Stephen F . Windon Stephen F . Windon , ASC , ACS ( born ) is an Australian cinematographer who served as Director of Photography on replacing the previously announced Director of Photography . Windon is probably best known for his work as director of photography on the " Fast & Furious " sequels " The Fast and the Furious : Tokyo Drift " ( 2006 ) , " Fast Five " ( 2011 ) , " Furious 6 " ( 2013 ) , " Furious 7 " ( 2015 ) and " The Fate of the Furious " ( 2017 ) . On the first three films he worked for director Justin Lin and on the latter four with actor Dwayne Johnson . Windon received an Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie in 2010 for his work on the television mini series " The Pacific " which featured recurring actors Conor O ' Farrell and William Sadler and producer April Nocifora . He also received an AMC Award from the American Society of Cinematographers in the category Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Motion Picture / Mini - Series Television in 2011 and a Golden Tripod from the Australian Cinematographers Society in the category Telefeatures , TV Drama & Mini Series in 2011 for " The Pacific " . Career . Windon ' s early credits as camera operator include the sequel " Crocodile Dundee II " ( 1988 , with Stephen Root and Carlos Carrasco ) , the action drama " The Rescue " ( 1988 , with Edward Laurence Albert , Timothy Carhart , James Cromwell , Christine Harnos , Leon Russom , and Ned Vaughn ) , and the television thriller " The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy " ( 1989 ) . Early work as director of photography include the horror film " Kadaicha " ( 1988 ) , the television drama " Prejudice " ( 1989 ) , episodes of the television series " Mission : Impossible " ( 1989 , starring Phil Morris and guest starring Mitchell Ryan ) , " Police Rescue " ( 1991 ) , and " Children of the Dragon " ( 1991 ) , the television drama " Come in Spinner " ( 1990 ) , the television drama " The Leaving of Liverpool " ( 1992 ) , the comedy " Love in Limbo " ( 1993 ) , the family drama " No Worries " ( 1994 ) , the drama " Rapa Nui " ( 1994 ) , the television series " Naked : Stories of Men " ( 1996 ) , and the romance " Hotel de Love " ( 1996 ) . Windon has started his international career working as director of photography on ' s drama " The Postman " ( 1997 , with Charles Esten , Ellen Geer , and Carl David Burks ) , the action thriller " Firestorm " ( 1998 ) , the thriller " The Patriot " ( 1998 ) , and the horror thriller " Deep Blue Sea " ( 1999 , with Ronny Cox and Frank Welker , produced by Akiva Goldsman , and stunt coordination by R . A . Rondell ) . Further credits include the action comedy " The Tuxedo " ( 2002 , music by John Debney ) , the horror sequel " Anacondas : The Hunt for the Blood Orchid " ( 2004 , with Salli Richardson - Whitfield ) , the horror thriller " House of Wax " ( 2005 ) , the horror thriller " Needle " ( 2010 ) , the comedy " A Few Best Men " ( 2011 ) , and the science fiction sequel " G . I . Joe : Retaliation " ( 2013 , with Dwayne Johnson and produced by David Ellison , Dana Goldberg , and Paul Schwake ) . In 2015 , Windon produced the crime drama " BAD DAY in BELGRADE " on which his brother Marc Windon worked as director , producer , and director of photography .