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 100week 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 tentpoles such as Transformers 2007 Wanted 2008 and Now You See Me 2013 In 2008 he was named one of Varietys 10 Cinematographers to Watch Mitch lives with his wife in Mammoth Lakes CA