Peter James (cinematographer)

Australian cinematographer

Peter James

Born|  (1947-03-07) 7 March 1947 (age 78)

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Years active| 1971–2018

Peter James (born 7 March 1947 in Sydney) is an Australian cinematographer.[1]

He 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]

## Career

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James has been either cinematographer or director of photography on more than 50 films.

He 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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