Dean Cundey

Shot 5 of John Carpenter's feature films: La Nuit des masques (1978), Le brouillard (1980), New York 1997 (1981), L'effroyable chose (1982) and Les aventures de Jack Burton dans les griffes du mandarin (1986).

For me, the special satisfaction in being a director of photography - you might even call it my private ego trip - is knowing that the work I do will live on after I'm gone. Most people have jobs in which the work disappears after they have performed it. I'm very fortunate to work in a profession which has lasting value. It gives me a unique form of immortality. It certainly isn't comparable to the immortality of great artists like Leonardo Da Vinci or Michelangelo. But in a small way, it means future generations can discover my work - and know that, at this point in time, I was here.