Gary Baum

Gary Baum

Gary Baum, ASC

Cinematographer
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Gary Baum, ASC

Cinematographer

Gary Baum is currently in his 44th year in camera, starting out as a film loader with Lorimar Productions at the MGM Studios.

His camera assistant and camera operator credits include The A-Team, MacGyver, Magnum P.I., Die Hard II, Friends and Will & Grace.

Having moved up to Director of Photography on Will & Grace in 2005, his current projects are How I Met Your FatherFrasier, and That 90's Show.

Baum has received fifteen Primetime Emmy nominations, and four Primetime Emmy Awards - in 2015 for Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series for Mike & Molly; in 2018 for Will & Grace, and in 2022 and 2024 for How I Met Your Father - all in the same category.

Governor of the Cinematography peer group from 2011-2013 and from 2017-2021, Gary has served on the Creative Arts Awards Committee, Budget Review Committee, the Engineering Committee, and the Digital Strategy Committee.

He has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 2016.

updated 9.10.24

15 Nominations
4 Emmys
Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-Camera Series (Half-Hour) - 2024
Gary Baum, ASC, Director of Photography
Okay Fine, It's A Hurricane
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20th Television
Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-Camera Series (Half-Hour) - 2024
Gary Baum, ASC, Director of Photography
Reindeer Games
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