Lee Cavender Daniel (born January 23, 1962) is an American

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

. He was born in

Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

, Texas. His best known films are '' Boyhood'' and '' Dazed and Confused'', both directed by

Richard Linklater Richard Linklater (; born July 30, 1960) is an American filmmaker. He is known for making films that deal thematically with suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. In 2015, Linklater was included on the annual ''Time'' 100 li ...

. Daniel has worked on many of Linklater's films and worked with Linklater as a co-founder of the

Austin Film Society The Austin Film Society (AFS) is a non-profit film society based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1985 to exhibit independent, experimental, foreign and various other non-mainstream art films, the film society has grown from just film exhibition to fo ...

. He is a graduate of the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

. He helped his brother Bill Daniel on the underground hobo culture film ''Who is Bozo Texino?''. His trademark is "709" and the number can be seen in several of the films on which he has worked. Much like the trademark appearances by

Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featu ...

, they are always quick and subtle.

Selected filmography

*'' Boyhood'' (2014) *'' The Dungeon Masters'' (2008) *''Me, Myself, & I'' (2007) *''The Unforeseen'' (2007) *''

Fast Food Nation ''Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal'' is a 2001 book by Eric Schlosser. First serialized by ''Rolling Stone'' in 1999, the book has drawn comparisons to Upton Sinclair's 1906 muckraking novel ''The Jungle''. The book wa ...

'' (2006) *'' You're Gonna Miss Me'' (2005) *''Los Lonely Boys'' (2004) (V) (videos "Heaven", "More than Love panish, "More than Love" and "More than Love erformance) *''Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt'' (2004) *''

Before Sunset ''Before Sunset'' is a 2004 American romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, from a story by Linklater and Kim Krizan. It is the first film by Warner Independent Picture ...

'' (2004) *''Alamo Mania'' (2004) (TV) *''Lubbock Lights'' (2003) *''From an Objective Point of View'' (2002) *''The Monster'' (2001) *''I Remember Me'' (2000) *''Don't Dance with Death'' (1999) (director of photography) *''Secrets of the CIA'' (1998) (TV) *''

SubUrbia A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

'' (1996) (director of photography) *''

Before Sunrise ''Before Sunrise'' is a 1995 Romance film, romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater and co-written by Linklater and Kim Krizan, and is the first installment in the Before trilogy, ''Before'' trilogy. In the film, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) an ...

'' (1995) *''The Making of '...And God Spoke (1993) *'' Dazed and Confused'' (1993) *''

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'' (1991) *'' Never Leave Nevada'' (1990)

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