Dean Cundey
Known for: Camera
Born: March 12, 1946
Place of birth: Alhambra, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
107 movies · 6 TV shows, newest first
8.5
The Thing Expanded
2026
NR
Why Dinosaurs?
2025
7.0
Untold Stories of Back to the Future
2025
7.5
The Book of Boba Fett
2021
4.0
At Last
2020
3.0
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
2020
5.9
Anastasia: Once Upon a Time
2020NR
Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School
2019
8.4
The Mandalorian
2019
5.9
1982: Hollywood Summer
2019
2.0
Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'
2018
8.0
Retribution: Uncovering John Carpenter's 'The Fog'
2018
6.4
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
9.0
Dreams and Memories of Where the Red Fern Grows
2018
6.1
Home Again
2017
6.1
Slamma Jamma
2017
4.3
Stripped
2016
NR
Tides and Nightmares
2016
4.9
Diablo
2016
5.9
Doc Brown Saves the World
2015
6.5
Back in Time
2015
4.9
The Girl in the Photographs
2015
5.5
Freedom
2014
7.1
Sophia Grace & Rosie's Royal Adventure
2014
6.3
Walking with the Enemy
2014
5.4
Crazy Kind of Love
2013
7.0
The Nightmare Isn't Over! The Making of Halloween II
2012
7.5
Stand Alone: The Making of Halloween III: Season of the Witch
2012
4.4
Jack and Jill
2011
6.6
Return to Jurassic Park
2011
6.2
Tales from the Future
2010
7.3
Halloween: The Inside Story
2010
6.2
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
2010
5.9
The Spy Next Door
2010
7.2
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
5.9
Amazing Racer
2009
6.6
Looking Back to the Future
2009
6.4
Camp Rock
2008
6.3
Whisper
2007
7.1
The Holiday
2006
6.9
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
2006
6.8
Cinematographer Style
2006
5.7
Garfield
20048.0
Return to 'Escape from New York'
2003
6.4
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
6.6
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
6.3
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
2002
6.5
What Women Want
2000
8.3
The West Wing
1999
5.8
Halloween: Unmasked
1999
7.0
Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming
1999
7.4
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
1998
7.2
The Parent Trap
1998
4.6
Krippendorf's Tribe
1998
6.2
Deep Rising
1998
5.7
Flubber
1997
5.4
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
1997
7.5
Apollo 13
1995
6.3
Casper
1995
7.3
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
5.4
The Flintstones
1994
8.0
Jurassic Park
1993
6.8
Death Becomes Her
1992
6.8
Hook
1991
5.3
Nothing but Trouble
1991
7.5
Back to the Future Part III
1990
7.8
Back to the Future Part II
1989
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
6.8
Road House
1989
7.5
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
6.4
Big Business
1988
6.3
Project X
1987
7.2
Big Trouble in Little China
1986
5.9
Warning Sign
1985
8.3
Back to the Future
1985
5.9
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
5.1
Invitation to Hell
1984
6.8
Romancing the Stone
1984
5.0
Amazons
1984
5.2
D.C. Cab
1983
6.5
Psycho II
1983
7.0
M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
1983
7.5
The Invisible Woman
1983
5.2
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982
8.1
The Thing
1982
5.1
Jaws of Satan
1982
6.6
Halloween II
1981
7.0
Escape from New York
1981
4.7
Separate Ways
1981
5.2
Without Warning
1980
3.9
Galaxina
1980
6.7
The Fog
1980
5.6
Roller Boogie
1979
6.3
Rock 'n' Roll High School
1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
3.1
Angels' Brigade
1979
10.0
Hanging on a Star
1978
7.6
Halloween
1978
6.1
Hi-Riders
1978
10.0
Charge of the Model T's
1977
5.3
Bare Knuckles
1977
4.5
Satan's Cheerleaders
1977
4.7
Black Shampoo
1976
5.2
Creature from Black Lake
1976
4.8
Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks
1976
5.9
The Witch Who Came from the Sea
1976
9.0
That Girl from Boston
1975
10.0
Psycho Sisters
1974
6.9
Where the Red Fern Grows
1974
5.0
The No Mercy Man
1973
4.3
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
1970
NR
Evan's Corner
1969NR
Bad Timing
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