Nick McLean Behind The Camera: Life and Works of a Hollywood Cinematographer in Bloomington, MN

Nick McLean was one of the most acclaimed camera operators in American cinema of the 1970s, during which time he shot many classics of the New Hollywood movement including
McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Heaven Can Wait, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, Marathon Man
, and
Being There
. As a cinematographer throughout the 1980s, McLean would film blockbusters such as
Cannonball Run II, City Heat, The Goonies
Short Circuit
before being lured into television to photograph some of the biggest shows in town, including
Evening Shade, Cybill
, and the pop culture phenomenon
Friends
, for which he was thrice Emmy-nominated.