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name: "Peter Wunstorf"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-wunstorf"
fi1m_id: "peter-wunstorf"
imdb_id: "nm0003171"
tmdb_id: 56536
wikidata_id: "Q95348363"
roles: ["Second unit director of photography"]
born: "15 July 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-22T21:46:38.339837+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 Wunstorf

## Identity

Peter Wunstorf

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-wunstorf
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-wunstorf
- **IMDb ID:** nm0003171
- **TMDB ID:** 56536
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95348363
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wunstorf, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95348363, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003171/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56536

Second unit director of photography. Born 15 July 1959 in Alberta.

## Details

- **Work:** Second unit director of photography
- **Born:** 15 July 1959, Alberta
- **Active:** 2001–2005
- **Also known as:** Peter Wunstorf, ASC
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wunstorf, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95348363, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003171/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56536

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Smallville*](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md) (66)

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## Biography

Peter Wunstorf is a Canadian cinematographer. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, on 15 July 1959, he began shooting films as a teenager on his father's 8 mm camera. By age 19 he was working in news and commercials for local television stations and later for CBC French News, before moving into freelance work on music videos, documentaries and short films.

He has photographed more than a dozen American television pilots, including those for *Millennium* (1996), *Smallville* (2001) and *Haunted* (2002), each earning him an American Society of Cinematographers award nomination. His feature credits include *Double Happiness* (1994), for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Cinematography, *Surveillance* (2008) and *A Street Cat Named Bob* (2016). He served as second-unit director of photography and B-camera operator on *Brokeback Mountain* (2005). Wunstorf became a member of the ASC in 2005 and shot the pilot and first season of *The Killing* (2011).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theasc.com, dop.icg669.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Brokeback Mountain* (2005), Fi1m 92, Second Unit Director of Photography, "B" Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/brokeback-mountain.md)
- *Smallville* (2001), Fi1m 66, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Monica's News* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Docking* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The Lie* (2018), Director of Photography
- *The Beach House* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Meditation Park* (2017), Director of Photography
- *A Street Cat Named Bob* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The Little Deputy* (2015), Cinematography
- *Midnight Sun* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Surveillance* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Hollow Man II* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Brokeback Mountain* (2005), "B" Camera Operator, Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/brokeback-mountain.md)
- *Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Smallville* (2001), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *Dark Angel* (2000), series, Director of Photography
- *Snow Day* (2000), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Virginian* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Heart of the Sun* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Drive, She Said* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Invasion of Privacy* (1996), Director of Photography
- *The Michelle Apartments* (1996), Cinematography
- *Double Happiness* (1994), Director of Photography
- *The Grocer's Wife* (1991), Cinematography
- *Strange and Rich*, Cinematography

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