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Mead Hunt

Cinematographer

Mead Hunt is a cinematographer and director known for The German-Americans: 300 Years in the New Land (1983), Ralph Erskine (1986) and Retracing Steps: American Dance Since Postmodernism (1988).

Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
37 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 7% in 30 days

What are Mead Hunt's films like?

Across their 32 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Ideas
48%
Society
24%
Self
20%
Survival
4%
Power
3%
Morality
1%
Art28 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy10 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose7 titles, browse their movies with this themeTradition vs change6 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeTechnology2 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 32 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 26 · Serious 4 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 30 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 26 · Charged 5 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 31 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 30 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 30 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 14 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 24 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
30
Warm
12
Hopeful
12
Cold
3
Melancholic
4
Other
8

How their films linger

Thought-provoking24 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous23
  • Cyclical5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Mead Hunt's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 37 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Mead Hunt's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

68 credits, 37 with a MovieCove page.

  • Stardust: A Story of Love and Architecture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer

  • Taking Venice(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • In Full Swing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Camera Operator

  • Jay Cocks and Farran Smith Nehme on 'The Heiress' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Camera Operator

  • My Brother, My Brother and Me(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · Camera Operator

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me(2017)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Way Out on a Limb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Camera Operator

  • George Segal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • An Art That Nature Makes(2015)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital(2014)

    Cinematographer

  • The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham(2014)

    Cinematographer

  • Katie Does Manhattan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Additional Camera

  • The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Cinematographer

  • Kenneth Frampton: A Critical Voice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Cinematographer

  • Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Cinematographer

  • Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Cinematographer

  • New York Dance: States of Performance(2010)

    Cinematographer

  • CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Camera Operator

  • Making Mishima (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Cinematographer

  • Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine(2008)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Holiday Train Show With David Hartman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Cinematographer

  • Katie Morgan on Sex Toys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Additional Camera

  • Jeff Wall: Retrospective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Cinematographer

  • Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Cinematographer

  • Vija Celmins: 4 Decades(2007)

    Cinematographer

  • Discovering William Greaves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Camera Operator

  • Elizabeth Murray: 4 Decades(2006)

    Cinematographer

  • Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades(2005)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades(2005)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Iceman and the Psychiatrist(2003)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Cinematographer

  • What is Minimalism?: The American Perspective 1958-1968(2004)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Conversations with Philip Guston (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Cinematographer

  • School: The Story of American Public Education (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 4 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades(2001)

    Cinematographer

  • The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a Mafia Hitman(2001)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Sound and Fury(2000)

    Camera Operator

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy(2000)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language(1999)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Glorious Technicolor(1998)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Louis Kahn: Silence and Light(1996)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Reclaiming the Body: Feminist Art in America(1995)

    Cinematographer

  • Baseball(1994)

    Show 9 episodes · Additional Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy(1994)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros(1993)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence(1992)

    Cinematographer

  • Hollywood Mavericks(1990)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Deconstructivist Architects(1990)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects(1989)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • 4 Artists: Robert Ryman, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Cinematographer

  • Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact(1985)

    Additional Photography · Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • A Composer's Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera(1986)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Ralph Erskine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Director

  • Mies(1986)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Richard Meier(1986)

    Cinematographer

  • Empire City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Cinematographer

  • Colin McPhee: The Lure of Asian Music(1985)

    Cinematographer

  • Philip Guston: A Life Lived(1981)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • We Were German Jews (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Cinematographer

  • Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Cinematographer

  • 14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s(1980)

    Cinematographer

  • Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Cinematographer

  • Working with Einstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Cinematographer

  • Inspirations and Ideas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Camera Operator

  • Miles Goes Modal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

  • Stardust: A Story of Love and Architecture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 52 titles, 49 of them dated from 1979 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Taking Venice (2023)

$65K worldwide

Highest rated

The Iceman and the Psychiatrist (2003)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Hollywood Mavericks (1990)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing1 of 52: 1 only directing, 0 with another roleProducing1 of 52: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleCinematography40 of 52: 40 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score80thOther crew11 of 52: 10 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1970s2 · crew1980s10 · crew1990s8 · crew2000s14 · crew2010s13 · crew2020s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Mead Hunt's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of the 24 of 35 with a score; across their 26 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Reach · how many have seen their films

3rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Midcredits score across 26 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th3

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 26 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Divisive4
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · cinematographer

Deconstructivist Architects (1990)

99th percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Baseball (1994)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Mead Hunt work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mead Hunt's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Blackwood shares the most, 24.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

  • Joelle Schon9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Joelle Schon
  • Julie Sloane8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Julie Sloane
  • Mark Trottenberg3 titles    See all 3 shared titles with Mark Trottenberg
  • Rima Yamazaki2 titles    See all 2 shared titles with Rima Yamazaki

Producers