Peter Menzies Jr.
Peter Menzies Jr. | |
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Born | Peter Gary Menzies Jr. |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Organization | Australian Cinematographers Society |
Known for | Die Hard with a Vengeance Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Shooter The Incredible Hulk Clash of the Titans |
Website | www |
Peter Gary Menzies Jr., ACS is an Australian cinematographer best known for his work on blockbuster action films such as Die Hard with a Vengeance, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Incredible Hulk, and Clash of the Titans.[2][3]
Life and career[]
Menzies was born in Sydney, Australia. He was introduced to the film industry by his father, director and cinematographer Peter Menzies Sr. He started as a camera loader and worked his way through the ranks in commercials and features as a camera assistant and later as an operator,[4] working regularly under DPs David Gribble and Russell Boyd. He made his debut as cinematographer on White Sands, a crime film directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Willem Dafoe.
Since then, Menzies has worked mostly on action films like Die Hard with a Vengeance, Hard Rain and Shooter. He has collaborated with directors like John Singleton, Bruce Beresford, David Nutter, Simon West, John McTiernan, and Joel Schumacher.
Menzies is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and is the Chairman of the Board of the Cordillera International Film Festival in Reno/Tahoe Nevada.
Filmography[]
Film[]
Additional photography credits[]
Year | Title | Director | DoP. | Notes |
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1979 | The Little Convict | Yoram Gross | Brian Probyn | Camera assistant |
1982 | Starstruck | Gillian Armstrong | Russell Boyd | Assistant camera |
Monkey Grip | Ken Cameron | David Gribble | Focus puller | |
The Year of Living Dangerously | Peter Weir | Russell Boyd | Focus puller | |
1983 | Phar Lap | Simon Wincer | Focus puller | |
1985 | Burke & Wills | Graeme Clifford | Focus puller | |
1986 | Crocodile Dundee | Peter Faiman | Camera operator | |
1987 | The Umbrella Woman | Ken Cameron | James Bartle | Camera operator |
High Tide | Gillian Armstrong | Russell Boyd | 2nd unit photography | |
1988 | Crocodile Dundee II | John Cornell | Camera operator | |
The Rescue | Ferdinand Fairfax | Camera operator | ||
1990 | Almost an Angel | John Cornell | Camera operator | |
1992 | White Sands | Roger Donaldson | Himself | Camera operator |
2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Sam Raimi | Bill Pope | Director of Photography: New York |
2013 | Red 2 | Dean Parisot | Enrique Chediak | Additional photography |
2 Guns | Baltasar Kormákur | Oliver Wood | Director of Photography: Los Angeles |
Television[]
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2007 | Traveler | David Nutter | Episode: "Pilot" |
2009 | Hawthorne | Mikael Salomon | Episode: "Pilot |
2016 | Roots | Mario Van Peebles Thomas Carter Bruce Beresford |
Miniseries; 3 episodes |
2016 | Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le | Janice Cooke | Television film |
2018 | The Bad Seed | Rob Lowe | |
2019 | Love You to Death | Alex Kalymnios | |
2020 | The Right Stuff | Chris Long | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
References[]
- ^ "Peter Menzies Jr". cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "peter menzies, jr. | Iconic Talent Agency | United States | Below The Line". Iconic Talent Agency. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ acmag (1 September 2017). "Peter Menzies Jr. ACS about filming the much-anticipated 'All Eyez on Me'". Australian Cinematographer Magazine. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ Peter Menzies Jr. - Culture.com
- ^ "petermenziesjr". petermenziesjr. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "PETER MENZIES Jr". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
External links[]
- Official website
- Peter Menzies Jr. at IMDb
- cinematographers.nl profile
- Peter Menzies Jr. Biography - film reference
- Living people
- Australian cinematographers
- People from Sydney
- Australian film biography stubs
- Cinematographer stubs