Lee Daniel Explained

Lee Daniel
Birth Name:Lee Cavender Daniel
Birth Date:23 January 1962
Birth Place:Dallas, Texas
Relatives:Bill Daniel (brother)
Occupation:Cinematographer

Lee Cavender Daniel (born January 23, 1962) is an American cinematographer. He was born in Dallas, Texas. His best known films are Boyhood and Dazed and Confused, both directed by Richard Linklater. Daniel has worked on many of Linklater's films and worked with Linklater as a co-founder of the Austin Film Society. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. 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, they are always quick and subtle.

Selected filmography