Template:Realworld Don Peterman, ASC, is the American cinematographer who earned an Academy Award nomination for his cinematography on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. He had previously earned an Academy Award nomination for his work on the popular 1983 musical film Flashdance, starring future Star Trek: Enterprise guest actor Michael Nouri.
Peterman began his Hollywood career as a film loader for Hal Roach Studios and later became an animation cameraman and optical printer operator for company. For the 1966 science fiction film The Bubble, he worked as camera operator for Charles F. Wheeler, who would become an additional photographer on Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Since he started working as a cinematographer in the 1970s, Peterman has compiled 26 feature film credits. Among those credits are number of films from director Ron Howard: Splash (1984, featuring Bill Smitrovich), Cocoon (1985, featuring Herta Ware), Gung Ho (1986, featuring Patti Yasutake), and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000). Howard's brother, Star Trek veteran Clint Howard, had roles in all of these films. Peterman also photographed two films for John Hughes: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987, featuring Richard Herd and Michael McKean) and She's Having a Baby (1988, featuring Larry Hankin). Bill Erwin and William Windom had roles in both of these films; Kirstie Alley and Wil Wheaton had cameos as themselves in the latter.
In the 1990s, Peterman directed photography for director Barry Sonnenfeld on three films: Addams Family Values (1993, starring Christopher Lloyd and Carel Struycken and featuring Ian Abercrombie), Get Shorty (1995, featuring John Cothran, Jr.), and Men in Black (1997, featuring Steve Rankin, Carel Struycken, Ken Thorley, and Sean Whalen). He also worked on two films for Ron Underwood: Speechless (1994, featuring Brad Blaisdell, Willie Garson, Richard McGonagle and Richard Poe), and Mighty Joe Young (1998, featuring Scarlett Pomers, Lawrence Pressman, Richard Riehle, and Tracey Walter, with a screenplay by Mark Rosenthal & Lawrence Konner). While working on Mighty Joe Young in July 1997, Peterman was injured when a camera platform carrying camera operator Ray De La Motte fell on top of him, causing production to be halted for two days. Peterman reportedly suffered a broken arm and minor head injuries in the accident, while De La Motte received minor chest and back injuries.
Peterman's other credits include When a Stranger Calls (1979), Young Doctors in Love (1982, featuring Ed Begley, Jr., Charlie Brill, Hamilton Camp, Deborah Lacey, Michael McKean, and Saul Rubinek), Kiss Me Goodbye (1982, featuring Paul Dooley and Michael Ensign), Best Defense (1984, featuring Paul Comi and Darryl Henriques), She's Out of Control (1989, starring Catherine Hicks, Derek McGrath, and Wallace Shawn), Point Break (1991, starring Lori Petty and featuring Jack Kehler), and Billy Crystal's Mr. Saturday Night (1992, featuring Tim Russ).
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- Don Peterman at the Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers