---
name: "Peter Stein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-stein"
fi1m_id: "peter-stein"
imdb_id: "nm0806003"
tmdb_id: 56264
wikidata_id: "Q7177096"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "12 October 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 46
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-15T04:09:37.888810+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Peter Stein

## Identity

Peter Stein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-stein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-stein
- **IMDb ID:** nm0806003
- **TMDB ID:** 56264
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7177096
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stein_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7177096, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0806003/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56264

Cinematographer. Born 12 October 1943 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 12 October 1943, New York City
- **Active:** 1980–1989
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stein_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7177096, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0806003/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56264

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Pet Sematary*](https://film.one/film/pet-sematary.md) (45)

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## Biography

Peter Stein is an American cinematographer. He was born on 12 October 1943 in New York City.

Stein began working in the camera department in the 1970s before becoming a director of photography on feature films. His credits include *Friday the 13th Part 2* (1981), *C.H.U.D.* (1984), *Ernest Saves Christmas* (1988), *Pet Sematary* (1989), *Graveyard Shift* (1990) and *Necessary Roughness* (1991). He has also worked on television films and documentaries.

Stein joined the American Society of Cinematographers in 1999. He has taught cinematography in the graduate film programme at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts since 2002.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, petersteinasc.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Pet Sematary* (1989), Fi1m 45, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/pet-sematary.md)
- *Friday the 13th* (1980), Fi1m 48, Second Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/friday-the-13th.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Out of Exile: The Photography of Fred Stein* (2021), Cinematography, Producer, Director
- *The Con* (1998), Director of Photography
- *A Midwife's Tale* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Mr. Nanny* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Desperate Choices: To Save My Child* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Missing Pieces* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Necessary Roughness* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Night Visions* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Graveyard Shift* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Ernest Goes to Jail* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Director of Photography
- *Brenda Starr* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Pet Sematary* (1989), Director of Photography — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/pet-sematary.md)
- *Ernest Saves Christmas* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Monsters* (1988), series, Director
- *Elvis and Me* (1988), series, Director of Photography
- *How to Raise a Streetsmart Child* (1987), Cinematography
- *The Last Fling* (1987), Director of Photography
- *The Parent Trap II* (1986), Director of Photography
- *A Great Wall* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Under Siege* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Izzy & Moe* (1985), Director of Photography
- *C.H.U.D.* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Wildrose* (1984), Director of Photography
- *A Billion for Boris* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Reuben, Reuben* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Starstruck* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Friday the 13th Part 2* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Friday the 13th* (1980), Second Assistant Camera — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/friday-the-13th.md)
- *Between the Lines* (1977), Camera Operator
- *Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man* (1977), Director of Photography

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