2005

                

 DANIEL MINDEL   ASC/BSC

Born: ?, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Education: [In Australia and Britain].

Career: After being a camera loader for some time, he became 2nd asst 'a' camera and 1st asst 'b' camera on 'The Emerald Forest'. Joined the union in the USA.

Started ph commercials dir by Tony Scott [for Marlboro, Coca-Cola, Miller Brewing, a.o.], Ridley Scott, Hugh Johnson, Michael Seresin, Roger Spottiswoode, a.o.

Member of the ASC since 2008. Member of the BSC since November 2010.



 FILMS & TELEVISION

1993

Red Shoe Diaries [ep #6 'Another Woman's Lipstick' dir by Zalman King & #11 'Jake's Story' dir by Michael Karbelnikoff] 67-part tv-series, 1992-98; 2nd season, 1993; other ph: Nick Taylor (+ cph ep #11) & Roberto Schaefer

1993

Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick [ep #6 'Another Woman's Lipstick' dir by Zalman King] V/c; comp of 3 ep of tv-series; other ph: Ronn Schmidt (#4 'Talk to Me Baby' dir by Rafael Eisenman) & Larry Fong (#5 'Just Like That' dir by Ted Kotcheff)

1994

Crimson Tide [Tony Scott] p/c; uncred addph; ph: Dariusz Wolski

1995

Snakeland [Joëlle Bentolila] c; short/40m

1995

White Squall [Ridley Scott] p/c; uncred addph; ph: Hugh Johnson

1995

The Fan [Tony Scott] p/c; uncred addph; ph: Dariusz Wolski

1996

Dangerous Minds [pilot dir by James Hayman] 17-part tv-series, 1996-97; other ph: Bryan Hokom & Feliks Parnell

1996

G.I. Jane [Ridley Scott] p/c; 2uc (California); ph: Hugh Johnson

1996

Recon [Breck Jones = Breck Eisner] c; short/8m; prod USC

1996

Sand/Sandstorm [Matt Palmieri] c

1997

Enemy of the State [Tony Scott] p/c; vfx ph: John Mathieson; aph: David Nowell; replaced scheduled ph Dariusz Wolski, who was not available

199?

Champion [Andy Snipes = Andrew Douglas Sipes] ?; short/?m

1999

Killer Pink [Patrick Cadell] c; short/13m

1999

Shanghai Noon [Tom Dey] p/c; 2uc: John Clothier & Joel Ransom

2000

Spy Game [Tony Scott] p/c; aph: Phil Pastuhov

2000

The Bourne Identity [Doug Liman] s35/c; co-addph; ph: Oliver Wood

2003

Stuck On You [Bobby & Peter Farrelly; (2nd dir) Mark Steilen] p/c; 2uc: Bruce McCleery

"The Skeleton Key"

"The Skeleton Key"

2004

The Skeleton Key [Iain Softley] p/b&w-c; 2uc: Josh Bleibtreu (New Orleans) & Michael Trim (Los Angeles); aph: Phil Pastuhov

2004

Tooth Fairy [Jake Scott] c; internet short/5m; ep #4 of 5-part online series 'Amazon Theater'

2004

Domino [Tony Scott] HD+s35-to-s35/c; addph: Bruce McCleery; 2uc: Stephen St. John; aph: Kurt E. Soderling & David B. Nowell

2005

Mission: Impossible III [J.J. Abrams] HD+s35+p-to-p/c; 2uc: Mitchell Amundsen, Stephen St. John & Jörg Widmer; aph: Jeremy Braben; + small part

2007

Lions for Lambs [Robert Redford] p/c; co-addph; ph: Philippe Rousselot

2007

Cutlass [Kate Hudson] p/c; short/16m; ep internet series 'Glamour Reel Moments' for Glamour magazine

2007

Star Trek [J.J. Abrams] p (+ IMAX70bu & D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Bruce McCleery; aph: David B. Nowell; vfx ph: Pat Sweeney

2009

Super 8 [J.J. Abrams] announced as doph, but prod was ph by Larry Fong in 2010

2010

John Carter [Andrew Stanton] p (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Bruce McCleery; aph: Michael Kelem

2011

Savages [Oliver Stone] p (+ D-Cinema)/b&w-c; 2uc: Matthew J. Lloyd

2012

Star Trek 2 [J.J. Abrams] c


 FILMS & TELEVISION AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR

1984

The Emerald Forest [John Boorman] c.asst; ph: Philippe Rousselot

1988

Revenge [Tony Scott] co-c.asst; ph: Jeffrey Kimball

1990

Thelma & Louise [Ridley Scott] c.asst; ph: Adrian Biddle

1992

Red Shoe Diaries [ep #1 'Safe Sex' dir by Zalman King; tv-series; 1st season, 1992] c.op 'b' cam; ph: Eric Engler

1992

Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare [ep #1 'Safe Sex' dir by Zalman King (ZK)] c.op 'b' cam on #1; video comp of first 3 ep of 1st season of tv-series; ph: Eric Engler (#1) & Ronn Schmidt (#2 'Double Dare' dir by Tibor Takács & #3 'You Have the Right to Remain Silent' dir by ZK)