Dean Cundey

Biography

Dean Raymond Cundey (born March 12, 1946) is an American cinematographer and film director. He is known for his collaborations with John Carpenter, Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, as well as his extensive work in the horror genre, in addition to numerous family and comedy films. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit and has been nominated for numerous BAFTAs and BSC Awards.

Personal Facts

Known For

Camera

Gender

male

Known Credits

111

Birth Date

1946-03-12 00:00:00

Birth Place

Alhambra, California, USA

Known For

• 

  Back to the Future
• 

  The Thing
• 

  The Parent Trap
• 

  Halloween
• 

  Jurassic Park
• 

  Back to the Future Part III

Credits

• crew (7 credits)

  • Bad Timing

    cinematography

    crew
    2026
  • Untitled Vampire Movie

    cinematography

    crew
    2026
  • At Last

    cinematography

    crew
    2020
  • Charge of the Model T's

    cinematography

    crew
    1977
  • The Witch Who Came from the Sea

    technical supervisor

    crew
    1976
  • That Girl from Boston

    cinematography

    crew
    1975
  • Evan's Corner

    cinematography

    crew
    1969

• actors (27 credits)

  • The Thing Expanded

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Why Dinosaurs?

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Untold Stories of Back to the Future

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • 1982: Hollywood Summer

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Retribution: Uncovering John Carpenter's 'The Fog'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Dreams and Memories of Where the Red Fern Grows

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Tides and Nightmares

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Back in Time

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • The Nightmare Isn't Over! The Making of Halloween II

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Stand Alone: The Making of Halloween III: Season of the Witch

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Return to Jurassic Park

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Tales from the Future

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Halloween: The Inside Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Looking Back to the Future

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Halloween: 25 Years of Terror

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Return to 'Escape from New York'

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Halloween: Unmasked

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The Thing: Terror Takes Shape

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • The Flintstones

    Technician

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Jurassic Park

    Mate

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Back to the Future Part III

    Photographer

    actor

    actors
    1990

• camera (75 credits)

  • The Book of Boba Fett

    - Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm (2022) ... director of photography camera

    - Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine (2022) ... director of photography camera

    - Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land (2021) ... additional director of photography camera
    2021
  • Anastasia: Once Upon a Time

    director of photography

    camera
    2020
  • The Mandalorian

    - Chapter 20: The Foundling (2023) ... director of photography camera

    - Chapter 19: The Convert (2023) ... director of photography camera

    - Chapter 17: The Apostate (2023) ... director of photography camera
    2019
  • Home Again

    director of photography

    camera
    2017
  • Slamma Jamma

    director of photography

    camera
    2017
  • Stripped

    director of photography

    camera
    2016
  • Diablo

    director of photography

    camera
    2016
  • Doc Brown Saves the World

    director of photography

    camera
    2015
  • The Girl in the Photographs

    director of photography

    camera
    2015
  • Freedom

    director of photography

    camera
    2014
  • Sophia Grace & Rosie's Royal Adventure

    director of photography

    camera
    2014
  • Walking with the Enemy

    director of photography

    camera
    2014
  • Crazy Kind of Love

    director of photography

    camera
    2013
  • Jack and Jill

    director of photography

    camera
    2011
  • Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster

    director of photography

    camera
    2010
  • The Spy Next Door

    director of photography

    camera
    2010
  • Amazing Racer

    director of photography

    camera
    2009
  • Camp Rock

    director of photography

    camera
    2008
  • Whisper

    director of photography

    camera
    2007
  • The Holiday

    director of photography

    camera
    2006
  • Garfield

    director of photography

    camera
    2004
  • Looney Tunes: Back in Action

    director of photography

    camera
    2003
  • What Women Want

    director of photography

    camera
    2000
  • Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming

    director of photography

    camera
    1999
  • The Parent Trap

    director of photography

    camera
    1998
  • Krippendorf's Tribe

    director of photography

    camera
    1998
  • Flubber

    director of photography

    camera
    1997
  • Apollo 13

    director of photography

    camera
    1995
  • Casper

    director of photography

    camera
    1995
  • The Flintstones

    director of photography

    camera
    1994
  • Jurassic Park

    director of photography

    camera
    1993
  • Death Becomes Her

    director of photography

    camera
    1992
  • Hook

    director of photography

    camera
    1991
  • Nothing But Trouble

    director of photography

    camera
    1991
  • Back to the Future Part III

    director of photography

    camera
    1990
  • Back to the Future Part II

    director of photography

    camera
    1989
  • Road House

    director of photography

    camera
    1989
  • Tales from the Crypt

    - The Man Who Was Death / And All Through the House / Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone (1989) ... director of photography camera
    1989
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    director of photography

    camera
    1988
  • Big Business

    director of photography

    camera
    1988
  • Project X

    director of photography

    camera
    1987
  • Big Trouble in Little China

    director of photography

    camera
    1986
  • Warning Sign

    director of photography

    camera
    1985
  • Back to the Future

    director of photography

    camera
    1985
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

    director of photography

    camera
    1984
  • Invitation to Hell

    director of photography

    camera
    1984
  • Romancing the Stone

    director of photography

    camera
    1984
  • Amazons

    director of photography

    camera
    1984
  • D.C. Cab

    director of photography

    camera
    1983
  • Psycho II

    director of photography

    camera
    1983
  • M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers

    director of photography

    camera
    1983
  • The Invisible Woman

    director of photography

    camera
    1983
  • Halloween III: Season of the Witch

    director of photography

    camera
    1982
  • The Thing

    director of photography

    camera
    1982
  • Halloween II

    director of photography

    camera
    1981
  • Escape from New York

    director of photography

    camera
    1981
  • Separate Ways

    director of photography

    camera
    1981
  • Without Warning

    director of photography

    camera
    1980
  • Galaxina

    director of photography

    camera
    1980
  • The Fog

    director of photography

    camera
    1980
  • Roller Boogie

    director of photography

    camera
    1979
  • Rock 'n' Roll High School

    director of photography

    camera
    1979
  • Tales of the Unexpected

    - Bird of Prey (1984) ... director of photography camera

    - The Turn of the Tide (1983) ... director of photography camera

    - The Best Policy (1981) ... director of photography camera
    1979
  • Hanging on a Star

    director of photography

    camera
    1978
  • Halloween

    director of photography

    camera
    1978
  • Hi-Riders

    director of photography

    camera
    1978
  • Bare Knuckles

    director of photography

    camera
    1977
  • Satan's Cheerleaders

    director of photography

    camera
    1977
  • Black Shampoo

    director of photography

    camera
    1976
  • Creature from Black Lake

    director of photography

    camera
    1976
  • Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks

    camera operator

    camera
    1976
  • The Witch Who Came from the Sea

    director of photography

    camera
    1976
  • Psycho Sisters

    director of photography

    camera
    1974
  • Where the Red Fern Grows

    director of photography

    camera
    1974
  • The No Mercy Man

    director of photography

    camera
    1973

• directing (2 credits)

  • Deep Rising

    second unit director

    directing
    1998
  • Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves

    director

    directing
    1997