Mitchell Amundsen
Mitchell "Mitch" Amundsen grew up in Larkspur in Marin County outside 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.
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)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
(Second Unit Director of Photography)
The Underdoggs
(Director of Photography)
Closed Set
(Director)
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)
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)
EDtv
(Second Unit Director of Photography)
Bad Girls
(Camera Operator)