Donald Peterman
Donald "Don" Peterman (born January 3, 1932 in Los Angeles , California - † February 5, 2011 in Palos Verdes ) was an American cameraman . He was one of the leading visual designers in high quality Hollywood entertainment cinema of the 1980s and 1990s.
Live and act
Donald "Don" Peterman attended the University of Southern California in his hometown of Los Angeles and began his practical training as a cameraman as a film inserter during his sophomore year at the film school. The Californian did his military service as a cameraman with the US Army Signal Corps .
At the age of 22, Peterman continued his civilian career with a company specializing in optical equipment. He then went to Cascade Pictures, for which Peterman shot over 300 commercials. He got into the cinema through the director Arch Oboler . But it was not until 1978 that Peterman was able to get regular jobs as chief cameraman.
Don Peterman has always been behind the camera in professionally made, but mostly conventional, Hollywood entertainment. These were mainly high to high class A productions. Some of these productions turned out to be veritable box office hits, such as the dance film Flashdance , which he photographed in advertising aesthetics , the modern mermaid fairy tale Splash - A maiden on the hook , the old and alien comedy Cocoon and the original story of two black-robed hunters insubordinate on earth behaving aliens, Men in Black . Don Peterman was also remarkable for the surfing and aerial shots of Kathryn Bigelow's bank robbery thriller Dangerous Surf .
An accident while filming My Great Friend Joe in July 1997 led Petermans to temporarily withdraw from film work due to injury. The cameraman had been under cinematic equipment that suddenly collapsed and caused him injuries (including a broken leg). After recovering, Peterman did not return to his profession for a long time.
It was not until the turn of the millennium that director Ron Howard , with whom Peterman had already worked several times in the 80s, was able to persuade him to make another film. It would be Peterman's last work behind the camera. After working on the story about a grouchy Christmas hater The Grinch (based on a template by Dr. Seuss ), 68-year-old Peterman retired for good.
Peterman had been a member of the American cameramen professional organization ASC since 1984 . For his work on Flashdance and Star Trek IV: Back to the Present , he was nominated for an Oscar in 1984 and 1987, respectively .
Filmography (complete)
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literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 200.
Web links
- Donald Peterman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Don Peterman (1932–2011) - Obituary in Daily Breeze, February 19, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peterman, Donald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peterman, Don |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 2011 |
| Place of death | Palos Verdes |