Declan Quinn

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Declan Quinn
Born1957 (age 6566)
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

Films

Filmed stage productions

Television films

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References

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