Peter Deming

Peter Deming, ASC (born December 13, 1957) is a Lebanese-born American cinematographer, known for his collaborations with directors like Sam Raimi, David Lynch, Wes Craven, and Jay Roach. He won the 2002 Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for Mulholland Drive, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on the third season of Twin Peaks.

Peter Deming
Born	(1957-12-13) 13 December 1957 Beirut, Lebanon
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin American Film Institute
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1982–present

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director
1982	The Silence	Michael Toshiyuki Uno
1995	Premonitions Following an Evil Deed	David Lynch

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1987	Evil Dead II	Sam Raimi
	Hollywood Shuffle	Robert Townsend
1988	It Takes Two	David Beaird
	Scarecrows	William Wesley	Filmed in 1984
	The Carrier	Nathan J. White
	From Hollywood to Deadwood	Rex Pickett
	Purple People Eater	Linda Shayne
1989	Martians Go Home	David Odell
1990	Why Me?	Gene Quintano
	House Party	Reginald Hudlin
	Book of Love	Robert Shaye
1991	Drop Dead Fred	Ate de Jong
	Scorchers	David Beaird
1992	My Cousin Vinny	Jonathan Lynn
1993	Loaded Weapon 1	Gene Quintano
	Son in Law	Steve Rash
1994	S.F.W.	Jefery Levy
1996	Joe's Apartment	John Payson
1997	Lost Highway	David Lynch
	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Jay Roach
	Scream 2	Wes Craven	Also made a cameo as "Popcorn boy"
1999	Music of the Heart
	Mystery, Alaska	Jay Roach
2000	Scream 3	Wes Craven	Also made a cameo as "Man Eating Popcorn on Studio Tour" (Uncredited)
2001	Mulholland Drive	David Lynch
	From Hell	Hughes brothers
2002	Coney Island Baby	Amy Hobby
	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Jay Roach
	People I Know	Daniel Algrant
2004	Twisted	Philip Kaufman
	I Heart Huckabees	David O. Russell
2005	The Jacket	John Maybury
	Rumor Has It	Rob Reiner
2007	Lucky You	Curtis Hanson
	Married Life	Ira Sachs
2008	The Love Guru	Marco Schnabel
2009	Drag Me to Hell	Sam Raimi
2010	Last Night	Massy Tadjedin
2011	Scream 4	Wes Craven
2012	The Cabin in the Woods	Drew Goddard
2013	Oz the Great and Powerful	Sam Raimi
2016	Now You See Me 2	Jon M. Chu
2020	Capone	Josh Trank
	The New Mutants	Josh Boone
2022	The Menu	Mark Mylod
2023	Shotgun Wedding	Jason Moore

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1992	On the Air	Lesli Linka Glatter Jack Fisk Jonathan Sanger Betty Thomas	6 episodes
1993	Hotel Room	David Lynch James Signorelli	All 3 episodes
	Key West	David Beaird Chuck Bowman James Frawley	3 episodes
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Peyton Reed	Episode "Pilot"
2016	The Toycracker: A Mini-Musical Spectacular	Andreas Nilsson Henry Sedler Paul Nguyen	TV short; With Robert Yeoman
2017	Twin Peaks	David Lynch	18 episodes
TBA	Unrecorded Night

TV movies

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1994	Cosmic Slop	Reginald Hudlin Warrington Hudlin Kevin Rodney Sullivan
	Last Days of Russell	Reginald Hudlin	With Brett King
2000	If These Walls Could Talk 2	Anne Heche	Segment "2000"

Miniseries

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2020	The Good Lord Bird	Albert Hughes Kevin Hooks Darnell Martin Haifaa al-Mansour Kate Woods Michael Nankin
2023	The Continental: From the World of John Wick	Albert Hughes	Episode "Night 3: Theatre of Pain"

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Director
1990	House Party	Nominated- Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
2001	Mulholland Drive	Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography Nominated- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer Nominated- Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
2017	Twin Peaks	Nominated- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography

External links

• Peter Deming at Movies.com
• Peter Deming at IMDb