Barry Peterson is a Canadian-American cinematographer.

Born in Alberta, Canada, Peterson initially worked in special visual effects on various productions before moving into live action cinematography, where he began shooting commercials for companies such as Apple, Pepsi and Nike.[1] Peterson is father to two sons.

As a cinematographer, Peterson's first credited film was 1993's Mustard Bath.[2] When he moved to Los Angeles, Peterson was hired as the director of photography for Ben Stiller's Zoolander, which would quickly lead to work on numerous studio films. Barry has worked frequently with directors Rawson Marshall Thurber, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller & John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein.[3][4]

In television, Peterson worked on the pilot episodes of the series The Cape, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Good Place.[5]

Filmography

Film

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Director Notes
1993 Mustard Bath Darrell Wasyk
2001 Zoolander Ben Stiller
2002 Dark Blue Ron Shelton
2003 Hollywood Homicide
2004 Starsky & Hutch Todd Phillips
2008 Jumper Doug Liman
2012 21 Jump Street Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
The Watch Akiva Schaffer
2013 We're the Millers Rawson Marshall Thurber
2014 The Lego Movie Phil Lord
Christopher Miller		 Live-action scenes only
22 Jump Street
2015 Sisters Jason Moore
Vacation Jonathan Goldstein
John Francis Daley
2016 Central Intelligence Rawson Marshall Thurber
2017 The Space Between Us Peter Chelsom
Just Getting Started Ron Shelton
2018 Game Night Jonathan Goldstein
John Francis Daley
The Spy Who Dumped Me Susanna Fogel
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween Ari Sandel
2020 Superintelligence Ben Falcone
2021 Thunder Force
2023 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Jonathan Goldstein
John Francis Daley
2023 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Nia Vardalos

Television

Year Title Director(s) Episode
2011 The Cape Simon West "Pilot"
2013 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Phil Lord
Christopher Miller		 "Pilot"
2016 The Good Place Drew Goddard "Everything Is Fine"

References

  1. ↑ Barry Peterson CSC
  2. ↑ "Mustard Bath". Variety. 1993-03-01. Archived from the original on 2018-08-28.
  3. ↑ Lenser Barry Peterson Films Three Worlds for ‘The Space Between Us’
  4. ↑ Cinematographer Barry Peterson on ‘The Space Between Us’ and Moving from Comedy to Sci-Fi
  5. ↑ Cinematographer Barry Peterson on ‘The Space Between Us’ and Moving from Comedy to Sci-Fi
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