# Declan Quinn

Declan Quinn (born 1957) is an American cinematographer. He is a three-time winner of the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography.

## Early life

Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Quinn is one of four children. His mother, Teresa, was a homemaker, and also worked as a bookkeeper and in the travel business, and his father, Michael Quinn, was a professor of literature. His four siblings, the most famous of whom is Aidan, are actors. The family moved to Ireland when he was in his teens, but he returned to the United States to earn a degree in film from Columbia College Chicago.

## Career

In Ireland, he met Bono and U2 at the Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin, and he began his career filming several music videos and the documentaries U2: Unforgettable Fire (1984) and U2: Outside It's America (1987) for the group.
Quinn permanently returned to the States in 1989 and filmed The Kill-Off.
In 1991, he served as cinematographer on Tim Hunter's well-received Lies of the Twins, starring Isabella Rossellini, Iman, and Declan's brother Aidan.
Quinn has collaborated with director Mira Nair on five projects, including Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair, and Hysterical Blindness, which earned him a nomination for the Emmy Award for Best Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie. Additional credits include 2x4, (which won him the Cinematography Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival), Vanya on 42nd Street, Leaving Las Vegas, One True Thing, In America, Cold Creek Manor, The Lucky Ones, Rachel Getting Married, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee and The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012).

## Personal life

Quinn resides in Orange County, New York with his wife Etta and four daughters.

## Filmography
### Film

Short film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1984 | U2: Unforgettable Fire | Barry Devlin | Documentary short |
| 2002 | India | Mira Nair | Segment of 11'09"01 September 11 |
| 2008 | How can it be? | Mira Nair | Segment of 8 |
| 2008 | New York, I Love You | Mira Nair | 1 segment |
| 2013 | The Tale of Timmy Two Chins | Nancy Savoca | With Mauricio Rubinstein |
| 2014 | The Suffering Kind | Kevin Liddy | Also producer |
| 2019 | Nafas | Mira Nair | |
| 2020 | New York Our Time | Vivienne Dick | |
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1987 | U2: Outside It's America | Barry Devlin | |
| 1992 | Cousin Bobby | Jonathan Demme | With Ernest Dickerson, Craig Haagensen, Tony C. Jannelli and Jacek Laskus |
| 2007 | Man from Plains | Jonathan Demme | |
| 2009 | Neil Young Trunk Show | Jonathan Demme | |
| 2011 | Neil Young Journeys | Jonathan Demme | |
| 2016 | Sidemen: Long Road to Glory | Scott D. Rosenbaum | Interviews with Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes |
| 2016 | Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids | Jonathan Demme | Concert film |
| 2022 | Jersey Boys LIVE | Des McAnuff | Concert film |
Feature film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1987 | The Clash of the Ash | Fergus Tighe | |
| 1989 | The Kill-Off | Maggie Greenwald | |
| 1991 | Blood and Concrete | Jeffrey Reiner | |
| 1991 | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | Rachel Talalay | |
| 1992 | The Bargain Shop | Johnny Gogan | |
| 1993 | The Ballad of Little Jo | Maggie Greenwald | |
| 1993 | Daniel Lanois: Rocky World | Philip King | With Mark Mackay and Brendan Galvin |
| 1994 | Vanya on 42nd Street | Louis Malle | |
| 1995 | Leaving Las Vegas | Mike Figgis | |
| 1996 | Carried Away | Bruno Barreto | |
| 1996 | Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love | Mira Nair | |
| 1997 | One Night Stand | Mike Figgis | |
| 1998 | 2by4 | Jimmy Smallhorne | |
| 1998 | This Is My Father | Paul Quinn | Also executive producer |
| 1998 | One True Thing | Carl Franklin | |
| 1999 | Flawless | Joel Schumacher | |
| 2000 | 28 Days | Betty Thomas | |
| 2001 | Monsoon Wedding | Mira Nair | |
| 2002 | In America | Jim Sheridan | |
| 2003 | Cold Creek Manor | Mike Figgis | |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair | Mira Nair | |
| 2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | Neil Jordan | |
| 2005 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Jim Sheridan | |
| 2008 | The Lucky Ones | Neil Burger | |
| 2008 | Rachel Getting Married | Jonathan Demme | |
| 2008 | Pride and Glory | Gavin O'Connor | |
| 2009 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Rebecca Miller | |
| 2011 | The Moth Diaries | Mary Harron | |
| 2012 | Being Flynn | Paul Weitz | |
| 2012 | The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Mira Nair | |
| 2013 | Admission | Paul Weitz | |
| 2013 | A Master Builder | Jonathan Demme | |
| 2015 | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | Steve Pink | |
| 2015 | Ricki and the Flash | Jonathan Demme | |
| 2017 | The Shack | Stuart Hazeldine | |
| 2018 | Black '47 | Lance Daly | |
| 2019 | Otherhood | Cindy Chupack | |
| 2020 | The Evening Hour | Braden King | |
| 2020 | Sylvie's Love | Eugene Ashe | |
| 2022 | Better Nate Than Ever | Tim Federle | |
| 2024 | TWIG | Marian Quinn | |
| 2024 | Descendants: The Rise of Red | Jennifer Phang | |
Filmed stage productions
| Year | Title | Director |
| 2008 | Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway | Michael John Warren |
| 2013 | Shrek the Musical | Michael John Warren |
| 2020 | Hamilton | Thomas Kail |
| 2021 | Diana | Christopher Ashley |

### Television

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1990 | ABC Afterschool Special | Nancy Cooperstein | Episode "Over the Limit" |
| 1991 | American Playhouse | Noel Black | Episode "The Hollow Boy" |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels | Phil Joanou Jonathan Kaplan | Episodes "Dead-End for Delia" and "Since I Don't Have You" |
| 1994 | Screen Two | Barry Devlin | Episode "All Things Bright and Beautiful" |
| 1995 | Out of Order | Leslie Libman Larry Williams | Episode "Strange Habit" |
| 2018 | My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman | Michael Bonfiglio | 5 episodes |
| 2018 | The Bobby Brown Story | Kiel Adrian Scott | |
| 2020 | A Suitable Boy | Mira Nair Shimit Amin | Miniseries |
| 2022 | National Treasure: Edge of History | Mira Nair | Episode "I'm a Ghost" |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1991 | Lies of the Twins | Tim Hunter |
| 1992 | The Heart of Justice | Bruno Barreto |
| 2002 | Hysterical Blindness | Mira Nair |
| 2014 | Line of Sight | Jonathan Demme |
| 2018 | Notes from the Field | Kristi Zea |
TV specials
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2015 | Neighborhood Sessions: Jennifer Lopez | Alex Coletti | Live show |
| 2015 | Neighborhood Sessions: Toby Keith | Stephen C. Mitchell | |
| 2019 | Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh | Michael Bonfiglio | With Michael Richard Martin and Robert Richman |
| 2022 | Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester | Prashanth Venkataramanujam | Stand-up comedy |