Peter Menzies Jr.

Peter Menzies Jr.
Born Sydney, Australia[1]
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 https://www.petermenziesjr.com/

Peter Menzies Jr., A.C.S. 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.

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,[2] 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 Donaldson, John McTiernan, and Joel Schumacher.

Filmography[3]

Year Title Dir. Notes
1992 White Sands Roger Donaldson
1993 Posse Mario Van Peebles
1994 The Getaway Roger Donaldson
1995 Hayride to Hell Kimble Rendall Short film
Die Hard with a Vengeance John McTiernan
1996 A Time to Kill Joel Schumacher
1998 Hard Rain Mikael Salomon
1999 The General's Daughter Simon West
The 13th Warrior John McTiernan

Michael Crichton
2000 The Kid Jon Turteltaub
Bless the Child Chuck Russell
2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Simon West
2003 Kangaroo Jack David McNally
2004 Spider-Man 2 Sam Raimi Additional photography

with Bill Pope

2005 Man of the House Stephen Herek
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous John Pasquin
Four Brothers John Singleton
The Great Raid John Dahl
2006 When a Stranger Calls Simon West
2007 Shooter Antoine Fuqua
Traveler David Nutter Television series

Pilot episode

2008 The Incredible Hulk Louis Leterrier
2009 Hawthorne Mikael Salomon Television series

Pilot episode

2010 Clash of the Titans Louis Leterrier
2011 Abduction John Singleton
2012 Playing for Keeps Gabriele Muccino
2013 Killing Season Mark Steven Johnson
Red 2 Dean Parisot Additional photography

with Enrique Chediak

2 Guns Baltasar Kormákur Additional photography

with Oliver Wood

2014 The Expendables 3 Patrick Hughes
2016 Gods of Egypt Alex Proyas
Roots Mario Van Peebles

Thomas Carter

Bruce Beresford

 Miniseries

3 episodes

2017 All Eyez on Me Benny Boom
2018 Peter Rabbit Will Gluck
2019 A Dog's Way Home Charles Martin Smith

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Menzies Jr". cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Peter Menzies Jr. - Culture.com
  3. ↑ "petermenziesjr". petermenziesjr. Retrieved 2017-09-05.


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