Peter Wunstorf

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Peter Wunstorf (born July 15, 1959) is a Canadian cinematographer from Edmonton, Alberta. [1] He is most noted for his work on the 1994 film Double Happiness , for which he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Cinematography at the 15th Genie Awards in 1994. [2]

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Filmography

Film

YearTitleNotes
1987Just My Luck!
1989Age Is No BarrierShort
1991 The Grocer's Wife
1991 Solitaire
1993Tomcat: Dangerous Desires
1993The Perfect Man
1994Breaking Point
1994 Double Happiness
1994 Road to Saddle River
1994Strange and Rich
1995 The Michelle Apartments
1996 Invasion of Privacy
1997 Drive, She Said
1998 Heart of the Sun
2002 Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity
2006 Hollow Man 2
2008 Surveillance
2008PatiencesShort
2014 The Journey Home
2014Albert Karvonen: Philosophies on Life, Nature and Wildlife Filmmaking
2015 The Little Deputy Short
2016 A Street Cat Named Bob
2017 Meditation Park
2018 The Lie
2019 Docking Short

Television

YearTitleNotes
1996 Two Pilot
1996 Millennium Pilot
1998 Mentors
1999 Total Recall 2070
1999 Strange World Pilot
2000The VirginianTV film
2000 Dark Angel Pilot
2001 Smallville Pilot
2002 Haunted Pilot
2003 Tarzan Pilot
2003Mob PrincessTV film
2004Kat Plus OneTV film
2011 The Killing Eight episodes
2013 Deception Pilot
2013 Betrayal Pilot
2018 The Beach House TV film

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References

  1. Ben Gelinas, "Canadian cinematographer defined look of new hit TV series, The Killing". Kamloops Daily News , May 21, 2011.
  2. Playback Staff (November 7, 1994). "The 1994 Genie nominees". Playback .