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Lee Daniel(I)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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An unplanned pregnancy for an unplanned girl sets off SUNSHINE, a playful, yet ultimately stirring self-portrait of an adopted woman driven to search for answers through reconnection with her biological mother. In this compelling documentary, filmmaker Karen Skloss explores the meaning of family through a personal journey to understand both the legacy of her birth and the non-traditional family she created by co-parenting with her ex-boyfriend. As an unwed teenager, Skloss's mother went to a home for unwed mothers and gave her up for adoption in 1975. Now as the pair reconnects, as Karen contemplates her relationship with her own daughter, Jasmine. Young, pregnant, single and unprepared, the daughter/director struggles with the incredible ironies of the family—that history somehow repeated itself, and that the most strenuous efforts to protect the idea of family can actually do the most to pull families apart­. Woven together from over 10 years of super 8 and video home movies, intimate family interviews, shimmering dance sequences and stylized reenactments, SUNSHINE offers a refreshingly rare glimpse on the current day transformations taking place within our most sacred of institutions, the family.
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Sunshine (2009)
Lee Daniel was born on 23 January 1962 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for Before Sunrise (1995), Dazed and Confused (1993) and Boyhood (2014).
BornJanuary 23, 1962
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BornJanuary 23, 1962
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    • Awards
      • 1 win total

    Known for

    Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in Before Sunrise (1995)
    Before Sunrise
    8.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 1995
    Milla Jovovich, Rory Cochrane, Sasha Jenson, and Jason London in Dazed and Confused (1993)
    Dazed and Confused
    7.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 1993
    Ellar Coltrane in Boyhood (2014)
    Boyhood
    7.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 2014
    Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in Before Sunset (2004)
    Before Sunset
    8.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 2004

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Are We Not Men?
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production
    • Wendell Berry in Look & See: Further (2025)
      Look & See: Further
      TV Mini Series
      • cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Becoming Leslie (2019)
      Becoming Leslie
      6.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • A Strike and an Uprising in Texas
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Laura Colwell, Mike Blizzard, Lara Morgan, and Chris Phelps in Also Starring Austin (2018)
      Also Starring Austin
      8.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Honky Tonk Heaven: Legend of the Broken Spoke (2016)
      Honky Tonk Heaven: Legend of the Broken Spoke
      8.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry (2016)
      Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry
      7.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Leftovers
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Jo Harvey Allen, Richard Dillard, Paula Rhodes, Justin Arnold, Dane Hurlburt, and Carson Trinity Haverda in The Other Kind (2015)
      The Other Kind
      8.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Ellar Coltrane in Boyhood (2014)
      Boyhood
      7.9
      • director of photography
      • 2014
    • Minutesworth
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • As Long as I Remember: American Veteranos
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009–2010
    • Monuments (2010)
      Monuments
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Woodstock: Now & Then (2009)
      Woodstock: Now & Then
      7.9
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009
    • Sunshine
      6.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Outside Industry: The Story of SXSW
      • additional cinematography
      • 2011
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2010
    • By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009)
      By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
      6.2
      • additional camera
      • 2009
    • Die Erscheinung der Jungfrau (2002)
      Die Erscheinung der Jungfrau
      TV Movie
      • additional cinematography
      • 2002
    • Luci Kuta in Nightmare on AIDS Street (2000)
      Nightmare on AIDS Street
      7.5
      Video
      • cinematography consultant
      • 2000
    • I Was on Mars (1991)
      I Was on Mars
      6.2
      • assistant camera
      • 1991
    • Dennis Quaid in D.O.A. (1988)
      D.O.A.
      6.1
      • additional first assistant camera
      • 1988
    • Ken Evert, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley, and Jim Siedow in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
      The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
      5.6
      • assistant camera
      • 1986
    • Independence (1986)
      Independence
      Short
      • grip
      • 1986

    Director

    • Woodshock (1985)
      Woodshock
      5.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 1985
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    Sunshine
    Trailer 1:52
    Sunshine

    Personal details

    • Born
      • January 23, 1962
      • Dallas, Texas, USA

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      Graduated from the University of Texas at Austin.
    • Trademarks
        Generally shoots Richard Linklater films.

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