Dean Cundey

Cinematographer. Born 12 March 1946 in Alhambra, California, USA.

Titles on Fi1m1 acting · 17 crew

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nomination

Born

12 March 1946, Alhambra, California, USA

Active

1978–2019

Frequently works with

Robert Zemeckis, Christopher Lloyd, John Carpenter, Bob Gale, Kurt Russell, Lea Thompson, Michael J. Fox, Nancy Meyers

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

73Fi1m

65Critics

We rate Dean’s work 8 points above the press, across 17 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above6

60 to 798

Under 603

Of 17 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 15 films, 2 series
Screen time: 28 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $3bn across 15 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar nomination
Active: 1978–2019

Genres

Comedy11
Adventure5
Science Fiction5
Fantasy4
Action3
Family3

Best and worst on Fi1m

92BestBack to the Future1985

31WorstJack and Jill2011

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

11960s

191970s

261980s

141990s

72000s

162010s

32020s

Awards

Academy Awards1 nominated

Nominated1989Best Cinematography · Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.