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Curtis Petersen(I)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Curtis Petersen is known for First Blood (1982), Tommy Boy (1995) and Rambo: Last Blood (2019).
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    Known for

    Sylvester Stallone in First Blood (1982)
    First Blood
    7.7
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Curtis Peterson, uncredited)
    • 1982
    Chris Farley and David Spade in Tommy Boy (1995)
    Tommy Boy
    7.1
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1995
    Sylvester Stallone in Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
    Rambo: Last Blood
    6.1
    • Additional Crew(archive footage)
    • 2019
    Bruce Willis and Jacob Haines in Look Who's Talking (1989)
    Look Who's Talking
    6.0
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1989

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • When I Grow Up!
      • technical supervisor
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2018
    • The Way Out
      • director of photography: second unit
      • camera operator
      • Production Unknown
    • Duel of Legends
      • camera operator
      • Post-production
    • Diamond in the Dust
      • camera operator
      • Turnaround
    • Dead for the Holidays
      • camera operator
      • Post-production
    • Surviving Black Hawk Down (2025)
      Surviving Black Hawk Down
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • first blood archival footage camera crew (uncredited)
      • 2025
    • Guy Pearce in Disturbing the Peace (2020)
      Disturbing the Peace
      3.4
      • camera operator (uncredited)
      • 2020
    • Chokehold (2019)
      Chokehold
      3.3
      Video
      • camera operator (uncredited)
      • 2019
    • Deadly Excursion (2019)
      Deadly Excursion
      4.3
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2019
    • SBTN Voice (2018)
      SBTN Voice
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2018
    • Mark Famiglietti, Chelsea Hobbs, Jeremy Kent Jackson, and Ashley Silverman in Left for Dead (2018)
      Left for Dead
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2018
    • Dominique Swain and Corin Nemec in Rottentail (2018)
      Rottentail
      3.9
      • additional cinematography
      • 2018
    • Dina Meyer in Evil Doctor (2018)
      Evil Doctor
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2018
    • Daphne Zuniga and Aaron Pearl in Abducted Love (2016)
      Abducted Love
      4.9
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2016
    • I Didn't Kill My Sister (2016)
      I Didn't Kill My Sister
      4.9
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2016
    • A Wife's Suspicion (2016)
      A Wife's Suspicion
      5.1
      TV Movie
      • 'a' camera operator
      • director of photography
      • 2016
    • Where's My Baby? (2016)
      Where's My Baby?
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • camera operator: 'a' camera
      • 2016
    • Eric Roberts, Billy Zane, and Olivier Gruner in Beyond the Game (2016)
      Beyond the Game
      5.4
      • camera operator
      • 2016
    • Andrea Bowen, Nils Hognestad, and Thomas Cadrot in Who Killed My Husband? (2016)
      Who Killed My Husband?
      4.8
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2016
    • Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High & Unemployed (2015)
      Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High & Unemployed
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • technical advisor: cinematography
      • 2015

    Cinematographer

    • The Express
      • Cinematographer
      • Pre-production
    • Snowmotion 5: The Odysesy
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production
    • Duel of Legends
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production
    • Dead for the Holidays
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production
    • David Yeung in The Circuit 4: Faith Fighter (2024)
      The Circuit 4: Faith Fighter
      4.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Finding Hannah (2023)
      Finding Hannah
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • The Bait 2021 (2021)
      The Bait 2021
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Olivier Gruner and Jalal Merhi in The Circuit (2020)
      The Circuit
      9.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Guy Pearce in Disturbing the Peace (2020)
      Disturbing the Peace
      3.4
      • cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Chokehold (2019)
      Chokehold
      3.3
      Video
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • Where's My Baby? (2016)
      Where's My Baby?
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • director of photography
      • 2016
    • Eric Roberts, Billy Zane, and Olivier Gruner in Beyond the Game (2016)
      Beyond the Game
      5.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Andrea Bowen, Nils Hognestad, and Thomas Cadrot in Who Killed My Husband? (2016)
      Who Killed My Husband?
      4.8
      TV Movie
      • director of photography
      • 2016
    • Steve Austin, Michael Jai White, and Max Ryan in Chain of Command (2015)
      Chain of Command
      3.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Bree Williamson, Wesley Salter, and Primo Allon in Love You to Death (2015)
      Love You to Death
      4.9
      TV Movie
      • director of photography
      • 2015
    • Lost After Dark (2015)
      Lost After Dark
      4.8
      • director of photography (as Curtis Peterson)
      • 2015
    • Seymour Cassel, Louis Gossett Jr., Bo Svenson, Tom Jackson, Margot Kidder, and Cedric Smith in Pride of Lions (2014)
      Pride of Lions
      3.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • Way of the Wicked (2014)
      Way of the Wicked
      3.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • Hunting the Phantom (2014)
      Hunting the Phantom
      3.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • The Way Out
      • second unit director
      • Production Unknown
    • Duel of Legends
      • second unit director
      • Post-production
    • Deadly Excursion (2019)
      Deadly Excursion
      4.3
      TV Movie
      • second unit director
      • 2019
    • Mark Famiglietti, Chelsea Hobbs, Jeremy Kent Jackson, and Ashley Silverman in Left for Dead (2018)
      Left for Dead
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • second unit director
      • 2018
    • SBTN Voice (2018)
      SBTN Voice
      TV Series
      • second unit cinematographer (2018)
      • 2018
    • Eric Roberts, Billy Zane, and Olivier Gruner in Beyond the Game (2016)
      Beyond the Game
      5.4
      • second unit director
      • 2016
    • Ridiculousness (2011)
      Ridiculousness
      6.2
      TV Series
      • second unit director: Tommy Boy Segment
      • 2014
    • Hunting the Phantom (2014)
      Hunting the Phantom
      3.0
      • second unit director: Kazakhstan
      • 2014
    • Brendan Fraser, Dominic Purcell, Holly Deveaux, and Christian Martyn in Breakout (2013)
      Breakout
      4.2
      • second unit director
      • 2013
    • Hit It (2013)
      Hit It
      4.6
      • second unit director
      • 2013
    • Andy Garcia, Deborah Kara Unger, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates, and Eva Longoria in A Dark Truth (2012)
      A Dark Truth
      5.6
      • second unit director
      • second unit director: Dominican Republic
      • 2012
    • Sacrifice (2011)
      Sacrifice
      4.3
      • second unit director (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • Hector Echavarria in Death Calls (2010)
      Death Calls
      4.8
      • second unit director
      • 2010
    • Bai Ling, Billy Zane, Armand Assante, Alexander Nevsky, and Estelle Raskin in Magic Man (2010)
      Magic Man
      2.1
      • second unit director
      • 2010
    • Bruce Boxleitner, Armand Assante, Mark Dacascos, Tom Sizemore, and Danny Trejo in Shadows in Paradise (2010)
      Shadows in Paradise
      3.5
      • second unit director
      • 2010
    • Hector Echavarria in Hell's Chain (2009)
      Hell's Chain
      5.1
      • second unit director
      • 2009
    • Never Surrender (2009)
      Never Surrender
      2.6
      • second unit director
      • 2009
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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      • PPI Camera Corp.
    • Alternative names
      • Curtis Petersen P.P.I.

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