Peter James (cinematographer)

Australian cinematographer

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

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

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### Short film

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Notes

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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

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Year  | Title  | Director

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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
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
Last Dance | Bruce Beresford
1997  | Paradise Road
1998  | The Newton Boys | Richard Linklater
1999  | Double Jeopardy | Bruce Beresford
2000  | Meet the Parents | Jay Roach
2001  | Bride of the Wind | Bruce Beresford
The Man Who Sued God | Mark Joffe
2005  | The Pacifier | Adam Shankman
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
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

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Year  | Title  | Director

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

### Documentary works

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Short film

Year  | Title  | Director  | Notes

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1977  | Mick and the Moon | Geoffrey Bardon | With Jon Falkenmire
1984  | Palace of Dreams | Himself  |

Film

Year  | Title  | Director

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1975  | Sister, If You Only Knew | Janet Isaac

TV movie

Year  | Title  | Director

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1974  | Who Killed Jenny Langby? | Donald Crombie

## References

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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.

## External links

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* Peter James at IMDb

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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.
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