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Peter Stein is a Director of Photography American born on 12 october 1943 at New York City (USA)
Peter Stein (born October 12, 1943) is an American cinematographer. His career of over three decades spans many themes and genres. His most well-known works define the cult horror films of the late 1980s and early 1990s including Pet Sematary, C.H.U.D., and Friday the 13th Part 2. He currently teaches cinematography in the graduate film program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
(1980)
(Second Assistant Camera)
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Birth name Peter Michael Stein
Nationality USA
Birth 12 october 1943 (81 years) at New York City (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 12 october 1943 (81 years) at New York City (USA)
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Mr. Nanny (1993)
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Hulk Hogan, Sherman Hemsley, Austin Pendleton, Madeline Zima, Robert Hy Gorman, Raymond O'Connor
Roles Director of Photography
Rating38%
Set in Palm Beach, Florida, Sean Armstrong (Hogan) is an ex-wrestler and Burt Wilson (Sherman Hemsley) is his friend and former manager, now running a bodyguard service. Sean is suffering from wrestler-days' nightmares, while Burt has a bum leg from saving Sean's life and financial difficulties. With much whining and acting, Burt manages to persuade Sean to take a bodyguard job for Alex Mason, Sr. (Austin Pendleton), the head of the prestigious tech firm, Mason Systems, which is developing a new anti-missile system, the Peacefinder Project. The vital information for this project is stored on a microchip. But it is neither the inventor nor the chip Sean has to guard - he is to look after the two Mason kids: Alex Jr. (Robert Hy Gorman) and Kate (Madeline Zima).
Missing Pieces (1992)
, 1h27Directed by Leonard B. Stern
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Eric Idle, Robert Wuhl, Lauren Hutton, Janice Lynde, Bob Gunton, James Hong
Roles Director of Photography
Rating52%
Eric Idle and Robert Wuhl star as a mismatched couple, Wendel and Lou in this mystery-comedy caper. Characters include a one-handed kingpin,a lawyer who suffers from dwarfism, and twin brothers, one a crazed photographer and the other a mild-mannered antique dealer. One of Wendel's many former foster parents, Mr Hu, dies, and his lawyer (the dwarf) gives Wendel his inheritance. A riddle. Wendel and Lou (his cello-playing best friend) soon realise the riddle isn't Hu's heirloom, just the key to finding Wendel's inheritance. But they are pursued by several unfavourable characters, almost all of whom want them dead.
Necessary Roughness (1991)
, 1h48Directed by Stan Dragoti
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Scott Bakula, Héctor Elizondo, Robert Loggia, Harley Jane Kozak, Larry Miller, Sinbad
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
The Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos were once one of the most powerful teams in college football. After winning consecutive national championships, massive NCAA violations resulted in the program having to forfeit years' worth of victories. All of the previous players and coaches are banned from returning except Charlie Banks, the only "clean" player, who never got to play despite having "heart".
Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
, 1h21Directed by John R. Cherry III
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment, Children's films
Actors Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Barbara Tyson, Bill Byrge, Charles Napier, Chambers Stevens
Roles Director of Photography
Rating53%
Security guards Chuck (Gailard Sartain) and Bobby (Bill Byrge) play a game of Red light/Green light while being night watchmen for Howard County Bank and Trust and are obsessed with elaborate schemes of would-be thieves. They hear a sound coming from a floor polisher that Ernest is trying to turn on for operation - he works as a night custodian at the bank - and dreams that he would be a clerk. He becomes magnetic from a mishap with the floor polisher and makes a disastrous mess. The next day, bank president Oscar Pendlesmythe's assistant, Charlotte Sparrow (Barbara Tyson) insists that he clean up his mess. Pendlesmythe wants to terminate Ernest's employment, but Charlotte has a soft heart for misfits and stray dogs, so she argues on his behalf. Ernest takes a bath at home in a tumble dry washing machine and uses a blow dryer with a windtunnel force for his evening dinner with Charlotte in a restaurant. He later receives a jury duty summons and excitedly tells the two watchmen about it. During the trial Dracup Maximum Security Prison convict Rubin Bartlett notices that death row inmate Felix Nash is a dead ringer for Ernest. Rubin's lawyer convinces the jury to tour the prison, where Ernest is abducted by Nash and another inmate named Lyle and forced to switch places with Nash. Even though he tries to tell the guards he is not Nash, they refuse to believe him. Ernest also does not know that he has a death sentence which is for Nash.
Graveyard Shift (1990)
, 1h29Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors David Andrews, Dr. Stephen Macht, Brad Dourif, Andrew Divoff, Frank Welker, Harold Michelson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating50%
When an abandoned textile mill is reopened, several employees meet mysterious deaths. The link between the killings being that they all occurred between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.—the graveyard shift. The sadistic mill foreman (Stephen Macht) has chosen newly hired drifter John Hall (David Andrews) to help a group clean up the mill's rat-infested basement. The workers find a subterranean maze of tunnels leading to the cemetery—and a bear-sized, hairless, bat-like creature that hunts at night. In the end, Hall is able to kill the giant bat when it gets caught in the grinding wheels of a cotton picker and crushed to death.
Pet Sematary (1989)
, 1h43Directed by Mary Lambert
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Films about cats, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Disaster films
Actors Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Miko Hugues, Brad Greenquist, Blaze Berdahl
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
The Creed family – Louis, Rachel, and their children Ellie and Gage – move from Chicago to Ludlow, Maine, where they befriend elderly neighbor Jud Crandall, who takes them to an isolated pet cemetery hidden behind the Creeds' new home.
Brenda Starr (1989)
, 1h33Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Actors Brooke Shields, Timothy Dalton, Diana Scarwid, Nestor Serrano, Jeffrey Tambor, Charles Durning
Roles Director of Photography
Rating47%
Mike is a struggling artist who draws the Brenda Starr comic strip for a newspaper. When Brenda comes to life and sees how unappreciated she is by Mike, she leaves the comic. To return her to her rightful place and keep his job, Mike draws himself into the strip.
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
, 1h35Directed by John R. Cherry III
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films, Buddy films, Children's films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Oliver Clark, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Billie Bird
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56%
A man who claims to be Santa Claus (Douglas Seale) arrives at the Orlando International Airport in Florida. Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) is working as a taxi driver. He takes a passenger to the airport, but speeds and the passenger falls out of the taxi. Ernest later picks up Santa Claus, who tells Ernest that he is on his way to inform a local celebrity named Joe Carruthers (Oliver Clark) that he has been chosen to be the new Santa Claus. Carruthers hosts a children's program named Uncle Joey's Treehouse in the Orlando area similar to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood with emphasis on manners and integrity with the catchphrase "They never get old. They always stay new. Those three little words, Please and Thank You.
The Last Fling (1987)
, 1h35Directed by Corey Allen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors John Ritter, Connie Sellecca, Randee Heller, John Bennett Perry, Paul Sand, Scott Bakula
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Attorney Phillip Reed is tired of one-night stands. He then meets a woman at the zoo, Gloria, who is getting married the next week. When she meets Phillip, she lies to him and tells him her name is Marsha Lyons. The two hit it off right, away and Gloria/Marsha tells Phillip she'll call him. Gloria/Marsha doesn't plan on ever calling him back, but when she calls her soon-to-be groom and a woman whom he presumably slept with answers, Gloria/Marsha decides to call Phillip. She asks him to go to Mexico with her, and the two have an adventure getting there when the car they rented breaks down and catches fire. Then they hitch a ride with some local farm workers. Finally, they make it to a beautiful home that is owned by Gloria/Marsha's parents. They have a blast in Mexico, dining and dancing, eventually winding up in bed together. The next morning Phillip gets up looking for Gloria/Marsha who's already left. Phillip finds out via a videotape explanation left by Gloria/Marsha that she's getting married tomorrow and that he was supposed to be her last fling. Phillip then tries to find her. When he finally does, he tries to stop the wedding and convince Gloria that they belong together. In the end, Gloria leaves her groom at the altar, and she and Phillip go for a walk in the zoo where they first met.
A Great Wall (1986)
, 1h37Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Kelvin Han Yee
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
When a Silicon Valley Chinese American executive goes back to his homeland of China for the first time in 30 years, he and his family encounter many culture clashes between the lives that they lead in the United States and the lives of their relatives in China. The finale of the movie includes an exciting table tennis match involving the Chinese-American son played by Kelvin Han Yee.
The Parent Trap II (1986)
Directed by David Swift, Ronald F. Maxwell
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about families, Children's films
Actors Hayley Mills, Tom Skerritt, Bridgette Andersen, Una Merkel, Brian Keith, Carrie Heim Binas
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
The film takes place twenty-five years after the original film. Sharon Ferris is unhappily divorced and living as a single, somewhat jaded mother in Tampa, Florida. Her daughter, Nikki, is not happy about their impending move to New York City. While in summer school, Nikki makes enemies with Jessica Dintruff (Judith Tannen), but befriends Mary Grand. Mary's father, Bill Grand, has been widowed for four years. To stop Nikki from moving to New York and to see their parents happily married, the girls scheme to set them up.
C.H.U.D. (1984)
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Zombie films
Actors John Heard, Daniel Stern, Kim Greist, J. C. Quinn, Michael O'Hare, Peter Michael Goetz
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56%
The film opens with a woman walking her dog down an empty, darkened city street. As she passes by a manhole, she is attacked by a creature, and the dog is pulled in after her.
Reuben, Reuben (1983)
, 1h41Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about suicide, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Tom Conti, Kelly McGillis, Roberts Blossom, Joel Fabiani, Cynthia Harris, Lois Smith
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
Gowan McGland (Tom Conti) is a creatively blocked Scottish poet who ekes out a day-to-day existence by exploiting the generosity of strangers in an affluent Connecticut suburb, where he recites his verse to various arts groups and women's clubs. Gowan is something of a leech, cadging expensive dinners from well-off patrons (usually stealing the tips afterward) while seducing their bored wives and affecting a superior attitude toward the smug bourgeois types he exploits.
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
, 1h27Directed by Steve Miner, Sean S. Cunningham
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Transport films, Serial killer films, Road movies
Actors Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, Walt Gorney, Stuart Charno
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
Two months after the events of the first film, Alice Hardy, the sole survivor of the 1979 killing spree, is recovering from her trauma. In her apartment, she finds the head of Pamela Voorhees in her refrigerator and is brutally murdered by an unseen assailant with an ice pick to her temple.
Friday the 13th (1980)
, 1h32Directed by Sean S. Cunningham
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Slasher
Themes Transport films, Serial killer films, Road movies
Actors Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Kevin Bacon, Rex Everhart
Roles Second Assistant Camera
Rating63%
In the summer of 1958, two camp counselors, Barry and Claudette, sneak away from a campfire to have sex. An unknown assailant follows them and is recognized before brutally attacking and killing them.