Petros Palian

Petros "Peter" Palian (, ; 1 May 1931 – 15 March 2023) was an Iranian Armenian cinematographer and videographer. He was the videographer for Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the 1950s.

Life and career Petros Palian was born on 1 May 1931, in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran, to a family of Armenian heritage. His father died when he was 3 years old. He attended Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, and studied film. Palian married in 1967 to Rose Schreier from New Jersey, after marriage the couple lived in New York City.

He died at age 91 on 15 March 2023, in Los Angeles. 1965 Night of the Hunchback cinematographer 1967 cinematographer 1968 Love After Death director of photography 1969 The Invincible Six second unit photographer 1972 An Isfahani in New York cinematographer, film producer, editor 1974 cinematographer 1978 cinematographer, director of photography 1982 Assignment Berlin cinematographer 1987 Hollywood Cop director of photography 1991 Samurai Cop cinematographer 2005 Dangerous Men cinematographer