Matthew Libatique is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work with director Darren Aronofsky on the films Pi (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Fountain (2006), Black Swan (2010), Noah (2014) and Mother! (2017). He also shot Bradley Cooper's directorial debut film, A Star Is Born (2018).
Libatique also work as an cinematographer in the films Tigerland (2000), Phone Booth (2002), Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010) and Venom (2018).
He has received two Academy Awards nominations for Best Achievement in Cinematography, one for Black Swan and the other for A Star Is Born.
Parents emigrated from the Philippines to New York City.
Studied at California State University, Fullerton [Major in Sociology &
Communications]; American Film Institute [AFI] [1992-1995; MFA in
Cinematography].
Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 2002.