Mitchell Amundsen

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Birthday 1958-05-31 (66 years old)

Place of Birth San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As C. Mitchell Amundsen, C. Mitchell Amunden, Gundar Amundsen, Mitchell Gundar Amundsen, Mitch Amundsen, Mitchell Amundson, Mitch Amundson

Mitchell Amundsen

Biography

Mitchell "Mitch" Amundsen grew up in Larkspur in Marin County outside 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.

Known For

Camera

2024
The Underdoggs

as Director of Photography

2023
Renfield

as Director of Photography

2022
Cheaper by the Dozen

as Director of Photography

2021
Home Sweet Home Alone

as Director of Photography

2018
The Happytime Murders

as Director of Photography

2017
A Bad Moms Christmas

as Director of Photography

2017
CHiPS

as Director of Photography

2016
Ride Along 2

as Director of Photography

2014
Horrible Bosses 2

as Second Unit Director of Photography

2014
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

as Second Unit Director of Photography

2013
Now You See Me

as Director of Photography

2013
Odd Thomas

as Director of Photography

2012
Red Dawn

as Director of Photography

2012
Premium Rush

as Director of Photography

2010
Jonah Hex

as Director of Photography

2010
High School

as Director of Photography

2009
Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience

as Director of Photography

2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

as Director of Photography

2008
Wanted

as Director of Photography

2007
Transformers

as Director of Photography

2005
Transporter 2

as Director of Photography

2005
The Island

as Second Unit Director of Photography

2004
The Bourne Supremacy

as Second Unit Director of Photography

2003
Seabiscuit

as Second Unit Director of Photography

2002
The Country Bears

as Director of Photography

2002
Ultimate X: The Movie

as Director of Photography

2001
Pearl Harbor

as Second Unit Director of Photography

2000
Red Planet

as Camera Operator

1999
EDtv

as Camera Operator

1999
EDtv

as Second Unit Director of Photography

1998
Armageddon

as Camera Operator

1997
Conspiracy Theory

as "A" Camera Operator

1995
Empire Records

as Camera Operator

1994
Bad Girls

as Camera Operator

1993
In the Line of Fire

as "B" Camera Operator

1993
Benny & Joon

as Camera Operator

1990
Bad Influence

as Focus Puller

1989
Heathers

as Focus Puller

Crew

2014
Closed Set

as Cinematography

Director

2014
Closed Set

as Director

Actor

2010
Jonah Hex

as Customer