Mitchell Amundsen

Mitchell "Mitch" Amundsen (born May 31, 1958) is an American cinematographer. He grew up in Larkspur, Marin County (north of San Francisco). During his high school years he became interested in still photography and studied film at the Montana State University in Bozeman. There, he took classes on motion pictures, which sparked his interest in cinematography. In 1980, Mitch left the university to work for $100/week on the production of the Francis Ford Coppola film One from the Heart (1981), and his subsequent features, Rumble Fish (1983) and The Outsiders (1983), working as a production assistant. He worked his way up as a camera assistant, then a camera operator, and debuted as a cinematographer on the comedy The Country Bears (2002). Mitch has continued to amass credits as a cinematographer working on tent-poles such as Transformers (2007), Wanted (2008) and Now You See Me (2013). In 2008, he was named one of Variety's "10 Cinematographers to Watch". Mitch lives with his wife in Mammoth Lakes, CA.

Crew

Transformers
Director of Photography
Jonah Hex
Director of Photography
Transporter 2
Director of Photography
Renfield
Director of Photography
Wanted
Director of Photography
Cheaper by the Dozen
Director of Photography
Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience
Director of Photography
Red Dawn
Director of Photography
Now You See Me
Director of Photography
A Bad Moms Christmas
Director of Photography
Empire Records
Camera Operator
Conspiracy Theory
"A" Camera Operator
Horrible Bosses 2
Second Unit Director of Photography
Armageddon
Camera Operator
Closed Set
Cinematography, Director
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Second Unit Director of Photography
The Underdoggs
Director of Photography
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Director of Photography
Red Planet
Camera Operator
High School
Director of Photography
Ride Along 2
Director of Photography
CHiPs
Director of Photography
Odd Thomas
Director of Photography
The Country Bears
Director of Photography
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Director of Photography
Premium Rush
Director of Photography
In the Line of Fire
"B" Camera Operator
Pearl Harbor
Second Unit Director of Photography
Seabiscuit
Second Unit Director of Photography
The Bourne Supremacy
Second Unit Director of Photography
Benny & Joon
Camera Operator
The Happytime Murders
Director of Photography
EDtv
Camera Operator, Second Unit Director of Photography
The Island
Second Unit Director of Photography
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
Sound
Home Sweet Home Alone
Director of Photography
Ultimate X: The Movie
Director of Photography
Heathers
Focus Puller
Bad Influence
Focus Puller
Bad Girls
Camera Operator
Raising Arizona
Assistant Camera
The Glass Menagerie
Assistant Camera