Donald Peterman was a regular collaborator of directors like Ron Howard, Ron Underwood and Barry Sonnenfeld.
15 Facts About Donald Peterman
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Donald Peterman was a two-time Academy Award nominee and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the American Society of Cinematographers since 1984.
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Donald William Peterman was born in Los Angeles, on January 3,1932.
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Donald Peterman graduated from Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California, before serving in the United States Army during the early 1950s.
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Donald Peterman began his professional career as a clapper loader for Hal Roach Studios at the age of 22 after leaving the US Army.
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Donald Peterman departed Hal Roach Studios for Cascade Studios, where he worked the optical printer and animation camera.
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Donald Peterman left Cascade Studios to work on the Lassie television series, but later returned to Cascade Studios to become director of photography for the studio's television commercial productions.
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Donald Peterman made his film debut as director of photography in the 1979 horror film, When a Stranger Calls.
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Donald Peterman was able to shoot nighttime scenes in six foot-candles of soft light without the aid of high-speed film stock or lenses.
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Donald Peterman was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography on the 1983 film, Flashdance, starring Jennifer Beals.
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Donald Peterman received his second nomination in 1986 for his work on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, which was directed by Leonard Nimoy, but lost to Chris Menges at the 59th Academy Awards in 1987.
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In 1997, Donald Peterman suffered head injuries, a broken leg and broken ribs in an accident on the film set of Mighty Joe Young.
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Donald Peterman was on a platform suspended eighteen feet from the ground when the crane holding the platform snapped, throwing Donald Peterman to the ground.
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Production was delayed for two days, and Donald Peterman was replaced by Oliver Wood for the remainder of principal photography.
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Donald Peterman died at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California, of myelodysplastic syndrome on February 5,2011, at the age of 79.