Known For
Camera
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Credits
44 titles
Peter Menzies Jr.
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
Director of Photography
Northbound
Director of Photography
The Yellow Tie
Director of Photography
Washington Black
Director of Photography
The Time Traveler's Wife
Director of Photography
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Director of Photography
The Right Stuff
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Love You to Death
Director of Photography
A Dog's Way Home
Director of Photography
The Bad Seed
Director of Photography
Peter Rabbit
Director of Photography
All Eyez on Me
Director of Photography
Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge and Michel'le
Director of Photography
Roots
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Gods of Egypt
Director of Photography
The Expendables 3
Director of Photography
Killing Season
Director of Photography
Playing for Keeps
Director of Photography
In Search Of the Dead Eaters
Self
Abduction
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Clash of the Titans
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The Incredible Hulk
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Shooter
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When a Stranger Calls
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The Great Raid
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Four Brothers
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Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
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Man of the House
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Kangaroo Jack
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Director of Photography
Bless the Child
Director of Photography
The Kid
Camera Operator
The 13th Warrior
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The General's Daughter
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Hard Rain
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A Time to Kill
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Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Director of Photography
The Getaway
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Posse
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White Sands
Director of Photography
Crocodile Dundee II
Camera Operator
High Tide
Second Unit Director of Photography
The Good Wife
Camera Operator
Burke & Wills
Focus Puller