---
name: "Lee Daniel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lee-daniel"
fi1m_id: "lee-daniel"
imdb_id: "nm0199679"
tmdb_id: 576
wikidata_id: "Q15485824"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "23 January 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T14:18:33.715842+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lee Daniel

## Identity

Lee Daniel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lee-daniel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lee-daniel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0199679
- **TMDB ID:** 576
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15485824
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Daniel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15485824, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199679/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/576

Cinematographer. Born 23 January 1962 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 23 January 1962, Dallas, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 1990–2014
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 acting, 4 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Richard Linklater](https://film.one/person/richard-linklater.md), [Ethan Hawke](https://film.one/person/ethan-hawke.md), [Anne Walker-McBay](https://film.one/person/anne-walker-mcbay.md), [Julie Delpy](https://film.one/person/julie-delpy.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (3), 2000s 91 (1), 2010s 88 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 88 to 83 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $78m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Daniel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15485824, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199679/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/576

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Before Sunset*](https://film.one/film/before-sunset.md) (91), [*Before Sunrise*](https://film.one/film/before-sunrise.md) (89)
- **AMC+:** [*Boyhood*](https://film.one/film/boyhood.md) (88)
- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Slacker*](https://film.one/film/slacker.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Lee Daniel is an American cinematographer born on 23 January 1962 in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and co-founded the Austin Film Society with Richard Linklater in 1985.

Daniel has worked as director of photography on many of Linklater's films, including *Slacker* (1990), *Dazed and Confused* (1993), *Before Sunrise* (1995), *Before Sunset* (2004) and *Boyhood* (2014). He has also shot documentaries such as *Be Here to Love Me* (2004) and *The Unforeseen* (2007). He is the brother of filmmaker Bill Daniel.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, filmmakermagazine.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (1)

- *Slacker* (1990), Fi1m 81, as GTO — [page](https://film.one/film/slacker.md)

### Crew (4) — the average rests on these

- *Boyhood* (2014), Fi1m 88, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/boyhood.md)
- *Before Sunset* (2004), Fi1m 91, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunset.md)
- *Before Sunrise* (1995), Fi1m 89, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunrise.md)
- *Dazed and Confused* (1993), Fi1m 86, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/dazed-and-confused.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Becoming Leslie* (2019), Cinematography
- *Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Boyhood* (2014), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/boyhood.md)
- *Computer Chess* (2013), Thanks
- *The Dungeon Masters* (2008), Cinematography
- *You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson* (2007), Cinematography
- *The Unforeseen* (2007), Cinematography
- *Fast Food Nation* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Who Is Bozo Texino?* (2005), Additional Photography
- *Be Here to Love Me* (2004), Cinematography
- *Before Sunset* (2004), Director of Photography — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunset.md)
- *Live from Shiva's Dance Floor* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Secrets of the CIA* (1998), Cinematography
- *SubUrbia* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Before Sunrise* (1995), Director of Photography — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunrise.md)
- *America's War on Poverty* (1995), series, Director of Photography
- *The Making of '...And God Spoke'* (1994), Cinematography
- *Dazed and Confused* (1993), Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/dazed-and-confused.md)
- *Rift* (1993), Cinematography, Director of Photography
- *North on Evers* (1992), Actor
- *Slacker* (1990), as GTO · Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/slacker.md)
- *Never Leave Nevada* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Woodshock* (1985), Director, Cinematography
- *Let's Rodeo*, Director of Photography, Director
- *Late Air*, Director, Director of Photography
- *Are We Not Men?*, Cinematography

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