Michele Laurita

Michele Laurita was born in Los Angeles and began her career as a child actor. She later pursued photography and cinematography as her primary vocation. A graduate of the Global Cinematographic Institute, she studied under Academy Award-winning director of photography Vilmos Zsigmond, A.S.C. She is a member of SAG/AFTRA. Her advertising and editorial clients have included 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks SKG, HBO, Vogue Italia, Saint Laurent for Sorbet, Louis Vuitton for Sorbet, British Vogue, Saks Fifth Avenue, Harper's Bazaar Spain, Vanity Fair Spain, GQ Italia, Bally Handbags, Dolce & Gabbana, Jaguar, Halliburton Luggage, Target, Neiman Marcus, Levi's, Fruit of the Loom, Warner Brothers, Maverick Records, Capitol Records, Electra Records, Neutrogena, Kendall & Kylie, Sephora, MTV, Paul Smith Spectacles, Oliver Peoples Eyewear, Simon & Schuster, Weiden & Kennedy, GQ Russia, GQ Style, Interview, Italian Glamour, Elle, Travel & Leisure, Bon Appétit, Wallpaper, the cover of Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, L'Officiel Germany, British Tatler, and Condé Nast Traveler. Among the actors, musical artists, and directors she has photographed are Cillian Murphy, Bob Dylan, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Chase Stokes, Ben Affleck, Steve Carell, Terrence Howard, Jamie Foxx, Nicholas Cage, Mark Wahlberg, Salma Hayek, Gwen Stefani, Michael Mann, Pedro Almodóvar, Jessica Beil, Ice Cube, Alanis Morissette, Taylor Hawkins, Madonna, Anne Heche, Ellen DeGeneres, and Sofia Coppola, among others. Laurita was the director of photography for the HBO documentary "American Summer," a chronicle of the comedy tour of Ellen DeGeneres, and created the photo graphics for the Steven Spielberg film "Minority Report." In addition to directing numerous rock videos for Alanis Morissette, including "Head Over Feet" and the European cut of "You Live You Learn," she created all cinematography content projected behind the tours of the Rolling Stones, Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill Tour," No Doubt, The Cranberries, Matchbox 20, and the Broadway show for Duran Duran.