# Andrew Dunn (cinematographer)

Andrew William Dunn is a British cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with Robert Altman, Nicholas Hytner, Lee Daniels and Mick Jackson. He is the recipient of three BAFTA Awards, a British Society of Cinematographers Award and an Evening Standard British Film Award.
Dunn is well known for his work on Threads (1984), Edge of Darkness (1985), L.A. Story (1991), The Bodyguard (1992), The Madness of King George (1994), The Crucible (1996), Gosford Park (2001), The History Boys (2006), Precious (2009), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) and The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) among others.

## Early life

Andrew Dunn was born in London, England. He grew up around cinema, as his father worked for MGM Studios. Dunn started making films in his early teens, and then joined the BBC whilst studying film at the University of Westminster (formerly London Polytechnic).

## Filmography
### Feature films

| Year | Title | Director |
| 1989 | Strapless | David Hare |
| 1989 | Chattahoochee | Mick Jackson |
| 1991 | L.A. Story | Mick Jackson |
| 1992 | Blame It on the Bellboy | Mark Herman |
| 1992 | The Bodyguard | Mick Jackson |
| 1993 | The Hawk | David Hayman |
| 1994 | Clean Slate | Mick Jackson |
| 1994 | A Simple Twist of Fate | Gillies MacKinnon |
| 1994 | The Madness of King George | Nicholas Hytner |
| 1995 | The Grotesque | John-Paul Davidson |
| 1996 | The Crucible | Nicholas Hytner |
| 1997 | Addicted to Love | Griffin Dunne |
| 1998 | Hush | Jonathan Darby |
| 1998 | Ever After | Andy Tennant |
| 1998 | Practical Magic | Griffin Dunne |
| 2000 | Ordinary Decent Criminal | Thaddeus O'Sullivan |
| 2000 | Liam | Stephen Frears |
| 2001 | Monkeybone | Henry Selick |
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Robert Altman |
| 2002 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Kevin Reynolds |
| 2002 | Sweet Home Alabama | Andy Tennant |
| 2003 | What a Girl Wants | Dennie Gordon |
| 2003 | The Company | Robert Altman |
| 2004 | Stage Beauty | Richard Eyre |
| 2004 | Piccadilly Jim | John McKay |
| 2005 | Hitch | Andy Tennant |
| 2005 | Mrs Henderson Presents | Stephen Frears |
| 2006 | The History Boys | Nicholas Hytner |
| 2006 | Miss Potter | Chris Noonan |
| 2007 | Hot Rod | Akiva Schaffer |
| 2008 | Good | Vicente Amorim |
| 2009 | Precious | Lee Daniels |
| 2010 | Extraordinary Measures | Tom Vaughan |
| 2010 | Life as We Know It | Greg Berlanti |
| 2011 | Crazy, Stupid, Love | Glenn Ficarra John Requa |
| 2012 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Stephen Chbosky |
| 2013 | Summer in February | Christopher Menaul |
| 2013 | The Butler | Lee Daniels |
| 2013 | Hello Carter | Anthony Wilcox |
| 2014 | Endless Love | Shana Feste |
| 2014 | Effie Gray | Richard Laxton |
| 2015 | Man Up | Ben Palmer |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van | Nicholas Hytner |
| 2015 | Ithaca | Meg Ryan |
| 2016 | Bridget Jones's Baby | Sharon Maguire |
| 2016 | Keeping Up with the Joneses | Greg Mottola |
| 2017 | The Children Act | Richard Eyre |
| 2018 | Book Club | Bill Holderman |
| 2020 | The Secret: Dare to Dream | Andy Tennant |
| 2021 | Flora & Ulysses | Lena Khan |
| 2021 | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Lee Daniels |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Simon Curtis |
| 2023 | Love Again | Jim Strouse |
| 2023 | Book Club: The Next Chapter | Bill Holderman |

### Television

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1984 | A Winter Harvest | |
| 1985 | Edge of Darkness | |
| 1986 | The Monocled Mutineer | |
| 1987 | Horizon | Episode: "Life Story" |
| 1987–1995 | Screen Two | 5 episodes |
| 1988 | Scene | Episode: "Two of Us" |
| 1989 | The Victorian Kitchen | |
| 1989 | Blackeyes | |
| 1993 | Great Performances | Episode: "Suddenly, Last Summer" |
| 2015 | Empire | Pilot episode only |

### TV films

| Year | Title | Director |
| 1988 | Tumbledown | Richard Eyre |
| 1988 | Across the Lake | Tony Maylam |
| 1994 | And Then There Was One | David Jones |
| 1994 | Is There Life Out There? | David Jones |
| 1997 | Food for Ravens | Trevor Griffiths |
| 2003 | The Boy David Story | Alex McCall |
| 2017 | My Country | Rufus Norris |

## Awards

* 1985 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts TV Award - Best Film Cameraman for: Threads (1984)
* 1986 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts TV Award - Best Film Cameraman for: Edge of Darkness (1985)
* 1989 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts TV Award - Best Film Cameraman for: Tumbledown (1988)
* 1995 — British Society of Cinematographers - Best Cinematography Award for: The Madness of King George (1994)
* 1996 — Evening Standard British Film Award - Best Technical/Artistic Achievement for: The Madness of King George (1994)