Michael Raines is a filmmaker and photographer living in Portland, Oregon with over 14 years experience working in branded content, commercial, documentary and the corporate landscape. His corporate video clients include TED, Verizon Wireless, General Electric, Google, Apple, Hewlett Packard, The AIP Group, Mastercard and JCPENNEY. Branded clients include Absolut, Spotify, Victoria’s Secret, and Emily Henderson. He has directed music videos that have premiered on Pitchfork, NOWNESS, NPR and BULLETT Magazine, and was the Director of Photography on the Documentary film Ovarian Psycos, and the KCET ARTBOUND film Artist and Mother. He also helped produce and photograph behind-the-scenes material for the feature film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022). His photography has appeared in New York Times, Bon Appétit, LA Times, LA Weekly, Ori Magazine and Willamette Week.
