PETER COLLISTER   ASC

Born: 9 March 1956, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. A.k.a.: Peter Lyons Collister.

Education: USC School of Cinema.

Career: Ph music videos [a: Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Chaka Kahn, Jermaine Jackson, a.o.] and commercials [dir by John Singleton, a.o.].

Appeared in the doc 'Cinematographer Style' [2006, Jon Fauer; ph: Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller, J. Fauer & David Morgan; 86m].

Website: Peter Collister



 FILMS

1979

The Blue Lagoon [Randal Kleiser] c; 2uc & insert ph; ph: Nestor Almendros

1981

Summer Lovers [Randal Kleiser] p/c; 2uc & aph; ph: Timothy Galfas & Dimitris Papakonstadis

1982

El triunfo de un hombre llamado caballo/Triumphs of a Man Called Horse [John Hough] c; co-spph; ph: John Alcott & John Cabrera

1983

Blame It on Rio [Stanley Donen] c; 2uc; ph: Reynaldo Villalobos

1984

Avenging Angel [Robert Vincent O'Neill] c; addph: Bryan England

1984

KGB: The Secret War/Lethal [Dwight H. Little] c; + co-exec prod

1984

The Supernaturals [Armand Mastroianni] c; 2uc: Bryan England

1984

Odd Jobs/Summer Jobs/This End Up [Mark Story] c; addph; ph: Arthur Albert

1985

Getting Even/Hostage: Dallas [Dwight H. Little] c; addph: Jon Kranhouse; 2uc: Allen Facemire

1986

Flight of the Navigator [Randal Kleiser] c; 2uc Norway; ph: James Glennon

1986

Trick or Treat [Charles Martin Smith] c; addph; ph: Robert Elswit

1986

Eye of the Tiger [Richard Sarafian] c

1986

Prettykill/Pretty Kill/Tomorrow's a Killer [George Kaczender] c; addph; ph: João Fernandes

1986

He's My Girl [Gabrielle Beaumont] c

1987

Can't Buy Me Love/Boy Rents Girl [Steve Rash] c

1987

Pulse [Paul Golding] c; 2uc: Gary Wagner

1987

You Can't Hurry Love/Greetings from L.A./Lovestruck [Richard Martini] c; cph: John Schwartzman

1987

All's Fair/Skirmish [Rocky Lane] c

1988

Private War/Operation Paratrooper [Frank De Palma] c; ?; ph: Karpo Acimovic-Godina

1988

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers [Dwight H. Little] c

1988

Limit Up [Richard Martini] c

1989

The Phantom of the Opera/Phantom of the Opera: The Motion Picture [Dwight H. Little] c; cph: Elemér Ragályi; 2uc: Tibor Klöpfler

1989

Problem Child [Dennis Dugan] c; 2uc: Don Reddy

1990

Iron Maze [Hiroaki Yoshida] c; 2uc; ph: Morio Saegusa

1990

Hard Promises [Martin Davidson] c; 2uc; ph: Andrzej Bartkowiak

1990

Livin' Large!/The Tapes of Dexter Jackson [Michael Schultz] c

1990

Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue/Wild Orchid 2: Blue Movie Blue [Zalman King] c; co-addph; ph: Marc Reshovsky

1992

Poetic Justice [John Singleton] c

1993

Ground Zero Texas [Dwight H. Little] vg on CD-ROM for SEGA

1993

Higher Learning [John Singleton] c

1994

Bad Boys [Michael Bay] c; 2uc; ph: Howard Atherton

1995

Dunston Checks In [Ken Kwapis] c; 2uc: Michael Delahoussaye

1995

The Rock [Michael Bay] s35/c; Alcatraz 2uc; ph: John Schwartzman

1996

The Beautician and the Beast [Ken Kwapis] c

1997

The Replacement Killers [Antoine Fuqua] s35/c; 2uc: Lloyd Ahern II; aph: John Trapman

1997

U.S. Marshals [Stuart Baird] c; vfx ph; ph: Andrzej Bartkowiak

1999

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo [Mike Mitchell] c; 2uc: Chuck Cohen; uwph: Jordan Klein Sr.; + 2ud

1999

Bait/Piégé [Antoine Fuqua] s35/c; 2uc (+ 2ud); ph: Tobias A. Schliessler

2000

The Animal [Luke Greenfield] c

2001

Mr. Deeds [Steven Brill] c; 2uc New York: Tom Houghton

2001

The Master of Disguise [Perry Andelin Blake] c

2002

The Rundown/Welcome to the Jungle [Peter Berg] s35/c; 2uc; ph: Tobias A. Schliessler

2003

Surviving Christmas [Mike Mitchell] c; cph: Tom Priestley Jr.; 2uc: Flemming Olsen

2003

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! [Robert Luketic] s35/c; 2uc: Daryn Okada; aph: Kurt Soderling

2004

The Amityville Horror [Andrew Douglas] s35/c; aph: Kurt Soderling; remake of film (1978)

2004

Red Eye [Wes Craven] p/c; addph; ph: Robert Yeoman

2005

Charlotte's Web [Gary Winick] c; Los Angeles crow shoot ph; ph: Seamus McGarvey

2005

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties [Tim Hill] c; ph U.K.: John Marzano; 2uc: Dean Cundey

2006

Bill/Meet Bill [Bernie Goldmann & Melissa Wallack] c

2006

Rush Hour 3 [Brett Ratner] p/c; 2uc Paris; ph: J. Michael Muro

2007

Alvin and the Chipmunks [Tim Hill] c; 2uc (+ 2ud): Thomas Ackerman

2007

Hotel for Dogs [Thor Freudenthal] c; co-2uc; ph: Michael Grady

2009

Furry Vengeance [Roger Kumble] RED-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Mark Vargo; addph 2u: Thomas Ackerman

2009

The Green Hornet [Michel Gondry (replaced Stephen Chow)] p+RED (3-D reshoots)+Phantom HD-to-35mm scope (+ 70bu & D-Cinema [3-D])/c; 2uc; ph: John Schwartzman

2010

Hop [Tim Hill] s35-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc (+ 2ud): Thomas Ackerman; aph: Kurt Soderling

2010

Big Miracle/Everybody Loves Whales [Ken Kwapis] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc (+ 2ud); ph: John Bailey

2010

The Amazing Spider-Man/Spider-Man 4 [Marc Webb] RED Epic (3-D)-to-35mm scope (+ IMAX-70bu & D-Cinema)/c; 2uc; ph: John Schwartzman; filmed 2010-11


 TELEVISION

1989

Jury Duty: The Comedy/The Great American Sex Scandal [Michael Schultz] tvm

1990

Between Cars [Risa Bramon Garcia] special/30m; for HA! TV Comedy Network

1992

Route 66 [pilot dir by Ken Kwapis] 4-part series, 1993

1997

R.L. Stine's 'Ghosts of Fear Street' [Ken Kwapis] pilot/30m

2002

Home of the Brave [Steve Miner] pilot

2005

Pepper Dennis [pilot dir by Shawn Levy] 13-part series, 2006; other ph: Joe Pennella & Bruce Pasternack

2006

The Weekend [Steven Brill] tvm

2008

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! [Troy Miller] tvm

2008

Paul Rodriguez & Friends: Comedy Rehab [Gabriela Tagliavini] comedy special/85m

With Tracy Ullman - "State of the Union" - photo by David Strick

2008

[Tracy Ullman's] State of the Union [ep #6 dir by Troy Miller] series/RED, 2008-present; 2nd season, 2009 (7 ep)


 FILMS & TELEVISION AS CAMERA OPERATOR

1981

Art Pepper: Notes from a Jazz Survivor [Don McGlynn; doc/49m/16mm] co-c.op; ph: Mark Salvaterra

1986

The Last Fling [Corey Allen; tvm] ph: Peter Stein

1987

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure [Stephen Herek] c.op Los Angeles; ph: Timothy Suhrstedt

1988

Rockula [Luca Bercovici] co-add c.op; ph: John Schwartzman

1989

Heart and Soul/It Will Stand [Stan Lathan; pilot] ph: Hal Trussell