- Son of Phedon Papamichael.
- Owner of production companies Diaspora Films, Inc. and Bella Luce Entertainment Lighting, Inc.
- Retrospective at the 19th Oldenburg International Film Festival in 2012.
- Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 2000.
- Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since 1997.
- Career Achievement Award, Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, 2010.
- Papamichael credits the cinematography of Godard's Contempt as specifically inspiring his career as a cameraman.
- As of 2022, he has contributed with five films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Sideways (2004), The Descendants (2011), Nebraska (2013), Ford v Ferrari (2019) and The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020).
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