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About

Peter Moss asc acs

Peter Moss’s photographic persona was formed in Australia, rising through a formal apprenticeship in the camera department on feature films and commercials to become a leading Director of Photography in that country, with credits on seminal Australian classics such as “Breaker Morant” and “My Brilliant Career” (among many others) and shooting award winning commercials for major clients including Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, Levi’s, Air New Zealand, Malaysian Airlines, Revlon, Dior and others.

Peter’s work was noticed in the U.S. and he was invited to shoot both feature films and commercials in the American market eventually moving to Los Angeles on a permanent basis. Alongside his feature film career he was able to launch a career as

a very successful commercial director/director of photography. He has directed and shot award winning national advertising in the U.S.A. for American Airlines, Sears, Gillette, Miller Beer, Shell, Anheuser Busch, Labatt Beer, Avis, Esso, Toyota, JC Penney, Chevrolet and many, many others, including campaigns for Italy (Ferrero Rocher, Avena, Chivas Regal), Thailand (Thai Farmers Bank) and New Zealand (NZ Tourism and Air New Zealand).

He has garnered directing and cinematography awards in many festivals including: The Clio Awards, The New York International Film Festival, The London International Film Festival, The Hollywood International Broadcast Awards, The Chicago Film Festival, The Eastman Kodak Award, The Houston International Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival.

Peter is now focusing more on his original craft, purely as a Director of Photography, both on commercials and in the feature film and television world. He is awaiting a spring release of “The Hopeful” a period film about hope and disappointment in the American 19th century which he shot in Canada, and completed the Berlin sequences of “Race”, a feature film about Jesse Owens and the 1936 Olympics starring Jeremy Irons, recently released in the U.S. and Europe.

Before that he photographed “The Johnsons” a dark Australian comedy and “E.C.3” a British TV pilot shot in London and TV work on “House of Lies” and “Ray Donovan” for Showtime.

Peter has also been teaching Master Classes for the A.S.C. both here and overseas and some work as adjunct professor at University film schools in So. California.

Member of IATSE Local 600.

The Directors Guild of America.

The American Society of Cinematographers,

The Australian Cinematographers Society