Declan Quinn

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Declan Quinn
Born1957 (age 6768)
OccupationCinematographer
SpouseEtta Quinn
Children4

Declan Quinn (born 1957) is an American cinematographer. He is a three-time winner of the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography. [1]

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Early life

Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Quinn is one of four children. [2] His mother, Teresa, was a homemaker, and also worked as a bookkeeper and in the travel business, and his father, Michael Quinn, was a professor of literature. [3] [4] His four siblings, the most famous of whom is Aidan, are actors. [5] The family moved to Ireland when he was in his teens, but he returned to the United States to earn a degree in film from Columbia College Chicago. [6]

Career

In Ireland, he met Bono and U2 at the Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin, and he began his career filming several music videos and the documentaries U2: Unforgettable Fire (1984) and U2: Outside It's America (1987) for the group. [7]

Quinn permanently returned to the States in 1989 and filmed The Kill-Off .

In 1991, he served as cinematographer on Tim Hunter's well-received Lies of the Twins , starring Isabella Rossellini, Iman, and Declan's brother Aidan. [8]

Quinn has collaborated with director Mira Nair on five projects, including Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, Monsoon Wedding , Vanity Fair , and Hysterical Blindness , which earned him a nomination for the Emmy Award for Best Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie. Additional credits include 2x4 , (which won him the Cinematography Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival), Vanya on 42nd Street , Leaving Las Vegas , One True Thing , In America , Cold Creek Manor , The Lucky Ones , Rachel Getting Married , The Private Lives of Pippa Lee and The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012).

Personal life

Quinn resides in Orange County, New York with his wife Etta and four daughters. [5]

Filmography

Film

Short film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1984U2: Unforgettable Fire Barry Devlin Documentary short
2002India Mira Nair Segment of 11'09"01 September 11
2008How can it be?Segment of 8
New York, I Love You 1 segment
2013The Tale of Timmy Two Chins Nancy Savoca With Mauricio Rubinstein
2014The Suffering KindKevin LiddyAlso producer
2019NafasMira Nair
2020New York Our Time Vivienne Dick

Documentary film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1987U2: Outside It's America Barry Devlin
1992 Cousin Bobby Jonathan Demme With Ernest Dickerson, Craig Haagensen, Tony C. Jannelli and Jacek Laskus
2007 Man from Plains
2009 Neil Young Trunk Show
2011 Neil Young Journeys
2016Sidemen: Long Road to GloryScott D. RosenbaumInterviews with Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes
Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids Jonathan DemmeConcert film
2022Jersey Boys LIVE Des McAnuff

Feature film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1987 The Clash of the Ash Fergus Tighe
1989 The Kill-Off Maggie Greenwald
1991 Blood and Concrete Jeffrey Reiner
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare Rachel Talalay
1992The Bargain ShopJohnny Gogan
1993 The Ballad of Little Jo Maggie Greenwald
Daniel Lanois: Rocky WorldPhilip KingWith Mark Mackay and Brendan Galvin
1994 Vanya on 42nd Street Louis Malle
1995 Leaving Las Vegas Mike Figgis
1996 Carried Away Bruno Barreto
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love Mira Nair
1997 One Night Stand Mike Figgis
1998 2by4 Jimmy Smallhorne
This Is My Father Paul QuinnAlso executive producer
One True Thing Carl Franklin
1999 Flawless Joel Schumacher
2000 28 Days Betty Thomas
2001 Monsoon Wedding Mira Nair
2002 In America Jim Sheridan
2003 Cold Creek Manor Mike Figgis
2004 Vanity Fair Mira Nair
2005 Breakfast on Pluto Neil Jordan
Get Rich or Die Tryin' Jim Sheridan
2008 The Lucky Ones Neil Burger
Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme
Pride and Glory Gavin O'Connor
2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Rebecca Miller
2011 The Moth Diaries Mary Harron
2012 Being Flynn Paul Weitz
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mira Nair
2013 Admission Paul Weitz
A Master Builder Jonathan Demme
2015 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Steve Pink
Ricki and the Flash Jonathan Demme
2017 The Shack Stuart Hazeldine
2018 Black '47 Lance Daly
2019 Otherhood Cindy Chupack
2020 The Evening Hour Braden King
Sylvie's Love Eugene Ashe
2022 Better Nate Than Ever Tim Federle
2024TWIGMarian Quinn
Descendants: The Rise of Red Jennifer Phang

Filmed stage productions

YearTitleDirector
2008 Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway Michael John Warren
2013 Shrek the Musical
2020 Hamilton Thomas Kail
2021 Diana Christopher Ashley

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1990 ABC Afterschool Special Nancy Cooperstein Episode "Over the Limit"
1991 American Playhouse Noel Black Episode "The Hollow Boy"
1993 Fallen Angels Phil Joanou
Jonathan Kaplan
Episodes "Dead-End for Delia" and "Since I Don't Have You"
1994 Screen Two Barry Devlin Episode "All Things Bright and Beautiful"
1995Out of Order Leslie Libman
Larry Williams
Episode "Strange Habit"
2018 My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman Michael Bonfiglio5 episodes
The Bobby Brown StoryKiel Adrian Scott
2020 A Suitable Boy Mira Nair
Shimit Amin
Miniseries
2022 National Treasure: Edge of History Mira NairEpisode "I'm a Ghost"

TV movies

YearTitleDirector
1991 Lies of the Twins Tim Hunter
1992 The Heart of Justice Bruno Barreto
2002 Hysterical Blindness Mira Nair
2014Line of Sight Jonathan Demme
2018 Notes from the Field Kristi Zea

TV specials

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2015 Neighborhood Sessions: Jennifer Lopez Alex Coletti Live show
Neighborhood Sessions: Toby KeithStephen C. Mitchell
2019Gary Gulman: The Great DepreshMichael BonfiglioWith Michael Richard Martin and Robert Richman
2022Hasan Minhaj: The King's JesterPrashanth VenkataramanujamStand-up comedy

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