Congratulations to Dean Cundey, ASC on his Lifetime Achievement Award. I have met Dean twice, once at the ASC Clubhouse and again at Cine Gear Expo. He also worked on Honey, I Shrunk the Audience! seen in the Disney Theme Parks.
Acclaimed filmmaker John Carpenter presented the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award to Dean Cundey, ASC. Cundey first attracted widespread attention when he teamed with Carpenter on Halloween (1978). The two filmmakers went on to collaborate on The Fog, Escape from New York,The Thing, Halloween II and III, and Big Trouble in Little China. Cundey’s work on Robert Zemeckis’ landmark, live-action film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), garnered him both Oscar and BAFTA nominations. Cundey’s credits include the Back to the Future trilogy, Romancing the Stone, Death Becomes Her,Hook, Apollo 13, Jurassic Park, What Women Want, Garfield, The Holiday, The Spy Next Door, Jack and Jill, Crazy Kind of Love and the upcoming releases Walking with the Enemy and Carry Me Home.