Stephen F. Windon

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Stephen F. Windon

Born (1959-01-28) 28 January 1959 (age 65)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Years active1988–present

Stephen F. Windon (born 28 January 1959) is an Australian cinematographer. [1] He is a frequent collaborator of film director Justin Lin. He did most of his cinematography, except for the first two and fourth installments, of the Fast & Furious film series.

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Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1988 Kadaicha James Bogle
1990The Wonderful World of Dogs Mark Lewis Documentary
1993 No Worries David Elfick
Love in Limbo
1994 Country Life Michael Blakemore
Rapa-Nui Kevin Reynolds
1996 Hotel de Love Craig Rosenberg
1997 The Postman Kevin Costner
1998 Firestorm Dean Semler
The Patriot
1999 Deep Blue Sea Renny Harlin
2002 The Tuxedo Kevin Donovan
2004 Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Dwight H. Little
2005 House of Wax Jaume Collet-Serra
2006 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Justin Lin 1st collaboration with Lin
2010 Needle John V. Soto
2011 Fast Five Justin Lin
2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation Jon M. Chu
Fast & Furious 6 Justin Lin
2015 Furious 7 James Wan With Marc Spicer
2016 Star Trek Beyond Justin Lin
2017 The Fate of the Furious F. Gary Gray
2020 Sonic the Hedgehog Jeff Fowler
2021 F9 Justin Lin
2022 The Gray Man Russo brothers
2023 Fast X Louis Leterrier
2024 The Electric State Russo brothersPost-production
TBA Mortal Kombat 2 Simon McQuoid

Television

TV movies

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1986The Mystery of the Full MoonTristram Miall
James Robertson
1988 Prejudice Ian Munro
1991 Act of Necessity Credited as "Steve Windon"
1995 In Pursuit of Honor Ken Olin
2001 South Pacific Richard Pearce
The Diamond of Jeru Ian Barry
Dick Lowry
2003Future Tense Jean de Segonzac

TV series

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1982 Spring & Fall Michael Carson
Julian Pringle
Episodes "Every Man for Herself" and "Thanks Brother"
1989 Mission: Impossible 6 Episodes
1996 Naked: Stories of Men Michael Carson
Richard Lowenstein
Robert Klenner
3 episodes
2018 Magnum P.I. Justin Lin Episode "I Saw the Sun Rise"
2019 Diary of an Uber Driver Matthew Moore6 episodes

Mini-series

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1990 Come in Spinner Robert Marchand
1992 The Leaving of Liverpool Michael Jenkins
Children of the Dragon Peter Smith
1996 The Bite Michael Carson
2010 The Pacific 5 episodes;
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography

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