Dan Mindel

Biography

Dan Mindel was born on May 27, 1958 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Spy Game (2001), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).

He has been married to Lisa Fallon since June 6, 1992. They have four children. He was previously married to Paula Hamilton.

Consecutively shot seven sequel films, almost all for separate franchises: Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Zoolander 2 (2016), The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) and Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019).

Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 2008, and the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) since 2010.

With the exception of Domino (2005), which was filmed primarily in the Super 35 format, all of his features were filmed in the Panavision anamorphic format.

In recent years, he has always tried to convince new directors who interview him to shoot this way, as well as on 35mm film. Zoolander 2 (2016) and Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) were filmed with Arri Alexa digital cameras.

Father of Lily Mindel.

As of 2021, he is one of four South African-born cinematographers to be awarded the ASC: the others are David Millin, Vincent G Cox, and Stephen Goldblatt.