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#1: From interview [Camerimage, 2013]
#2: With actress Christina Ricci - "Bless the Child" [1999]
PETER MENZIES, Jr. ACS
Born: ?, Sydney, Australia, as Peter G. Menzies, Jr., son of doph Peter Lawrence Menzies, Sr. [?-2014].
Career: Started his career as camera loader at age 17. Became a doph on commercials in 1986.
Ph commercials dir by Buddy Cone, Simon West, Adrian Hayward [for Qantas], a.o.
Member of the ACS since 1996.
Website: Peter Menzies, Jr.
Peter Menzies Jr.: 'I'm really keen for digital projection to come and take over. The way we screen movies, this technology we've been using for over 100 years, has got to change. The consistencies of projection, the limits on the screen, the quality of projectors all around the world - if you can standardize that in a digital way it would be fantastic. People all around the world would see what we wanted them to see. I think we will shoot negative for a while longer. I've played with HD, and I'm a few years away from totally embracing it. The flexibility of shooting a negative and going to a DI suite means there's a few years left of that. If they can get digital projection working and keep the subtleties, it's going to be fantastic.' [From the studiodaily.com website.]
| FILMS | |
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1986 |
Hightide/High Tide [Gillian Armstrong] c; co-2uc; ph: Russell Boyd |
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1991 |
White Sands [Roger Donaldson] p/c; aph: David Nowell & Ron Goodman |
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1992 |
Posse [Mario Van Peebles] p/c; spec period ph: Nels Israelson |
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1993 |
The Getaway [Roger Donaldson] p/c; 2uc: Peter Levy & (uncred) Newton Thomas Sigel; remake of film (1972, Sam Peckinpah; ph: Lucien Ballard) |
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1994 |
Die Hard: With a Vengeance/Die Hard 3 [John McTiernan] p/c; 2uc: Tom Priestley Jr.; vfx ph: John E. Sullivan & David Drzrewiecki |
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1995 |
Hayride to Hell [Kimble Rendall] c; short/11m |
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1995 |
A Time to Kill [Joel Schumacher] p/c |
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1996 |
Hard Rain/Flood [Mikael Salomon] s35/c; 2uc: Ken Arlidge; vfx ph: Dennis Skotak; filmed 1996-97 |
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1997 |
The 13th Warrior/Eaters of the Dead [John McTiernan & (uncred reshoots) Michael Crichton] p/c; addph: David Gribble |
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1998 |
The General's Daughter [Simon West] p/c; addph (+ c.op 'b' cam): Joe Maxwell; translite ph: Richard Lund; uwph: Mike Thomas |
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1999 |
Bless the Child [Chuck Russell] p/c; 2uc: Derick V. Underschultz |
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2000 |
[Disney's] The Kid [Jon Turteltaub] c; 2uc: Gary Capo |
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2000 |
Lara Croft - Tomb Raider [Simon West] s35/c; 2uc: Peter Field & Ben Seresin; uncred addph: Dick Pope; vfx ph: Rick Mietkowski |
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2001 |
Kangaroo Jack/Down and Under [David McNally] p/c; 2uc: Geoff Wharton; addph: Peter Menzies Sr.; aph: Steve Koster |
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2002 |
The Great Raid [John Dahl] s35/b&w-c; action unit ph: Peter Menzies Sr.; vfx ph: Nino Martinetti; released in 2005 |
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2003 |
Spider-Man 2 [Sam Raimi] s35+p70+vv-to-35mm scope (+ IMAX-70bu & D-Cinema)/c; New York ph; ph: Bill Pope |
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2003 |
Man of the House/Cheer Up [Stephen Herek] p/c; 2uc: Robert LaBonge |
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2004 |
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous [John Pasquin] s35/c; addph: Gregory Lundsgaard; aph: Steve Koster; uwph: Pete Romano |
With dir John Singleton - "Four Brothers"
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2005 |
Four Brothers [John Singleton] s35/c; 2uc: Glen Keenan |
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2005 |
When a Stranger Calls [Simon West] s35/c; 2uc: Alan Caudillo; remake of film (1978, Fred Walton; ph: Don Peterman) |
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2006 |
Shooter [Antoine Fuqua (replaced William Friedkin)] p (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Joel Ransom & Kyle Rudolph; aph: Hans Bjerno & Steve Koster |
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2007 |
The Incredible Hulk [Louis Leterrier] p/c; 2uc: Gary Capo & Ian Fox; aph: Hans Bjerno |
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2009 |
Clash of the Titans [Louis Leterrier] p (also Technicolor 3D) (+ D-Cinema [also 3-D version])/c; 2uc: Martin Kenzie; aph: Hans Bjerno; remake of film (1981, Desmond Davis; ph: Ted Moore) |
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2010 |
Abduction [John Singleton] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc (+ c.op 'b' cam): Eric Wycoff; addph: Amy Vincent; miniature ph: Tim Sweeney; uwph: Pete Romano |
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2011 |
Playing for Keeps/Playing the Field [Gabriele Muccino] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Dean Cundey |
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2012 |
Killing Season/Shrapnel [Mark Steven Johnson] s35+HD-to-35mm scope (+ digital)/c; addph: Vern Nobles; 2uc: Eric Wycoff |
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2012 |
2 Guns [Baltasar Kormákur] p+HD (Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2/p)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc (Los Angeles); ph: Oliver Wood |
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2012 |
RED 2 [Dean Parisot] Hawk Scope+RED-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; addph; ph: Enrique Chediak |
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2013 |
Race to Save Nome [Brian Presley] pre-production |
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2013 |
The Expendables 3 [Patrick Hughes] RED Epic & Scarlet-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Paul Hughen; addph: Lorenzo Senatore; aph (Bulgaria): Adam Dale; vfx ph: Jeffrey Kimball; vfx ph 2u: Nikolay Mihailov; vfx addph: Rouslan Ovtcharoff; addph in March/April 2014 |
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2014 |
Gods of Egypt [Alex Proyas] RED Epic Dragon/p-to-D-Cinema (also 3-D version)/c; 2uc: Brad Shield |
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2015 |
All Eyez on Me/Tupac [Benny Boom (replaced Carl Franklin)] HD (ARRI ALEXA Studio/Hawk Scope & Mini/Hawk Scope)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; filmed 2015-16 |
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2017 |
Peter Rabbit [Will Gluck] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT & Mini)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; anim + live action/95m; 2uc: David Burr; aph: Jeremy Braben |
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2017 |
A Dog's Way Home [Charles Martin Smith] HD (ARRI ALEXA Mini)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; filmed 2017-18 |
| TELEVISION | |
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2006 |
Traveler [pilot dir by David Nutter] 8-part series, 2007; other ph: Roger Vernon |
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2008 |
HawthoRNe [pilot dir by Mikael Salomon] 30-part series, 2009-11; 1st season, 2009 |
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2013 |
Gothica [Anand Tucker] pilot/RED Epic-to-HD; for ABC-tv |
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2015 |
Roots [ep #2-4 dir by various] 4-part miniseries/HD (ARRI ALEXA Mini, Plus & Studio/Hawk Scope), 2016; ph ep #1: Sharone Meir; 2uc: Eric Wycoff & Cale Finot; aerial drone ph: Jeffrey Steven Brink; for History Channel |
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2016 |
Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le/Girl from Compton [Janice Cooke] tvm/HD |
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2018 |
The Bad Seed [Rob Lowe] tvm/HD (ARRI ALEXA Mini); for Lifetime-tv |
| FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR | |
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|
1979 |
The Little Convict [Yoram Gross] co-c.asst; ph: Brian Probyn |
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1979 |
The Earthling [Peter Collinson] co-c.asst; ph: Donald McAlpine |
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1980 |
A Piece of Cake [Mitch Mathews; tvm/27m] c.op; ph: Richard Wallace |
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1980 |
..Deadline../Shadow Effects [Arch Nicholson; tvm] focus puller; ph: David Gribble |
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1981 |
Starstruck [Gillian Armstrong] co-c.asst; ph: Russell Boyd |
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1982 |
The Year of Living Dangerously [Peter Weir] focus puller (Australia); ph: Russell Boyd |
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1982 |
Monkey Grip [Ken Cameron] focus puller; ph: David Gribble |
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1982 |
Phar Lap [Simon Wincer] focus puller; ph: Russell Boyd |
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1983 |
Fast Talking [Ken Cameron] focus puller; ph: David Gribble |
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1985 |
Burke & Wills [Graeme Clifford] focus puller; ph: Russell Boyd |
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1985 |
Winners [ep #5 'The Other Facts of Life' dir by Esben Storm; tv-series] c.op; ph: David Gribble |
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1986 |
The Umbrella Woman/The Good Wife/Who's Zoomin Who [Ken Cameron] c.op; ph: James Bartle |
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1986 |
"Crocodile" Dundee [Peter Faiman] c.op (Australia); ph: Russell Boyd |
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1987 |
The Rescue [Ferdinand Fairfax] c.op; ph: Russell Boyd |
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1987 |
"Crocodile" Dundee II [John Cornell] c.op (Australia); ph: Russell Boyd |
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1990 |
Almost an Angel [John Cornell] c.op; ph: Russell Boyd |
