Peter James (cinematographer)

Peter James
Peter James
Born	7 March 1947 (age 77); Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, director of photography
Years active	1973–present

Peter James (born 7 March 1947 in Sydney) is an Australian cinematographer and director of photography.^[1] James is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC),^[2] an organization that offers membership to directors of photography only "by invitation, based on an individual’s body of work".^[3]

James has been either cinematographer or director of photography on more than thirty films since 1973 when he worked on the Australian film Avengers of the Reef. James has won Australian Cinematographers Society's (ACS) Milli Award four times,^[4] Australian Film Institute's Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography three times^[5] and was nominated for the award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie at the 56th Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on the 2003 television film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself.^[6]

In 1999, James was inducted into the Australian Cinematographers Society Hall of Fame for having "made a substantial contribution to the industry and the Society, as well as having left a legacy of fine work and having been responsible for training and influencing others."^[7]

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1971	Willy Willy	Gregory Ropert
1973	Transition	Graham Shirley
1976	Rate of Exchange	Edward Ogden
1977	A Calendar of Dreamings	Geoffrey Bardon	With Jack Doyle
1980	Blackhearted Barney Blackfoot	Yvonne Mackay
2017	Football Dads	Anna Yosin

Feature film

Year	Title	Director
1973	Avengers of the Reef	Chris McCullough
1976	Caddie	Donald Crombie
1978	The Irishman
1981	The Killing of Angel Street
1984	The Wild Duck	Henri Safran
1985	Rebel	Michael Jenkins
1987	The Right Hand Man	Di Drew
1987	Echoes of Paradise	Phillip Noyce
1989	Driving Miss Daisy	Bruce Beresford
1990	Mister Johnson
1991	Black Robe
1992	Rich in Love
1993	Alive	Frank Marshall
	The Thing Called Love	Peter Bogdanovich
	My Life	Bruce Joel Rubin
1994	Silent Fall	Bruce Beresford
1996	Diabolique	Jeremiah S. Chechik
1996	Last Dance	Bruce Beresford
1997	Paradise Road	Bruce Beresford
1998	The Newton Boys	Richard Linklater
1999	Double Jeopardy	Bruce Beresford
2000	Meet the Parents	Jay Roach
2001	Bride of the Wind	Bruce Beresford
2001	The Man Who Sued God	Mark Joffe
2005	The Pacifier	Adam Shankman
2005	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	Adam Shankman
2008	27 Dresses	Anne Fletcher
2009	Mao's Last Dancer	Bruce Beresford
2010	Yogi Bear	Eric Brevig
2018	Ladies in Black^[8]	Bruce Beresford

TV movie

Year	Title	Director
1976	McManus MPB	Max Varnel
1981	The Monster's Christmas	Yvonne Mackay
2003	And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself	Bruce Beresford
2006	Orpheus	Bruce Beresford

Documentary works

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1977	Mick and the Moon	Geoffrey Bardon	With Jon Falkenmire
1984	Palace of Dreams	Himself

Film

Year	Title	Director
1975	Sister, If You Only Knew	Janet Isaac

TV movie

Year	Title	Director
1974	Who Killed Jenny Langby?	Donald Crombie

References

^ "Picture Perfect: A conversation with cinematographer Peter James" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Flickering Myth. Retrieved 2015-4-13.
^ American Society of Cinematographers Roster Archived 12 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine, American Society of Cinematographers. Accessed 12 February 2010.
^ The Legacy Lives On Archived 23 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine, American Society of Cinematographers. Accessed 12 February 2010.
^ The Milli Award Archived 21 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Cinematographers Society; accessed 12 February 2010.
^ AFI Award Winners, Feature Categories 1958–2008
^ And Starring Pancho Villa as himself, The New York Times; accessed 12 February 2010.
^ Hall of Fame Archived 18 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Cinematographers Society; accessed 12 February 2010.
^ "The Screen Guide Ladies in Black 2018". Screen Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2018.

External links

Peter James at IMDb

[1] "Picture Perfect: A conversation with cinematographer Peter James" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Flickering Myth. Retrieved 2015-4-13.

[2] American Society of Cinematographers Roster Archived 12 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine, American Society of Cinematographers. Accessed 12 February 2010.

[3] The Legacy Lives On Archived 23 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine, American Society of Cinematographers. Accessed 12 February 2010.

[4] The Milli Award Archived 21 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Cinematographers Society; accessed 12 February 2010.

[5] AFI Award Winners, Feature Categories 1958–2008

[6] And Starring Pancho Villa as himself, The New York Times; accessed 12 February 2010.

[7] Hall of Fame Archived 18 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Cinematographers Society; accessed 12 February 2010.

[8] "The Screen Guide Ladies in Black 2018". Screen Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2018.

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v t e Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography
Canadian Film Award 1963–1978	Donald Wilder and Guy Borremans (1963) Stan Brede and John Spotton (1964) Francis Chapman, Christopher Chapman and Jean-Claude Labrecque (1965) Jean-Claude Labrecque and Georges Dufaux (1966) Gilles Gascon and Grahame Woods (1967) Georges Dufaux and Bernard Gosselin (1968) Réo Grégoire and Tony Ianzelo (1969) Bernard Chentrier (1970) Michel Brault (1971) Michel Brault (1972) Donald Wilder (1973) no award (1974) Paul Van der Linden (1975) Richard Leiterman (1976) Pierre Mignot (1977) Miklós Lente (1978)
Genie Award 1980–2011	John Coquillon (1980) Michel Brault (1981) Richard Leiterman (1982) Michel Brault (1983) Pierre Mignot (1984) Pierre Mignot (1985) François Protat (1986) Pierre Mignot (1987) Guy Dufaux (1988) Peter Suschitzky (1989) Guy Dufaux (1990) Peter James (1991) Peter Suschitzky (1992) Alain Dostie (1993) Paul Sarossy (1994) Thomas Burstyn (1995) Peter Suschitzky (1996) Paul Sarossy (1997) Alain Dostie (1998) Paul Sarossy (1999) André Turpin (2000) Pierre Gill (2001) Paul Sarossy (2002) Allen Smith (2003) Paul Sarossy (2004) Giles Nuttgens (2005) Pierre Gill (2006) Peter Suschitzky (2007) Gregory Middleton (2008) Pierre Gill (2009) André Turpin (2010) Jean-François Lord (2011)
Canadian Screen Award 2012–present	Nicolas Bolduc (2012) Nicolas Bolduc (2013) André Turpin (2014) Yves Bélanger (2015) André Turpin (2016) Nicolas Bolduc (2017) Sara Mishara (2018) Norm Li (2019) Maya Bankovic (2020) Sara Mishara (2021) Sara Mishara (2022) Jared Raab (2023)
Note: From 1963 to 1969, two separate awards were consistently presented for colour and black-and-white cinematography. This distinction did not continue from 1970 on.

Peter James
Born	(1947-03-07) 7 March 1947 (age 77) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, director of photography
Years active	1973–present