Peter Deming

Peter Deming, (born December 13, 1957) is a Lebanese-born American cinematographer. He is known for long working relationships with the directors David Lynch, Sam Raimi and Wes Craven, and won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for Lynch's Mulholland Drive.

Career Deming was educated at the University of Wisconsin and the American Film Institute, and began working as a cinematographer in the 1980s. Deming has said that Lynch was precise about shot lists but left lighting decisions to him, with the instruction "dark should be darker".

Filmography

Feature film

Acting roles Year Title Role Notes 1997 Scream 2 Popcorn boy 2000 Scream 3 Man Eating Popcorn on Studio Tour Uncredited

Television Year Title Director Notes 1992 On the Air Lesli Linka GlatterJack FiskJonathan SangerBetty Thomas 6 episodes 1993 Key West David BeairdChuck BowmanJames Frawley 3 episodes 2008 Cashmere Mafia Peyton Reed Episode "Pilot" 2016 The Toycracker: A Mini-Musical Spectacular Andreas NilssonHenry SedlerPaul Nguyen TV short;With Robert Yeoman 2017 Twin Peaks David Lynch Season 3 2026 Spider-Noir Alethea Jones Episodes "Betrayal" and "Nightmare on a Gurney"

Miniseries Year Title Director Notes 1993 Hotel Room David LynchJames Signorelli 2020 The Good Lord Bird 2023 The Continental: From the World of John Wick Albert Hughes Episode "Night 3: Theatre of Pain" 2025 The Residence Jaffar Mahmood 4 episodes

TV movies Year Title Director Notes1994 Cosmic Slop Reginald HudlinWarrington HudlinKevin Rodney Sullivan Last Days of Russell Reginald Hudlin With Brett King 2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2 Anne Heche Segment "2000"

Awards and nominations