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Peter Menzies Jr.

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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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Clash of the Titans

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Incredible Hulk

Director of Photography

Shooter

Director of Photography

The Expendables 3

Director of Photography

Peter Rabbit

Director of Photography

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Director of Photography

Gods of Egypt

Director of Photography

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Director of Photography

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Remakes That Missed but Matter

From Neil LaBute's Wicker Man to Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria, a journey through remakes that stumbled yet reveal why we keep returning to the classics.

8 films

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