He soon after moved to the United States and began working on commercials for Ridley and Tony Scott, among several other directors.
This opened the door for Mindel to become director of photography on Tony Scott's 1998 action-thriller, Enemy of the State.
Mindel went on to serve as director of photography for films such as Shanghai Noon, Stuck on You, The Skeleton Key, John Carter, and Tony Scott's Spy Game and Domino.
[6][7] He was later announced to return to the franchise with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,[8] also directed by Abrams, which commenced filming on August 1, 2018 at Pinewood Studios.
[9] Three years after the release of The Rise of Skywalker, Mindel worked on additional photography for the Marvel Studios films Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.