Andrew Dunn (cinematographer)

Andrew Dunn
Born	Andrew William Dunn London, England
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1978–present
Organization	British Society of Cinematographers
Spouse	Emma Dunn ​ (m. 1996)​
Children	2
Awards	BAFTA Awards 1985 Threads 1986 Edge of Darkness 1989 Tumbledown British Society of Cinematographers Awards 1995 The Madness of King George Evening Standard British Film Awards 1996 The Madness of King George

Andrew William Dunn is a British cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with Robert Altman, Nicholas Hytner, Lee Daniels and Mick Jackson. He is the recipient of three BAFTA Awards, a British Society of Cinematographers Award and an Evening Standard British Film Award.

Dunn is well known for his work on Threads (1984), Edge of Darkness (1985), L.A. Story (1991), The Bodyguard (1992), The Madness of King George (1994), The Crucible (1996), Gosford Park (2001), The History Boys (2006), Precious (2009), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) and The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) among others.

Early life

Andrew Dunn was born in London, England. He grew up around cinema, as his father worked for MGM Studios. ^[1] Dunn started making films in his early teens, and then joined the BBC whilst studying film at the University of Westminster (formerly London Polytechnic). ^[2]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1989	Strapless	David Hare
	Chattahoochee	Mick Jackson
1991	L.A. Story
1992	Blame It on the Bellboy	Mark Herman
	The Bodyguard	Mick Jackson
1993	The Hawk	David Hayman
1994	Clean Slate	Mick Jackson
	A Simple Twist of Fate	Gillies MacKinnon
	The Madness of King George	Nicholas Hytner
1995	The Grotesque	John-Paul Davidson
1996	The Crucible	Nicholas Hytner
1997	Addicted to Love	Griffin Dunne
1998	Hush	Jonathan Darby
	Ever After	Andy Tennant
	Practical Magic	Griffin Dunne
2000	Ordinary Decent Criminal	Thaddeus O'Sullivan
	Liam	Stephen Frears
2001	Monkeybone	Henry Selick
	Gosford Park	Robert Altman
2002	The Count of Monte Cristo	Kevin Reynolds
	Sweet Home Alabama	Andy Tennant
2003	What a Girl Wants	Dennie Gordon
	The Company	Robert Altman
2004	Stage Beauty	Richard Eyre
	Piccadilly Jim	John McKay
2005	Hitch	Andy Tennant
	Mrs Henderson Presents	Stephen Frears
2006	The History Boys	Nicholas Hytner
	Miss Potter	Chris Noonan
2007	Hot Rod	Akiva Schaffer
2008	Good	Vicente Amorim
2009	Precious	Lee Daniels
2010	Extraordinary Measures	Tom Vaughan
	Life as We Know It	Greg Berlanti
2011	Crazy, Stupid, Love	Glenn Ficarra John Requa
2012	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Stephen Chbosky
2013	Summer in February	Christopher Menaul
	The Butler	Lee Daniels
	Hello Carter	Anthony Wilcox
2014	Endless Love	Shana Feste
	Effie Gray	Richard Laxton
2015	Man Up	Ben Palmer
	The Lady in the Van	Nicholas Hytner
	Ithaca	Meg Ryan
2016	Bridget Jones's Baby	Sharon Maguire
	Keeping Up with the Joneses	Greg Mottola
2017	The Children Act	Richard Eyre
2018	Book Club	Bill Holderman
2020	The Secret: Dare to Dream	Andy Tennant
2021	Flora & Ulysses	Lena Khan
	The United States vs. Billie Holiday	Lee Daniels
2022	Downton Abbey: A New Era	Simon Curtis
2023	Love Again	Jim Strouse
	Book Club: The Next Chapter	Bill Holderman

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1984	A Winter Harvest
1985	Edge of Darkness
1986	The Monocled Mutineer
1987	Horizon	Episode: "Life Story"
1987–1995	Screen Two	5 episodes
1988	Scene	Episode: "Two of Us"
1989	The Victorian Kitchen
	Blackeyes
1993	Great Performances	Episode: "Suddenly, Last Summer"
2015	Empire	Pilot episode only

TV films

Year	Title	Director
1988	Tumbledown	Richard Eyre
	Across the Lake	Tony Maylam
1994	And Then There Was One	David Jones
	Is There Life Out There?
1997	Food for Ravens	Trevor Griffiths
2003	The Boy David Story	Alex McCall
2017	My Country	Rufus Norris

Awards

• 1985 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts TV Award - Best Film Cameraman for: Threads (1984)
• 1986 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts TV Award - Best Film Cameraman for: Edge of Darkness (1985)
• 1989 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts TV Award - Best Film Cameraman for: Tumbledown (1988)
• 1995 — British Society of Cinematographers - Best Cinematography Award for: The Madness of King George (1994)
• 1996 — Evening Standard British Film Award - Best Technical/Artistic Achievement for: The Madness of King George (1994)

Further reading

• (2006) "Andrew Dunn" Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television: A biographical guide featuring performers, directors, writers, producers, designers, managers, choreographers, technicians, composers, executives, dancers, and critics in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and the world Vol. 65, Thomson Gale, Detroit, ISBN   978-0-7876-9042-7

References

1. Friedman, Illya (3 March 2021). "Andrew Dunn, BSC, on The United States vs. Billie Holiday and his past work on The Bodyguard, Precious, Monkeybone, L.A. Story". Cam Noir. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
2. Riggs, Thomas (2005). Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television. Vol. 65. Gale Research Inc. p. 130. ISBN   9780787690380.

External links

• Andrew Dunn at IMDb