Primary Job Title Advisor Primary Organization 
The Reel Studio
Location La Canada Flintridge, California, United States Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Dean Cundey reigns supreme as one of the best, most prolific, and talented cinematographers to ever grace celluloid with his often striking and accomplished photography. He attended UCLA Film School and was taught by famous cameraman James Wong Howe. Following graduation in 1968, Cundey initially worked on various non-union low-budget pictures as a
gaffer, editor, or production manager.
Cundey's first assignment as a director of photography was the revenge outing The No Mercy Man (1973). He followed this with a number of horror and exploitation movies. Cundey received accolades for his exemplary work on five films for John Carpenter: Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), The Thing (1982), and Big Trouble in Little China (1986). Cundey collaborated with Robert Zemeckis on the impressive films Romancing the Stone (1984), all three "Back to the Future" features, Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (earning Cundey an Oscar nomination), and Death Becomes Her (1992).
Cundey served as a Director of Photography on Halloween II (1981), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Psycho II (1983), Warning Sign (1985), Road House (1989), Hook (1991), Jurassic Park (1993), Apollo 13 (1995), and Garfield (2004). Cundey made his directorial debut with Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997) (V).
