Biography: Claudio Miranda, ASC is a Chilean cinematographer. Miranda was born in Santiago to a Chilean father and a Danish mother. When he was a year old, he and his family emigrated to the United States. He is best known for his work on Ang Lee's film Life of Pi (2012), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and for David Fincher's film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which was the first film shot entirely digitally to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography and the American Society of Cinematographers Award. He is also known for his collaborations with American director Joseph Kosinski. He is the second Chilean person to win an Academy Award.