Peter Lyons Collister

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Peter Lyons Collister
Born (1956-03-09) March 9, 1956 (age 68)
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Years active1980–present

Peter Lyons Collister, A.S.C. (born March 9, 1956) is an American cinematographer.

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Life and career

Lyons Collister was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

He is currently a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, having worked on over thirty films in his career.

In her 2019 memoir Inside Out, Demi Moore confessed to an affair with Collister in 1983 while she was married to her first husband. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1985 Avenging Angel Robert Vincent O'Neil
KGB: The Secret War Dwight H. Little Also credited as executive producer
1986 Getting Even
The Supernaturals Armand Mastroianni
Eye of the Tiger Richard C. Sarafian
1987 Can't Buy Me Love Steve Rash
He's My Girl Gabrielle Beaumont
1988 You Can't Hurry Love Richard Martini With John Schwartzman
Pulse Paul Golding
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Dwight H. Little
1989 All's Fair Rocky Lang
Limit Up Richard Martini
The Phantom of the Opera Dwight H. LittleWith Elemér Ragályi
1990 Problem Child Dennis Dugan
1991 Livin' Large Michael Schultz
1993 Poetic Justice John Singleton
1995 Higher Learning
1996 Dunston Checks In Ken Kwapis
1997 The Beautician and the Beast
1998 The Replacement Killers Antoine Fuqua
1999 Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo Mike Mitchell Also credited as 2nd unit director
2001 The Animal Luke Greenfield
2002 Mr. Deeds Steven Brill
The Master of Disguise Perry Andelin Blake
2004 Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! Robert Luketic
Surviving Christmas Mike MitchellWith Tom Priestly Jr.
2005 The Amityville Horror Andrew Douglas
2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Tim Hill
2007 Meet Bill Bernie Goldmann
Melisa Wallack
Alvin and the Chipmunks Tim Hill
Ángeles S.A. Eduard BoschWith Juan Carlos Gómez
2010 Furry Vengeance Roger Kumble
2011 Hop Tim Hill
2015 Barely Lethal Kyle Newman
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip Walt Becker
2016 True Memoirs of an International Assassin Jeff Wadlow
2020 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run Tim HillLive-action sequences
2021 Clifford the Big Red Dog Walt Becker

As second unit director/director of photography

YearTitle Second unit director Second unit director of photographyDirector
1995 Bad Boys YesYes Michael Bay
1996 The Rock NoYes
1998 U.S. Marshals NoYes Stuart Baird
2000 Bait YesYes Antoine Fuqua
2003 The Rundown YesYes Peter Berg
2004 The Bourne Supremacy NoYes Paul Greengrass
2007 Rush Hour 3 NoYes Brett Ratner
2011 The Green Hornet NoYes Michel Gondry
2012 Big Miracle YesYes Ken Kwapis
Underworld: Awakening NoYes Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein
The Amazing Spider-Man Plate unitPlate unit Marc Webb
2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction YesYesMichael Bay
2015 Point Break NoYes Ericson Core
2016 Office Christmas Party NoYes Will Speck and Josh Gordon
2017 Transformers: The Last Knight Splinter Unit directorYesMichael Bay
Pitch Perfect 3 NoYes Trish Sie
2018 Bumblebee NoYes Travis Knight
2019 6 Underground NoYesMichael Bay
2020 Sonic the Hedgehog YesYes Jeff Fowler
2021 Thunder Force NoYes Ben Falcone
2022 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 YesYesJeff Fowler
The Lost City YesNo Aaron and Adam Nee
2023 The Family Plan YesNo Simon Cellan Jones
2024 Love Lies Bleeding YesNo Rose Glass
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 YesYesJeff Fowler
TBA Coyote vs. Acme YesNo Dave Green

Television

TV movies

YearTitleDirector
1990Jury Duty: The Comedy Michael Schultz
1998Ghosts of Fear Street Ken Kwapis
2002Home of the Brave Steve Miner
2007The Weekend Steven Brill
2008Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Troy Miller

TV series

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1993 Route 66 Mark Sobel
Bill Norton
2 episodes
2009 Tracey Ullman's State of the Union Troy Miller Episode "Blogs and Kisses"
Paul Rodriguez & Friends: Comedy Rehab Gabriela Tagliavini TV special
2013 Arrested Development Mitchell Hurwitz
Troy Miller
15 episodes

As second unit director/director of photography

YearTitle Second unit director Second unit director of photographyDirectorNotes
2021 Wandavision NoYes Matt Shakman 9 episodes; Disney+ miniseries
2024 Knuckles YesYesJeff Fowler
Brandon Trost
Jorma Taccone
Ged Wright
Carol Banker
6 episodes; Paramount+ miniseries

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References

  1. Moore, Demi (2019). Inside Out: A Memoir. United States: HarperCollins.