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PETER WUNSTORF ASC |
Born: 15 July 1959, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Career: 'In the 1950s, his German parents immigrated to Canada and moved to Edmonton where he was born and raised. He knew he wanted to make movies since he was 12. He shot his first film on his father's 8mm camera. By the age of 19, he was already shooting news and commercials for CKRD [now CHCA], a small television station in Red Deer, Alberta. Two years later he moved on to work for CBC-tv French News where he was one of the last cameramen to shoot on 16mm reversal. Three years later he became a freelancer and started shooting music videos, documentaries, small dramas and, finally, three low budget features that launched his movie making career. These features brought critical acclaim and attention not only to the directors, but to the cinematographer as well. John Pozer's b&w film, 'The Grocer's Wife', was selected to open 'Critics' Week' at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Since that time, he has photographed nine American television pilots and almost a dozen Canadian feature films [working with directors Mina Shum and Francis Damberger]. Mina Shum's 'Double Happiness' was screened at Sundance and earned him a 'Genie' nomination.' [Peter Wunstorf]
Ph commercials dir by Jennifer Little, Rob Turner, David Nutter, a.o. Ph music videos.
Member of the ASC since 2005. Associate member of the CSC.
Appeared in the doc "Inside 'Hollowman 2'" [2006; ph: Donald Munro; 17m].
Awards: Alberta Film and Television Craft Award 'Best Cinematography - Dramatic' [1994] for 'Road to Saddle River'; 'Genie' Award nom [1994] for 'Double Happiness'; ASC TV Award nom [1996] & CSC Award nom [1997] for 'Millennium' [pilot]; Alberta Film and Television Award 'Best Cinematography - Dramatic' [1999] for 'Heart of the Sun'; ASC TV Award nom [2001] for 'Smallville' [pilot]; ASC TV Award nom [2002] & CSC Award nom [2003] for 'Haunted' [pilot]; Alberta Film and Television Craft Award 'Best Cinematography' [2006] for the music video 'Why I Bother' [a: Tupelo Honey; d: Chris Halmo].
Website: Peter Wunstorf
FILMS |
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1989 |
Age Is No Barrier [Francis Damberger] c; doc/24m |
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1989 |
The Grocer's Wife/La femme de l'épicier [John Pozer] 16mm/b&w; released in 1991 |
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1990 |
City of Champions/Ville de champions/Young Fury [Joseph Viszmeg] c |
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1991 |
Solitaire [Francis Damberger] c |
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1991 |
The Perfect Man [Wendy Hill-Tout] c |
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1991 |
Living with Dying [Reevan Dolgoy] c; doc/27m; cph: Doug Cole, Ken Hewlett, a.o. |
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1993 |
[Tomcat:] Dangerous Desires [Paul Donovan] c |
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1993 |
Breaking Point/Double Suspicion [Paul Ziller] c |
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1993 |
Road to Saddle River [Francis Damberger] scope/ c |
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1994 |
Strange and Rich [Arvi Liimatainen] c; 2uc: Kenneth Hewlett |
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1994 |
Double Happiness/Bonheur aigre-doux [Mina Shum] c |
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1994 |
The Michelle Apts./The Michelle Apartments [John Pozer] c |
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1995 |
In My Own Time - Diary of a Cancer Patient [Joseph Viszmeg] c; doc/45m; cph: Ehud Ellman, J. Viszmeg, a.o. |
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1995 |
Invasion of Privacy [Anthony Hickox] c |
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1997 |
Drive, She Said [Mina Shum] p/c |
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1998 |
Heart of the Sun [Francis Damberger] c |
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1999 |
My Healing Journey: Seven Years with Cancer [Joseph Viszmeg] c; doc/47m |
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1999 |
Snow Day [Chris Koch] c; 2uc; ph: Robbie Greenberg |
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2001 |
Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity/Fu lu shou [Mina Shum] c |
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2003 |
The Final Cut [Omar Naïm] s35/b&w-c; Zoe unit ph (shot with Panasonic DVX 100 in 24P mode) + 2uc; ph: Tak Fujimoto |
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2004 |
Brokeback Mountain [Ang Lee] c; 2uc (+ c.op 'b' cam); ph: Rodrigo Prieto |
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2005 |
Hollow Man 2 [Claudio Fäh] s35/c/V; 2uc: Brian C. Murphy |
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2006 |
Patiences [Peter Wunstorf] c; short/9m; + co-prod |
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2007 |
Surveillance [Jennifer Lynch] s35/c |
TELEVISION |
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1995 |
Two [Anthony Hickox] pilot |
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1996 |
Millennium [pilot dir by David Nutter] 67-part series, 1996-99; other ph: Robert McLachlan |
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1997 |
Mentors [pilot 'The Genius' dir by Arvi Liimatainen] 52-part series, 1998-2002 |
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1998 |
Total Recall 2070/Total Recall: The Series [ep #1 'Machine Dreams: Part 1 & Part 2' dir by Mario Azzopardi] 22-part series, 1999; other ph: Derick V. Underschultz |
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1998 |
Strange World [pilot dir by Mick Jackson] 13-part series, 1999 (ABC-tv) & 2002 (SciFi Channel); other ph: Jon Joffin |
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1999 |
Noriega: God's Favorite [Roger Spottiswoode] tvm; addph; ph: Pierre Mignot |
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1999 |
The Virginian [Bill Pullman] tvm; 2uc: Kenneth Hewlett |
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2000 |
[James Cameron's] Dark Angel [pilot (ep #1) dir by David Nutter] 42-part series, 2000-02; other ph: David Geddes & Brian Pearson |
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2001 |
Smallville/Smallville Beginnings [1st pilot (unaired) & 2nd pilot dir by David Nutter & Michael W. Watkins] series, 2001-present; 2uc: Brian C. Murphy; uwph: Ian Seabrook; other ph: Attila Szalay, Glen Winter & Barry Donlevy |
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2002 |
Haunted [pilot dir by Michael Rymer] 13-part (6 unaired) series; other ph: Gordon Lonsdale |
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2002 |
Mob Princess [Mina Shum] tvm |
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2003 |
Tarzan [pilot dir by David Nutter] 8-part series; other ph: Robert McLachlan & Scott Williams |
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[Middle] with crew - "Kat Plus One" |
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2004 |
Kat Plus One [Rodman Flender] unaired pilot |
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2010 |
The Killing [pilot dir by Patty Jenkins + 12 ep dir by various] series, 2011-present; 1st season, 2011; filmed 2010-11 |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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1986 |
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star [Peter R. Hunt (replaced Michael Wadleigh)] extra loader; ph: John Coquillon |
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1987 |
The Gunfighters [Clay Borris; tvm] 2nd c.asst; ph: Miklós Lente |
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1988 |
Cowboys Don't Cry [Anne Wheeler] 1st c.asst; ph: Brian R.R. Hebb |
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1990 |
Blood Clan [Charles Wilkinson] c.op; ph: Kenneth Hewlett |
FILMS AS DIRECTOR |
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2006 |
Patiences [+ co-prod/ph] see Films |