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Currently, Dan Mindel is 66 years, 6 months and 25 days old. Dan Mindel will celebrate 67rd birthday on a Tuesday 27th of May 2025. Below we countdown to Dan Mindel upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Dan Mindel |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Age | 66 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Born | May 27, 1958 ( Johannesburg, South Africa, South Africa) |
| Birthday | May 27 |
| Town/City | Johannesburg, South Africa, South Africa |
| Nationality | South Africa |
Dan Mindel’s zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.
Dan Mindel was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Mindel received education in Australia and in Britain. He began his career as a camera loader before becoming a clapper loader and assistant cameraman on John Boorman's 1985 film, The Emerald Forest, under French Cinematographer Philippe Rousselot. He soon after moved to the United States and began working on commercials for Ridley and Tony Scott, among several other Directors.
Throughout the 1990s, Mindel worked as a camera operator or Photographer on feature films directed by either Tony Scott or Ridley Scott, including Thelma & Louise and Crimson Tide. In 1997, Mindel was assigned as second unit Director of photography on Ridley Scott's G.I. Jane. This opened the door for Mindel to become Director of photography on Tony Scott's 1998 action-thriller, Enemy of the State.
Director J. J. Abrams selected Mindel to be Director of photography on 2006's Mission: Impossible III. Mindel worked with Abrams again as the Cinematographer of 2009's Star Trek and its follow-up, Star Trek Into Darkness.
Mindel was the Director of photography on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was released on December 18, 2015.
