Michael Muller

Michael Muller is an American photographer known for his celebrity and advertising photos. He has photographed portraits of a wide range of actors, musicians, and artists, including Joaquin Phoenix, Robert Downey Jr., Shepard Fairey, Hugh Jackman, and Alec Baldwin. And he has shot movie posters and promotional photos for many Hollywood movies, such as Iron Man and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Muller is also known for his up-close underwater shark photography, which has been featured on the Travel Channel and the NBC talk show Last Call With Carson Daly, as well as in magazines such as Entertainment Weekly. Born in California, Muller spent part of his childhood in Saudi Arabia, where his father was based for work. His family traveled to many countries while there, and the more Muller saw, the more he found himself drawn to photography, which was a passion of his father’s. Michael spent his teen years in Northern California, where he became involved in the snowboarding scene. His first published photos were of snowboarding, and he went on to spend five years traveling the world and photographing competitive snowboarders.