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.

Career Overview

Dean Cundey has 111 screen credits in a career dating back to 1969. Their work spans 22 cinematic universes — most prominently John Carpenter Films with 4 titles. Signature works include Back to the Future, The Thing, The Parent Trap. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

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

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 22 universes

John Carpenter Films (4 titles)
Back to the Future (3 titles)
Halloween (3 titles)
The Flintstones Collection (1 titles)
Jurassic Park (1 titles)
Scooby-Doo! (TV Movie) Collection (1 titles)
Camp Rock Collection (1 titles)
Garfield (Live Action) (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Michael J. Fox (2 collaborations)
Christopher Lloyd (2 collaborations)
Crispin Glover (2 collaborations)
Lea Thompson (2 collaborations)
Thomas F. Wilson (2 collaborations)
Marc McClure (2 collaborations)
James Tolkan (2 collaborations)
J.J. Cohen (2 collaborations)
Casey Siemaszko (2 collaborations)
Billy Zane (2 collaborations)

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

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