Michael Seresin Net Worth – $10 million

Introduction

Michael Seresin is a New Zealand cinematographer who was involved professionally in the ”Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” and ”Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” movies.

Biography

He was born on July 17, 1942, in Wellington, New Zealand. In 1966, he emigrated to Europe.

Michael is the brother of Ben Seresin, who is also a cinematographer, and the son of Harry Seresin, who was an important figure in the hospitality and café scene in Wellington. During an interview, Michael said:

”I moved to the UK in 1966 and started working as a freelance as soon as I got into the union. I enjoyed the risk and the danger of it.”

At age 22, he started a career in film, and in the process, he fell in love with European wine and food culture.

By the time he was 25, Seresin had established himself as one of the world’s foremost cinematographers.

He said:

”My very first film, well, successful film, is called Bugsy Malone.”

In 1993, he founded the Seresin Estate, an olive plantation and winery, in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand.

All of Michael’s wines are produced from grapes grown on its 50 hectare Wairau Valley vineyard.

All of his annual output (over 1 million bottles) is fermented with native yeast – one of the Holy Grails for natural wine enthusiasts. Few wineries manage wild ferments of this premium quality level and scale.

His wines are distributed in the United Kingdom through Louis Latour Agencies, a small independently owned wine and spirit importer.