Stein, Peter 1943(?)-
Stein, Peter 1943(?)-
PERSONAL
Full name, Peter Michael Stein; born October 12, 1943 (some sources cite 1944), in New York, NY; son of Fred Stein (a still photographer) and Liselotte Salzburg; married Dawn Freer (a film editor), November 23, 1985; children: Katherine. Education: City College of the City University of New York, B.A., 1965.
Career:
Cinematographer, camera operator, producer, and film editor. New York University, teacher at Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, Tisch School of the Arts.
Member:
American Society of Cinematographers.
Awards, Honors:
Emmy Award nominations, 1982, for "Robbers, Rooftops and Witches," CBS Library, and 1986, for "Don't Touch," ABC Afterschool Specials.
CREDITS
Film Cinematographer:
Here Come the Tigers (also known as Tigri contro tigri), American International Pictures, 1978.
Just Crazy about Horses (documentary), Fred Baker Films, 1978.
Friday the 13th (also known as A Long Night at Camp Blood, Divendres 13, Fredag den 13., Fredagen den 13:e, Freitag, der 13., Martes 13, Pentek 13, Perjantai 13. paeivae, Piatek 13, Sexta-feira 13, Vendredi 13, Venerdi 13, Viernes 13, and Yom Shisi Ha-Shlosh-Esre), Paramount, 1979.
Friday the 13th Part 2 (also known as Friday the 13th Part II, Jason, Fredagen den 13:e del 2, Freitag, der 13.—Jason kehrt zurueck, Freitag, der 13. Teil 2, Martes 13: Parte 2, Piatek 13 czesc 2, Sexta-feira 13—Parte 2, Vendredi 13: Le tueur du vendredi, and Viernes 13, 2 parte), Paramount, 1981.
Beach House (also known as Down the Shore), New Line Cinema, 1982.
Reuben, Reuben (also known as Poeten kueesst man nicht, Reuben, Reuben, ou la vie d'artiste, Ruben, Ruben, and Tote Dichter kuesst man nicht), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983.
C.H.U.D. (also known as C.H.U.D.—New Yorkin alamaailma, C.H.U.D.—Panik in Manhattan, and New Yorkin alamaailma), New World Pictures, 1984.
Wildrose, New Front Films, 1984.
Billions for Boris (also known as A Billion for Boris), Comworld Pictures, 1985.
A Great Wall (also known as Beijing Story, The Great Wall Is a Great Wall, and Beijing gushi), Orion Classics, 1986.
Brenda Starr (also known as Brenda Star l'avventura in prima pagina, Brenda Starr—Stjaernreportern, Brenda Starr—taehtireportteri, and O perigo e a minha profissao), 1986, Columbia/TriStar, 1989, Triumph Releasing, 1992.
The Wild Pair (also known as The Devil's Odds and Hollow Point), Trans World Entertainment, 1987.
After the Rain (also known as The Passage), New Century/Vista Film Company, 1988.
Ernest Saves Christmas (also known as Chaotische Weihnachten, Ernest—joulun pelastaja, Ernest raeddar julen, Ernest ratuje Boze Narodzenie, Ernesto salva il Natale, Ernst rettet Weihnachten, Hay que salvar a Papa Noel, Le Pere Noel est en prison, and O Natal de Ernesto), Buena Vista, 1988.
Pet Sematary (also known as Pet Cemetery, Stephen King's "Pet Sematary," Cementerio de mascotas, Cementerio viviente, Cemiterio maldito, Cemiterio vivo, Cimetere vivant, Cimetero vivente, Friedhof der Kuscheltiere, Groblje kucnih ljubimaca, Jurtjyrkogaarden, Kisallat temetoe, O cemiterio maldito, Ondskabens kirkegaard, Simetierre, Smetarz zwierzakow, and Uinu, uinu lemmikkini), Paramount, 1989.
Ernest Goes to Jail (also known as Chaos im Knast, Ernest bakom laas och bom, Ernest en prison, Ernest idzie do wiezienia, Ernest joutuu poseen, Ernest menee poseen, and Erneesto na prisao), Buena Vista, 1990.
Graveyard Shift (also known as Stephen King's "Graveyard Shift," Graveyard Shift—yoevuoro, La creatura del cimitero, La creature du cimetiere, La fosa comun, Nattarbete, Nocna zmiana, O tumulo vivo, and Stephen Kings "Nachtschicht"), Paramount, 1990.
Missing Pieces (also known as Aely hoi, aelae jaetae!, Auf der Sonnenseite des Lebens, Contigo llego el desastre, Det stora (g)arvet, Heranca perigosa, and Ligacao perdida), Orion, 1991.
Necessary Roughness (also known as Armadillo Bears—Ein total Chaotischer Haufen, Blod i bolden, Boltsi hukassa, Campioni di guai, L'equipe de casse-gueule, and Tuffa tag grabbar), Paramount, 1991.
Mr. Nanny (also known as Mr. Babysitter, Rough Stuff, Aeaelioe lastenvahtina, En stor stark … till!, Missili per casa, Monsieur Nounou, Ovobacsi, and Pestinhas ao ataque), New Line Cinema, 1993.
The Politics of Cancer (documentary; also known as The Politics of Cancer: A Study in Chaos), Healing Arts Documentary Productions/Pentor Films/Poltel Films, 1994.
Landfall, Echo Bridge Productions/Tanglewood International, 2001.
Farewell to My Country (documentary), Seventh Art Releasing, 2002.
Worked on the documentary Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story.
Film Camera Operator:
Between the Lines (also known as Al otro lado de la noticia), Midwest Films, 1976.
Second unit camera operator, Here Come the Tigers (also known as Tigri contro tigri), American International Pictures, 1978.
Second unit camera operator, Friday the 13th (also known as A Long Night at Camp Blood, Divendres 13, Fredag den 13., Fredagen den 13:e, Freitag, der 13., Martes 13, Pentek 13, Perjantai 13. paeivae, Piatek 13, Sexta-feira 13, Vendredi 13, Venerdi 13, Viernes 13, and Yom Shisi Ha-Shlosh-Esre), Paramount, 1979.
Film Work; Other:
Producer and editor, The Politics of Cancer (documentary; also known as The Politics of Cancer: A Study in Chaos), Healing Arts Documentary Productions/Pentor Films/Poltel Films, 1994.
Television Director of Photography: Miniseries:
"The Haunted Mansion Mystery," ABC Weekend Specials, ABC, 1983.
Elvis and Me (also known as Elvis es en, Elvis i ja, Elvis ja minae, Elvis und ich, and Mein Leben mit Elvis), ABC, 1988.
Television Director of Photography; Movies:
Izzy & Moe (also known as Izzy ja Moe), CBS, 1985.
"Parent Trap II" (also known as "Ansa vanhemmille," "Ansa vanhemmille II," "Foeraeldrafallan II," and "Nikki und Mary—Die 5-Minuten-Ehe"), The Disney Sunday Movie (also known as Disneyland, Disneylandia, Disney's Wonderful World, The Magical World of Disney, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, and The Wonderful World of Disney), ABC, 1986.
Under Siege (also known as Goodbye Amerika, Bomben auf Washington, Cercados, and Etat de crise), NBC, 1986.
The Last Fling (also known as A corrida mais louca, A ultima aventura, Der Letze Seitensprung, El ultimo ligon, Minaekoe vapaa?, and Ostatni taniec), ABC, 1987.
Night Visions (also known as Chameleon Blue), NBC, 1990.
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (also known as The Final Choice and Solomon's Choice), NBC, 1992.
The Con (also known as Pascagoula, Belle arnaqueuse, E o feitico virou contra o feiticeiro, Huijari, Jeu de seduction, La timadora, Mein millionenschwerer Maerchenprinz, and Sveket), USA Network, 1998.
Television Director of Photography; Specials:
"The Color of Friendship," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1981.
"Starstruck," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1981.
"Private Contentment," American Playhouse, PBS, 1982.
"Robbers, Rooftops and Witches" (animated), CBS Library, CBS, 1982.
"Oh, Boy! Babies!," Special Treat, NBC, 1983.
"Mom's on Strike," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1984.
"Don't Touch," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1985.
Harambee! (also known as Harambee!: A Kwanzaa Holiday Special and A Kwanzaa Holiday Special), WNET (New York City), 1996.
Thrill Rides Las Vegas Style, Travel Channel, 2001.
Television Photographer; Specials:
About Charles Ives, PBS, 1975.
How to Raise a Street-Smart Child, HBO, 1987.
Television Director of Photography; Episodic:
"A Good Dissonance Like a Man," American Masters, PBS, 1977.
"Collection Completed," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1989.
"Hollywood Blvd.," Sunset Beat, ABC, 1990.
"A Midwife's Tale," The American Experience, PBS, 1998.
"Tupperware!" (also known as "Tupperware: Earl and Brownie's Plastic Empire"), The American Experience, PBS, 2004.
RECORDINGS
Videos:
Himself, Stephen King's "Pet Sematary": The Characters, Paramount Home Entertainment, 2006.
Stein, Peter
Stein, Peter
Stein, Peter, German opera and theater producer; b. Berlin, Oct. 1, 1937. He was educated in Frankfurt am Main and in Munich. In 1964 he joined the staff of the Munich Kammerspiele. In 1970 he co-founded the Schaubühne in Berlin, and subsequently was its artistic director until 1985. He produced his first opera, Das Rheingold, in Paris in 1976. In 1986 he staged Otello at the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff, and returned there to produce Falstaff in 1988 and Pelléas et Mélisande in 1992. From 1992 to 1997 he was director of drama at the Salzburg Festival, where his production of Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron was mounted in 1996.
Bibliography
M. Patterson, P. S.: Germany’s Leading Theatre Director (Cambridge, 1981).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire