reinvent themselves after chronic illness changes their friendship, their futures and... their pubic hair.

Homecoming Queens

2018
Playing with Sharks
7.6

Valerie Taylor is a shark fanatic and an Australian icon – a marine maverick who forged her way as a fearless diver, cinematographer and conservationist. She filmed the real sharks for Jaws and famously wore a chainmail suit, using herself as shark bait, changing our scientific understanding of sharks forever.

Playing with Sharks

2021
Buoyancy
7.1

An innocent Cambodian boy is sold to a Thai broker and enslaved on a fishing trawler. As fellow slaves are tortured and murdered around him, he starts to wonder if his only hope of freedom is to become as violent as his captors.

Buoyancy

2019
Fire Front
10.0

Leading Australian documentarian Eddie Martin puts viewers on the frontlines of the deadly 2019–2020 bushfires, capturing the catastrophe with a perspective and scale never before seen. 24 million hectares were burnt, 3000 homes were destroyed, 33 people died, and nearly three billion animals perished or were displaced. Fire Front is a powerful account of that calamitous antipodean summer, told from the ground where climate change took on the face of hell.

Fire Front

2022
Petrol
5.0

An idealistic film student is drawn into a shadowy and intoxicating world when she befriends an enigmatic performance artist.

Petrol

2023
Island of the Hungry Ghosts
6.0

Christmas Island, Australia is home to one of the largest land migrations on earth—that of forty million crabs journeying from jungle to sea. But the jungle holds another secret: a high-security facility that indefinitely detains individuals seeking asylum.

Island of the Hungry Ghosts

2019
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N/A

A group of war photographers, trudge through a barrage of explosions, searching for the perfect shot.

Shudder

2021
Ukraine Is Not a Brothel
5.6

Ukraine's topless feminist sensation Femen has created a media frenzy across Europe, but before they take the world by storm, these bold and beautiful women must confront the dark and perverse forces that power their organisation.

Ukraine Is Not a Brothel

2013
The Wolves Always Come at Night
9.2

Davaa and Zaya are a young nomadic couple in the vast Bayanhongor region of Mongolia who are in the throes of animal birthing season when a seismic event suddenly changes their lives. They are forced to migrate afar but are haunted by their past lives.

The Wolves Always Come at Night

2025
Strange Colours
5.6

Milena travels to a remote opal mining community to see her estranged, ill father. Lost and alone, she falls into his bewildering world, where men escape society and share ideals of freedom. Soon, he doesn’t want her to leave. Stuck in time, father and daughter try to mend their fractured bond, but their connection is fragile, like the strange, colourful gems he digs up from the earth.

Strange Colours

2018
Last Beautiful Friend
N/A

He is jealous of her future. She is Jealous of his past.

Last Beautiful Friend

2011