Mitchell Amundsen

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Mitchell Amundsen

Camera 68 May 31, 1958

San Francisco, California, USA

Mitchell "Mitch" Amundsen (born May 31, 1958) is an American cinematographer. He grew up in Larkspur, Marin County (north of San Francisco). During his high school years he became…

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Now You See Me

Now You See Me

7.3 2013 Movie
Transformers

Transformers

6.8 2007 Movie
Armageddon

Armageddon

6.8 1998 Movie
The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy

7.3 2004 Movie
Wanted

Wanted

6.5 2008 Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

5.9 2014 Movie
Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

6.9 2001 Movie
The Island

The Island

6.7 2005 Movie
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

5.8 2009 Movie
Horrible Bosses 2

Horrible Bosses 2

6.2 2014 Movie
Transporter 2

Transporter 2

6.3 2005 Movie
Raising Arizona

Raising Arizona

7.1 1987 Movie

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Mitchell "Mitch" Amundsen (born May 31, 1958) is an American cinematographer. He grew up in Larkspur, Marin County (north of San Francisco). During his high school years he became interested in still photography and studied film at the Montana State University in Bozeman. There, he took classes on motion pictures, which sparked his interest in cinematography. In 1980, Mitch left the university to work for $100/week on the production of the Francis Ford Coppola film One from the Heart (1981), and his subsequent features, Rumble Fish (1983) and The Outsiders (1983), working as a production assistant. He worked his way up as a camera assistant, then a camera operator, and debuted as a cinematographer on the comedy The Country Bears (2002). Mitch has continued to amass credits as a cinematographer working on tent-poles such as Transformers (2007), Wanted (2008) and Now You See Me (2013). In 2008, he was named one of Variety's "10 Cinematographers to Watch". Mitch lives with his wife in Mammoth Lakes, CA.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    The Underdoggs

    Movie Director of Photography

  2. 2023
    Renfield

    Movie Director of Photography

  3. 2022
    Cheaper by the Dozen

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 2021
    Home Sweet Home Alone

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 2018
    The Happytime Murders

    Movie Director of Photography

  6. 2017
    A Bad Moms Christmas

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 2017
    CHiPs

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 2016
    Ride Along 2

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 2014
    Horrible Bosses 2

    Movie Second Unit Director of Photography

  10. 2014
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    Movie Second Unit Director of Photography

  11. 2014
    Closed Set

    Movie Cinematography

  12. 2013
    Now You See Me

    Movie Director of Photography

  13. 2013
    Odd Thomas

    Movie Director of Photography

  14. 2012
    Premium Rush

    Movie Director of Photography

  15. 2012
    Red Dawn

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 2010
    Jonah Hex

    Movie Customer

More credits
  1. 2010
    High School

    Movie Director of Photography

  2. 2009
    G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

    Movie Director of Photography

  3. 2009
    Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 2008
    Wanted

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 2008
    Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert

    Movie Director of Photography

  6. 2007
    Transformers

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 2005
    Transporter 2

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 2005
    The Island

    Movie Second Unit Director of Photography

  9. 2004
    The Bourne Supremacy

    Movie Second Unit Director of Photography

  10. 2003
    Seabiscuit

    Movie Second Unit Director of Photography

  11. 2002
    Ultimate X: The Movie

    Movie Director of Photography

  12. 2002
    The Country Bears

    Movie Director of Photography

  13. 2001
    Pearl Harbor

    Movie Second Unit Director of Photography

  14. 2000
    Red Planet

    Movie Camera Operator

  15. 1999
    EDtv

    Movie Camera Operator

  16. 1998
    Armageddon

    Movie Camera Operator

  17. 1997
    Conspiracy Theory

    Movie "A" Camera Operator

  18. 1995
    Empire Records

    Movie Camera Operator

  19. 1994
    Bad Girls

    Movie Camera Operator

  20. 1993
    In the Line of Fire

    Movie "B" Camera Operator

  21. 1993
    Benny & Joon

    Movie Camera Operator

  22. 1990
    Bad Influence

    Movie Focus Puller

  23. 1989
    Heathers

    Movie Focus Puller

  24. 1987
    The Glass Menagerie

    Movie Assistant Camera