Declan Quinn

Declan Quinn
Born1957 (age 66–67)
OccupationCinematographer
SpouseEtta Quinn
Children4

Declan Quinn (born 1957) is an American cinematographer. He is a three-time winner of the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography.[1]

Early life

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Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Quinn is one of four children.[2] 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.[3][4] His four siblings, the most famous of whom is Aidan, are actors.[5] 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.[6]

Career

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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.[7]

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.[8]

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

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Quinn resides in Orange County, New York with his wife Etta and four daughters.[5]

Filmography

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Film

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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? Segment of 8
New York, I Love You 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
2009 Neil Young Trunk Show
2011 Neil Young Journeys
2016 Sidemen: Long Road to Glory Scott D. Rosenbaum Interviews with Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes
Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids Jonathan Demme Concert film
2022 Jersey Boys LIVE Des McAnuff

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
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare Rachel Talalay
1992 The Bargain Shop Johnny Gogan
1993 The Ballad of Little Jo Maggie Greenwald
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
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love Mira Nair
1997 One Night Stand Mike Figgis
1998 2by4 Jimmy Smallhorne
This Is My Father Paul Quinn Also executive producer
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
Get Rich or Die Tryin' Jim Sheridan
2008 The Lucky Ones Neil Burger
Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme
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
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mira Nair
2013 Admission Paul Weitz
A Master Builder Jonathan Demme
2015 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Steve Pink
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
Sylvie's Love Eugene Ashe
2022 Better Nate Than Ever Tim Federle
2024 TWIG Marian Quinn
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
2020 Hamilton Thomas Kail
2021 Diana Christopher Ashley

Television

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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
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
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

References

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  1. ^ Turnbaugh, Kristi. "Declan Quinn '79". www.colum.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  2. ^ Holmes, Mannie (2015-09-03). "Director Paul Quinn, Brother of Aidan Quinn, Dies at 55". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  3. ^ Fischer, Paul. "Aidan Quinn". Cranky Critic. Archived from the original on January 31, 2010. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
  4. ^ "Death Notice: TERESA QUINN - Chicago Tribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. October 6, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  5. ^ a b FilmReference.com
  6. ^ "DECLAN QUINN". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  7. ^ American Cinematographer, September 2004
  8. ^ Harris M. Lentz, Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits: Supplement 2, Through 1993, Volume 4, (McFarland: 1994), p.495.
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