---
name: "Mitchell Amundsen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mitchell-amundsen"
fi1m_id: "mitchell-amundsen"
imdb_id: "nm0025465"
tmdb_id: 24310
wikidata_id: "Q1939485"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "31 May 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-23T04:08:50.373485+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."
---

# Mitchell Amundsen

## Identity

Mitchell Amundsen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mitchell-amundsen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mitchell-amundsen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0025465
- **TMDB ID:** 24310
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1939485
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Amundsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1939485, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0025465/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24310

Cinematographer. Born 31 May 1958 in San Francisco, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 31 May 1958, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Active:** 1987–present
- **Also known as:** C.   Mitchell Amundsen, C. Mitchell Amunden, Gundar Amundsen, Mitchell Gundar Amundsen, Mitch Amundsen, Mitchell Amundson, Mitch Amundson
- **Frequently works with:** [Alex Kurtzman](https://film.one/person/alex-kurtzman.md), [Roberto Orci](https://film.one/person/roberto-orci.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (2), 1990s 71 (2), 2000s 68 (4), 2010s 46 (2), 2020s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 61 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 6, Crime 5, Comedy 4, Thriller 4, Adventure 3, Drama 3
- **Screen time:** 21 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,113m across 11 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Amundsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1939485, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0025465/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24310

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Wanted*](https://film.one/film/wanted.md) (68)
- **Peacock:** [*Renfield*](https://film.one/film/renfield.md) (58)
- **Apple TV:** [*Transformers*](https://film.one/film/transformers.md) (57)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Now You See Me*](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me.md) (53)

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

## Biography

Mitchell Amundsen is an American cinematographer. Born Charles Mitchell Amundsen on 31 May 1958 in San Francisco, he grew up in Larkspur, Marin County. He studied film at Montana State University in Bozeman before leaving in 1980 to work as a production assistant on Francis Ford Coppola's *One from the Heart* (1981) and subsequent features.

He progressed through roles as camera assistant and operator before debuting as director of photography on the comedy *The Country Bears* (2002). Amundsen has worked on numerous large-scale productions, including *Transformers* (2007), *Wanted* (2008), *Now You See Me* (2013) and *Renfield* (2023). In 2008 he was named one of Variety's "10 Cinematographers to Watch".

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

## On Fi1m (11)

- *Renfield* (2023), Fi1m 58, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/renfield.md)
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2014), Fi1m 40, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2014.md)
- *Now You See Me* (2013), Fi1m 53, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me.md)
- *Wanted* (2008), Fi1m 68, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/wanted.md)
- *Transformers* (2007), Fi1m 57, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers.md)
- *The Bourne Supremacy* (2004), Fi1m 81, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-supremacy.md)
- *Seabiscuit* (2003), Fi1m 65, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/seabiscuit.md)
- *Armageddon* (1998), Fi1m 64, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/armageddon.md)
- *In the Line of Fire* (1993), Fi1m 78, "B" Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-line-of-fire.md)
- *Heathers* (1989), Fi1m 80, Focus Puller — [page](https://film.one/film/heathers.md)
- *Raising Arizona* (1987), Fi1m 84, Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/raising-arizona.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *The Underdoggs* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Renfield* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/renfield.md)
- *Cheaper by the Dozen* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Home Sweet Home Alone* (2021), Director of Photography
- *The Happytime Murders* (2018), Director of Photography
- *A Bad Moms Christmas* (2017), Director of Photography
- *CHiPs* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Ride Along 2* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Horrible Bosses 2* (2014), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2014), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2014.md)
- *Closed Set* (2014), Cinematography, Director
- *Now You See Me* (2013), Director of Photography — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me.md)
- *Odd Thomas* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Premium Rush* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Red Dawn* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Jonah Hex* (2010), as Customer · Director of Photography
- *High School* (2010), Director of Photography
- *G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Wanted* (2008), Director of Photography — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/wanted.md)
- *Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Transformers* (2007), Director of Photography — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers.md)
- *Transporter 2* (2005), Director of Photography
- *The Island* (2005), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Bourne Supremacy* (2004), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-supremacy.md)
- *Seabiscuit* (2003), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/seabiscuit.md)
- *Ultimate X: The Movie* (2002), Director of Photography
- *The Country Bears* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Pearl Harbor* (2001), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Red Planet* (2000), Camera Operator
- *EDtv* (1999), Camera Operator, Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Armageddon* (1998), Camera Operator — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/armageddon.md)
- *Conspiracy Theory* (1997), "A" Camera Operator
- *Empire Records* (1995), Camera Operator
- *Bad Girls* (1994), Camera Operator
- *In the Line of Fire* (1993), "B" Camera Operator — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-line-of-fire.md)
- *Benny & Joon* (1993), Camera Operator
- *Bad Influence* (1990), as Focus Puller
- *Heathers* (1989), as Focus Puller — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/heathers.md)
- *The Glass Menagerie* (1987), Assistant Camera
- *Raising Arizona* (1987), Assistant Camera — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/raising-arizona.md)
- *The Making of 'One from the Heart'* (1982), Sound

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