Peter Menzies Jr.

Peter Menzies Jr. was born in Sydney, Australia.  He was introduced to the film industry by his father, Australian cinematographer Peter Menzies.  He first established himself as a commercial director of photography in the 1980s and continued to film commercials between feature film commitments.  His commercial work has earned several awards, including the Australian Television Award, the New York One Show Prize, the London International Advertising Award and the Cannes Advertising Film Festival Award.  Menzies also served as director of photography for the television pilots "Traveler," directed by David Nutter, and Mikael Salomon's "Hawthorne," starring Jada Pinkett-Smith.

Menzies' cinematography credits include the action dramas "Shooter," for director Antoine Fuqua; John Singleton's "Four Brothers"; and "Die Hard with a Vengeance" and "The Thirteenth Warrior," for director John McTiernan.  He has photographed three of director Simon West's films: "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," "The General's Daughter" and "When a Stranger Calls."  He also shot the Mikael Salomon thriller "Hard Rain"; Joel Schumacher's "A Time to Kill"; both "The Getaway" and "White Sands" for director Roger Donaldson; and John Dahl's historically based WWII POW drama "The Great Raid."

Menzies also served as director of photography on the comedies "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous" for John Pasquin; Jerry Bruckheimer's "Kangaroo Jack," directed by David McNally; Stephen Herek's "Man of the House"; and "The Kid," directed by Jon Turteltaub. He rejoined director Louis Leterrier on "Clash of the Titans," following their successful collaboration on "The Incredible Hulk" in 2008.

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