Declan Quinn | |
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Born | 1957 (age 67–68) |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Spouse | Etta Quinn |
Children | 4 |
Declan Quinn (born 1957) is an American cinematographer. He is a three-time winner of the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography. [1]
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]
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).
Quinn resides in Orange County, New York with his wife Etta and four daughters. [5]
Short film
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1984 | U2: Unforgettable Fire | Barry Devlin | Documentary short |
2002 | India | Mira Nair | Segment of 11'09"01 September 11 |
2008 | How can it be? | Segment of 8 | |
New York, I Love You | 1 segment | ||
2013 | The Tale of Timmy Two Chins | Nancy Savoca | With Mauricio Rubinstein |
2014 | The Suffering Kind | Kevin Liddy | Also producer |
2019 | Nafas | Mira Nair | |
2020 | New York Our Time | Vivienne Dick |
Documentary film
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1987 | U2: 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 | ||
2016 | Sidemen: Long Road to Glory | Scott D. Rosenbaum | Interviews with Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes |
Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids | Jonathan Demme | Concert film | |
2022 | Jersey Boys LIVE | Des McAnuff |
Feature film
Filmed stage productions
Year | Title | Director |
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2008 | Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway | Michael John Warren |
2013 | Shrek the Musical | |
2020 | Hamilton | Thomas Kail |
2021 | Diana | Christopher Ashley |
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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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" |
1995 | Out of Order | Leslie Libman Larry Williams | Episode "Strange Habit" |
2018 | My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman | Michael Bonfiglio | 5 episodes |
The Bobby Brown Story | Kiel Adrian Scott | ||
2020 | A Suitable Boy | Mira Nair Shimit Amin | Miniseries |
2022 | National Treasure: Edge of History | Mira Nair | Episode "I'm a Ghost" |
TV movies
Year | Title | Director |
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1991 | Lies of the Twins | Tim Hunter |
1992 | The Heart of Justice | Bruno Barreto |
2002 | Hysterical Blindness | Mira Nair |
2014 | Line of Sight | Jonathan Demme |
2018 | Notes from the Field | Kristi Zea |
TV specials
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2015 | Neighborhood Sessions: Jennifer Lopez | Alex Coletti | Live show |
Neighborhood Sessions: Toby Keith | Stephen C. Mitchell | ||
2019 | Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh | Michael Bonfiglio | With Michael Richard Martin and Robert Richman |
2022 | Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester | Prashanth Venkataramanujam | Stand-up comedy |
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