Peter Menzies Jr.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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.

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Movies as Actor (1)

In Search Of the Dead Eaters

as Self

Nov 2, 2011

Movies as Crew (38)

Peter Menzies Jr.

In Search Of the Dead Eaters

The Yellow Tie

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

Love You to Death

A Dog's Way Home

The Bad Seed

Peter Rabbit

All Eyez on Me

Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge and Michel'le

Gods of Egypt

The Expendables 3

Killing Season

Playing for Keeps

Abduction

Clash of the Titans

The Incredible Hulk

Shooter

When a Stranger Calls

The Great Raid

Four Brothers

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

Man of the House

Kangaroo Jack

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Bless the Child

The Kid

The 13th Warrior

The General's Daughter

Hard Rain

A Time to Kill

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

The Getaway

Posse

White Sands

Crocodile Dundee II

High Tide

The Good Wife

Burke & Wills

Northbound

The Right Stuff

Roots