Levy, Peter

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LEVY, Peter


PERSONAL


Born in Australia.


Addresses: Agent Paul Hook, International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Contact Australian Cinematographers Society, New South Wales, P.O. Box 207, Cammeray, New South Wales 2062, Australia.


Career: Cinematographer. Photographer for commercials; music video photographer for various artists, including Bob Dylan, INXS, the Little River Band, Mick Jagger, and Pink Floyd.


Member: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Australian Cinematographers Society.


Awards, Honors: Milli Award, Australian Cinematographers Society, cinematographer of the year, 1991, for Predator 2; American Society of Cinematographers Award nomination, outstanding achievement in cinematography in movies of the week, miniseries, or pilot for network or basic broadcast television, 2002, for the pilot of the series 24; awards for music videos and commercials.


CREDITS

Film Cinematographer:

With Prejudice, Australian Film Institute, 1982.

Short Changed, 1New South Wales, 1986.

Dangerous Game, Four Seasons, 1987.

The Edge of Power, Trident Releasing, 1987.

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (also known as A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child ), New Line Cinema, 1989.

Predator 2, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1990.

Ricochet, Warner Bros., 1991.

Judgment Night, Universal, 1993.

Blown Away, United International, 1994.

Broken Arrow, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1995.

Cutthroat Island (also known as Corsari, Die Piratenbraut, and L'ile aux pirates ), MetroGoldwynMayer, 1995.

The War at Home, Buena Vista, 1996.

Lost in Space (also known as LS ), Warner Bros., 1998.

Under Suspicion (also known as Suspicion ), Lions Gate Films, 2000.

Torque, Warner Bros., 2004.

Film Cinematographer; Short Documentary Films:

Community Health ... The Australian Concept, 1974.

Living Way Out (also known as Habitat ), 1976.

Ghan to Alice, 1979.

Leong (also known as AngelaA Cultural Transition ), 1979.

Picture and Words, Australian Film and Television School, 1981.

Cinematographer for other short documentary films, including Bojo and I'm Okay with the Band; cinematographer of other documentaries, including The Africans, The Australian, Cattle King, and Public Enemy No. 1.

Film Work; Other:

Second unit cinematographer, The Getaway, Universal, 1994.

Second unit photographer, Little Women, Columbia, 1994.

Television Cinematographer; Miniseries:

A Fortunate Life, Nine Network, 1985.

Joe Wilson, Seven Network, 1988.

Television Cinematographer; Movies:

Robbery, Ten Network, 1985.

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, HBO, 2004.

Television Cinematographer; Other:

"12:00 Midnight1:00 A.M.," 24 (pilot), Fox, 2001.

Without a Trace (episodic), CBS, episodes beginning 2002.