American c*ographer

Michael Joseph Rooney (born April 2, 1962) is an American c*ographer. He is the son of actor Mickey Rooney. He is best known for his work on a number of music videos, Rooney has won the MTV Video Music Award for Best C*ography five times.

Contents

• 1 Early and personal life
• 2 Career
• 3 Filmography
  • 3.1 Music videos
• 4 Awards
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Early and personal life

Rooney was born on April 2, 1962, in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the son of actors Mickey Rooney and Barbara Ann Thomason (known professionally as Carolyn Mitchell). He is Mickey Rooney's sixth child and youngest biological son. His mother was Mickey Rooney's fifth wife. Michael has two older sisters, Kelly Ann (born September 13, 1959) and Kerry Yule Rooney (born December 30, 1960); and one younger sister, Kimmy Sue (born September 13, 1963). In addition to his sisters, he has three older half-brothers and two younger half-siblings all from his father's other marriages.

Michael and his sisters were brought up by their maternal grandmother after the murder of their mother. When Michael was almost 4 years old, Thomason was shot to death by her lover, who then turned the gun on himself. Michael and his two older sisters were in the house when the murder-suicide occurred. Michael attended Rolling Hills High School in Southern California, where he was active in performing arts and known as Michael Thomason.

Career

Michael Rooney is a c*ographer, who has won MTV Video Music Awards for best c*ography for the videos to both Björk's "It's Oh So Quiet" and Fatboy Slim's "Praise You". He is currently the co-producer and c*ographer for the smash TV show for VH1's Hit the Floor for the year 2013. Rooney also c*ographed the major dance sequence in the film 500 Days of Summer, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Michael also did the c*ography for Miley Cyrus and her "Younger Now" 2017 MTV VMA performance.

Notable work has included c*ographing Michael Jackson's "You Rock My World, Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head" and Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice". Further music video work has included for Fiona Apple's "Paper Bag", My Chemical Romance's "Helena" and Bon Jovi's "Say It Isn't So". TV work has included for Dancing with the Stars, Any Day Now, Mad About You, Zeke and Luther, Saved by the Bell and the pilot episode of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, while film work has included 500 Days of Summer, Clerks II and The Muppets. He has also done c*ography for adverts, including for Mother's Cookies, Diesel Jeans and Baileys.

Filmography

• Infinity (1996)
• I Heart Huckabees (2004)
• Clerks II (2006)
• Red Riding Hood (2006)
• Jack* Number Two (2006)
• An American Carol (2008)
• 500 Days of Summer (2009)
• Shrek Forever After (2010)
• The Muppets (2011)
• A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012)
• Lovestruck: The Musical (2013)
• The Jungle Book (2016)
• Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
• Jack* Forever (2022)

Music videos

• "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul (1989)
• "Cradle of Love" by Billy Idol (1990)
• "It's Oh So Quiet" by Björk (1995)
• "The Rascal King" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (1997)
• "Hitchin' a Ride" by Green Day (1997)
• "Praise You" by Fatboy Slim (1999)
• "Paper Bag" by Fiona Apple (2000)
• "Say It Isn't So" by Bon Jovi (2000)
• "Pop Ya Collar" by Usher (2000)
• "Weapon of Choice" by Fatboy Slim (2001)
• "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" by Blu Cantrell (2001)
• "Take Me Home" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor (2001)
• "You Rock My World" by Michael Jackson (2001)
• "Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue (2001)
• "Grown Up" by 2 Skinnee J's (2002)
• "The One You Love" by Paulina Rubio (2002)
• "Life Goes On" by LeAnn Rimes (2002)
• "Misfit" by Amy Studt (2003)
• "I'm Gone" by Dolly Parton (2003)
• "Slow" by Kylie Minogue (2003)
• "Plug It In" by Ba*t Jaxx (2004)
• "Chocolate" by Kylie Minogue (2004)
• "Accidentally in Love" by Counting Crows (2004)
• "Flawless (Go to the City)" by George Michael (2004)
• "Helena" by My Chemical Romance (2005)
• "O' Sailor" by Fiona Apple (2005)
• "Call Me When You're Sober" by Evanescence (2006)
• "Teenagers" by My Chemical Romance (2007)
• "Run (I'm a Natural Disaster)" by Gnarls Barkley (2008)
• "Last of the American Girls" by Green Day (2010)
• "Obsession" by Sky Ferreira (2010)
• "Different" by Ximena (2011)
• "Gonna Get Over You" by Sara Bareilles (2011)
• "Beekeeper's Daughter" by The All-American Rejects (2012)
• "Nobody but Me" by Michael Bublé (2016)
• "Sweat" by The All-American Rejects (2017)
• "Close Your Eyes" by The All-American Rejects (2017)
• "Younger Now" by Miley Cyrus (2017)
• "Send Her to Heaven" by The All-American Rejects (2019)

Awards

References

External links

• Official website
• Murder in Tinseltown: Michael Rooney, son of child star Mickey, tells Emma Brockes the shocking story of his past
• Michael Rooney at IMDb