Peter Menzies Jr.
- Camera
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
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. 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, working regularly under DPs David Gribble and Russell Boyd. He made his debut as a 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 for the Grand Jury of the Cordillera International Film Festival in Reno/Tahoe, Nevada. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Gary Menzies Jr.g, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Confession · Cinematography
- Northbound · Cinematography
- The Yellow Tie · Cinematography
- Washington Black · Cinematography
- The Time Traveler's Wife · Cinematography
- Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway · Cinematography
- The Right Stuff · Cinematography
- Love You to Death · Cinematography
- A Dog's Way Home · Cinematography
- The Bad Seed · Cinematography
- Peter Rabbit · Cinematography
- All Eyez on Me · Cinematography
- Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge and Michel'le · Cinematography
- Roots · Cinematography
- Gods of Egypt · Cinematography
- The Expendables 3 · Cinematography
- Killing Season · Cinematography
- Playing for Keeps · Cinematography
- In Search Of the Dead Eaters · Self
- Abduction · Cinematography
- Clash of the Titans · Cinematography
- The Incredible Hulk · Cinematography
- Shooter · Cinematography
- When a Stranger Calls · Cinematography
- The Great Raid · Cinematography
- Four Brothers · Cinematography
- Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous · Cinematography
- Man of the House · Cinematography
- Kangaroo Jack · Cinematography
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider · Cinematography
- Bless the Child · Cinematography
- The Kid · Camera Operator, Cinematography
- The 13th Warrior · Cinematography
- The General's Daughter · Cinematography
- Hard Rain · Cinematography
- A Time to Kill · Cinematography
- Die Hard: With a Vengeance · Cinematography
- The Getaway · Cinematography
- Posse · Cinematography
- White Sands · Cinematography
- Crocodile Dundee II · Camera Operator
- High Tide · Second Unit Director of Photography
- The Good Wife · Camera Operator
- Burke & Wills · Focus Puller