Lee Daniel
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Lee Daniel is a cinematographer
. He was born Lee Cavender Daniel in Dallas, Texas
on 23 January 1962. His best known film is Dazed and Confused
, directed by Richard Linklater
. Daniel has worked on many of Linklater's films and worked with Linklater as a co-founder of the Austin Film Society
. He is a graduate of the University of Texas. He helped his brother Bill Daniel
on the underground hobo culture film Who is Bozo Texino?.
His trademark is "709" and the number can be seen in several of the films on which he has worked. Much like the trademark appearances by Alfred Hitchcock
, they are always quick and subtle.
His filmography includes
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
. He was born Lee Cavender Daniel in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
on 23 January 1962. His best known film is Dazed and Confused
Dazed and Confused
"Dazed and Confused" is a song by Jake Holmes, which was covered by The Yardbirds, and later reworked by Led Zeppelin who hold a separate copyright on the song.-Jake Holmes:...
, directed by Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater
-Early life:Linklater was born in Houston, Texas. He studied at Sam Houston State University and left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. While working on the rig he read a lot of literature, but on land he developed a love of film through...
. Daniel has worked on many of Linklater's films and worked with Linklater as a co-founder of the Austin Film Society
Austin Film Society
The Austin Film Society is a non-profit film society based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1985 to exhibit independent, experimental, foreign and various other non-mainstream art films, the film society has grown from just film exhibition to fostering independent filmmaking in Texas and has served as...
. He is a graduate of the University of Texas. He helped his brother Bill Daniel
Bill Daniel (Filmmaker)
Bill Daniel is an American experimental documentary film artist, photographer, film editor, and cinematographer. He is also an installation artist, curator and former zine publisher...
on the underground hobo culture film Who is Bozo Texino?.
His trademark is "709" and the number can be seen in several of the films on which he has worked. Much like the trademark appearances by Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...
, they are always quick and subtle.
His filmography includes
- The Dungeon Masters (2008)
- Me, Myself, & I (2007)
- The Unforeseen (2007)
- Fast Food NationFast Food Nation (film)Fast Food Nation is a 2006 American/British drama film directed by Richard Linklater. The screenplay was written by Linklater and Eric Schlosser, loosely based on the latter's bestselling 2001 non-fiction book of the same name...
(2006) - You're Gonna Miss MeYou're Gonna Miss MeThis article is about the documentary film. For the related 1966 song of the same name see You're Gonna Miss Me You're Gonna Miss Me is an American documentary film by Keven McAlester. It focuses on Roky Erickson, the former frontman for the band The 13th Floor Elevators. The band is cited as...
(2005) - Los Lonely Boys (2004) (V) (videos "Heaven", "More than Love [Spanish]", "More than Love" and "More than Love [Performance]")
- Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (2004)
- Before SunsetBefore SunsetBefore Sunset is a 2004 American romantic drama film and the sequel to Before Sunrise . Like its predecessor, the film was directed by Richard Linklater. However, this time Linklater shares screenplay credit with both actors from the movies, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy...
(2004) - Alamo Mania (2004) (TV)
- Lubbock Lights (2003)
- From an Objective Point of View (2002)
- The Monster (2001)
- I Remember Me (2000)
- Don't Dance with Death (1999) (director of photography)
- Secrets of the CIA (1998) (TV)
- SubUrbiaSubUrbiasubUrbia is a play by Eric Bogosian chronicling the nighttime activities of a group of aimless 20-somethings still living in their suburban Boston hometown and their reunion with a former high school classmate who has become a successful musician...
(1996) (director of photography) - Before SunriseBefore SunriseBefore Sunrise is a 1995 romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Kim Krizan. The film follows Jesse , a young American, and Céline , a young French woman, who meet on a train and disembark in Vienna, where they spend the night walking around the city and...
(1995) - The Making of '...And God Spoke' (1993)
- Dazed and ConfusedDazed and Confused"Dazed and Confused" is a song by Jake Holmes, which was covered by The Yardbirds, and later reworked by Led Zeppelin who hold a separate copyright on the song.-Jake Holmes:...
(1993) - SLACKER (1991)Slacker (film)Slacker is an American independent film written and directed by Richard Linklater, who also appears in the film. Slacker was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival in 1991.-Plot summary:...
- Never Leave Nevada (1991)