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Barry Peterson

Birthplace:
Alberta, Canada

Biography from TheMovieDB

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. Peterson is father to two sons.  As a cinematographer, Peterson's first credited film was 1993's Mustard Bath. 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.

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Film Production

Director of Photography:
1999  Baby Steps
2001  Zoolander
2002  Dark Blue
2003  Hollywood Homicide
2004  Starsky & Hutch
2008  Jumper
2012  21 Jump Street
2012  The Watch
2013  We're the Millers
2014  22 Jump Street
2014  The Lego Movie
2015  Sisters
2015  Vacation
2016  Central Intelligence
2017  Just Getting Started
2017  The Space Between Us
2018  Game Night
2018  Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
2018  The Spy Who Dumped Me
2020  Superintelligence
2021  Thunder Force
2023  Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
2023  My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
2024  It Ends with Us
????  Mayday

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TV Production

Director of Photography:
2016  The Good Place

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