David B. Nowell

David B. Nowell, is a camera operator and cinematographer for Hollywood films who specializes in aerial photography. He was a camera operator on and he was later the Director of Aerial Cinematography on both and . 
Nowell has been working in Hollywood since the 1970s. His first project was ' acclaimed 1974 drama A Woman Under the Influence, on which Nowell was a camera operator. Nowell then joined the tumultuous production of the acclaimed Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now, which featured Albert Hall and which won the 1978 Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Afterward, Nowell became an assistant aerial camera operator on the 1978 thriller Capricorn One, which featured music by Jerry Goldsmith and performances by David Huddleston and James B. Sikking. Other early aerial photography credits include The Great Santini (1979) and The Blues Brothers (1980, featuring Henry Gibson and Charles Napier).
Nowell won two Emmy Awards as camera operator on two Magic of David Copperfield television specials, 1981's The Vanishing Airplane and 1984's Floating Over the Grand Canyon. Nowell's other credits as camera operator include (1983), (1986), and (1988).
Shortly after Star Trek III, Nowell again operated cameras for that film's cinematographer, Charles Correll, on (1984). Like Star Trek III, Joy of Sex also featured Christopher Lloyd in the cast.
Nowell has provided aerial photography for cinematographer Jeffrey L. Kimball on (1986), (1991, featuring Branscombe Richmond, Barbara J. Tarbuck, and Cameron Thor), (1998), and The Big Bounce (2004, featuring Bebe Neuwirth). Nowell also worked with and cinematographer Matthew F. Leonetti as an aerial photographer on (1987, starring Christopher Plummer).
Like Dan Mindel, the Director of Photography on 2009's Star Trek, Nowell has worked frequently with sibling directors and . As a result, Nowell and Mindel worked together on several films. On (1991, featuring Christopher McDonald), Nowell was the director of photography of the film's aerial unit while Mindel was the first assistant camera operator. 
Afterward, Nowell and Mindel collaborated on three films for Tony Scott. For (1996), Nowell was a helicopter camera operator while Mindel directed additional photography, and for both Enemy of the State (1998) and Domino (2005, featuring Stanley Kamel), Mindel was Director of Photography while Nowell was Director of Aerial Photography. 
Nowell and Mindel's most recent collaboration was (2006), where Nowell was once again Director of Aerial Photography and Mindel the Director of Photography. This film was directed by J.J. Abrams, who also directed and produced 2009's Star Trek.
In addition, Nowell has repeatedly collaborated with director . Nowell has served as Bay's Director of Aerial Photography on (1996), (1998, co-written by J.J. Abrams), (2003), (2005, featuring Ethan Phillips), and (2007). The latter two movies, like 2006's M:i:III and 2009's Star Trek, were written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Nowell worked with Bay again on (2009), also written by Kurtzman and Orci.
Nowell's aerial camera work can also be seen in (1989, featuring Tim Kelleher, Richard Riehle, and Stephen Root), (2004) and (2006), (1993) and (2002, starring Neal McDonough and Patrick Kilpatrick), (1997, featuring Timothy Carhart, Spencer Garrett, Boris Krutonog, Pavel Lychnikoff, Don McManus, Glenn Morshower, Dan Shor, Bill Smitrovich, and Dean Stockwell) and (2000, starring Bob Gunton and Christopher McDonald), (2002), (2006), and (2007), (2003, featuring Brad Dourif and Karl Urban) and King Kong (2005), (2002), (2004), (2004) and (2007), (2005), (2007), (2007), and (2008, featuring Faran Tahir).
His recent non-aerial work include (1993), (1993), and Interview with the Vampire (1994, starring Kirsten Dunst and Christian Slater). He was also Director of Photography for the weightless unit on (1995).
Besides Star Trek, other films which feature Nowell's aerial photography include (2008), (2008), (2008, executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci), (2008), (2008), (2009, featuring Rachel Nichols), and (2009, starring Anton Yelchin).
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