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]
Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
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1993 | Mustard Bath | Darrell Wasyk | ||
2001 | Zoolander | Ben Stiller | ||
2002 | Dark Blue | Ron Shelton | 1st of 3 collaborations with Shelton | |
2003 | Hollywood Homicide | |||
2004 | Starsky & Hutch | Todd Phillips | ||
2008 | Jumper | Doug Liman | ||
2012 | 21 Jump Street | Phil Lord Christopher Miller | 1st of 3 collaborations with Lord and 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 | 1st of 4 collaborations with Goldstein and 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 | |||
Ari Sandel | ||||
2020 | Superintelligence | Ben Falcone | ||
2021 | Thunder Force | |||
2023 | Jonathan Goldstein John Francis Daley | |||
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 | Nia Vardalos | |||
2024 | It Ends with Us | Justin Baldoni | ||
TBA | Jonathan Goldstein John Francis Daley | Post-production |
Year | Title | Director(s) | Episode | |
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2011 | The Cape | Simon West | "Pilot" | |
2013 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Phil Lord Christopher Miller | "Pilot" | |
2016 | The Good Place | Drew Goddard | "Everything Is Fine" |