Sight, Sound & Story

Behind the Lens: A Conversation About the Work and Vision of Cinematographer Dean Cundey, ASC Moderator: Snehal Patel (Producer & Director, ZEISS - Sales Manager) Panelist: Dean Cundey, ASC (Jurassic Park, Halloween, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Back to the Future, Apollo 13) Cinematographer Dean Cundey, ASC, earned an Oscar nomination as well as a BAFTA nomination for his work with Robert Zemeckis on "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." Additional collaborations with Zemeckis include "Romancing the Stone," all three "Back to the Future" features and "Death Becomes Her." Cundey first attracted attention in 1978, when he and John Carpenter collaborated on the production of "Halloween." Their subsequent collaborations included "The Fog," "Escape from New York," "The Thing," and "Big Trouble in Little China." He received Outstanding Achievement Award nominations from the American Society of Cinematographers for "Hook" and "Apollo 13," the latter also receiving a BAFTA nomination. His body of work spans a great variety