Director of
Photography

Peter grew up on the coast of Maine, at the end of a twelve-mile estuary, the son of art dealers who had the first VHS player in town. He was watching films by age five and was the only one in the house who could figure out how to program it to record. His uncle ran live broadcasts at the local NBC affiliate — and Peter tagged along regularly enough that by the time he finished high school, he'd made two hour-long documentaries of his own.

He went to Hobart and William Smith Colleges, majored in English, and took minors in Religion, Environmental Studies, and Asian Studies — because apparently one wasn't enough. He started his first production company at 24, spent a decade directing, shooting, and editing. Then he read Painting with Light by John Alton and understood that what he really wanted to do was shoot.

He's been a Director of Photography ever since — 26 years, based in Washington, DC. His work includes Oscar and Emmy nominated films, National Geographic, Netflix, and PBS. An avid musician, he'd tell you his sense of rhythm has everything to do with how he moves a camera.

Peter also leads SuperLuminal Media, the DC production studio he founded in 1999.