Peter Deming, ASC (born December 13, 1957) is a Lebanese-born American cinematographer, known for his collaborations with directors like Sam Raimi, David Lynch, Wes Craven, and Jay Roach. He won the 2002 Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for Mulholland Drive, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on the third season of Twin Peaks.[1][2]

Peter Deming
Born (1957-12-13) 13 December 1957 (age 66)
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin
American Film Institute
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1982–present

Filmography

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Short film

Year Title Director
1982 The Silence Michael Toshiyuki Uno
1995 Premonitions Following an Evil Deed David Lynch

Feature film

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Year Title Director Notes
1987 Evil Dead II Sam Raimi
Hollywood Shuffle Robert Townsend
1988 It Takes Two David Beaird
Scarecrows William Wesley Filmed in 1984
The Carrier Nathan J. White
From Hollywood to Deadwood Rex Pickett
Purple People Eater Linda Shayne
1989 Martians Go Home David Odell
1990 Why Me? Gene Quintano
House Party Reginald Hudlin
Book of Love Robert Shaye
1991 Drop Dead Fred Ate de Jong
Scorchers David Beaird
1992 My Cousin Vinny Jonathan Lynn
1993 Loaded Weapon 1 Gene Quintano
Son in Law Steve Rash
1994 S.F.W. Jefery Levy
1996 Joe's Apartment John Payson
1997 Lost Highway David Lynch
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Jay Roach
Scream 2 Wes Craven Also made a cameo as "Popcorn boy"
1999 Music of the Heart
Mystery, Alaska Jay Roach
2000 Scream 3 Wes Craven Also made a cameo as "Man Eating Popcorn on Studio Tour" (Uncredited)
2001 Mulholland Drive David Lynch
From Hell Hughes brothers
2002 Coney Island Baby Amy Hobby
Austin Powers in Goldmember Jay Roach
People I Know Daniel Algrant
2004 Twisted Philip Kaufman
I Heart Huckabees David O. Russell
2005 The Jacket John Maybury
Rumor Has It Rob Reiner
2007 Lucky You Curtis Hanson
Married Life Ira Sachs
2008 The Love Guru Marco Schnabel
2009 Drag Me to Hell Sam Raimi
2010 Last Night Massy Tadjedin
2011 Scream 4 Wes Craven
2012 The Cabin in the Woods Drew Goddard
2013 Oz the Great and Powerful Sam Raimi
2016 Now You See Me 2 Jon M. Chu
2020 Capone Josh Trank
The New Mutants Josh Boone
2022 The Menu Mark Mylod
2023 Shotgun Wedding Jason Moore

Television

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Year Title Director Notes
1992 On the Air Lesli Linka Glatter
Jack Fisk
Jonathan Sanger
Betty Thomas
6 episodes
1993 Hotel Room David Lynch
James Signorelli
All 3 episodes
Key West David Beaird
Chuck Bowman
James Frawley
3 episodes
2008 Cashmere Mafia Peyton Reed Episode "Pilot"
2016 The Toycracker: A Mini-Musical Spectacular Andreas Nilsson
Henry Sedler
Paul Nguyen
TV short;
With Robert Yeoman
2017 Twin Peaks David Lynch 18 episodes
TBA Unrecorded Night

TV movies

Year Title Director Notes
1994 Cosmic Slop Reginald Hudlin
Warrington Hudlin
Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Last Days of Russell Reginald Hudlin With Brett King
2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2 Anne Heche Segment "2000"

Miniseries

Year Title Director Notes
2020 The Good Lord Bird Albert Hughes
Kevin Hooks
Darnell Martin
Haifaa al-Mansour
Kate Woods
Michael Nankin
2023 The Continental: From the World of John Wick Albert Hughes Episode "Night 3: Theatre of Pain"

Awards and nominations

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Year Title Director
1990 House Party Nominated- Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
2001 Mulholland Drive Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer
Nominated- Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
2017 Twin Peaks Nominated- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography

References

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  1. ^ Peter Deming Biography (1957-)
  2. ^ "Peter Deming".
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